Senior Manager - Economic Regulation.Regulatory Affairs MANCO at MTN

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager: Economic Regulation will be responsible for:

• Providing frameworks to guide OpCo and platform compliance with ex ante competition regulation (pricing, interconnection / termination rates, and determinations of dominance / SMP).
• Provide guidance and support for OpCos and platforms on advocacy positions regarding both proposed ex ante rulemaking as well as possible changes to existing ex ante regulations
• Strengthening strategic research capability and outputs on competition related matters.
• Providing support and guidance regarding ex post competition issues in respect of both inquiries into MTN’s conduct as well as the conduct of MTN’s competitors or potential competitors including supporting OpCos in their ex post competition analysis.
• Providing regulatory input into business strategy in competition and economic regulation.
• Monitoring and analysis of emerging competition and economic regulatory issues that may impact the Group’s operations, and provide alerts to management.
• Provide input and support OpCos and platforms in providing input into proposed regulatory policies / legislation / competition processes and ensuring MTN’s Group and operational interests are considered.
• Monitor and review compliance with competition requirements, including compliance with both ex ante and ex post competition issues across MTN Group.
• Provide detailed research and benchmarking for purposes of developing MTN’s position in response to competition issues at both a national and regional basis and support MTN’s OpCos and platforms to advocate on those issues from time to time.
• Driving industry initiatives through industry bodies and with industry stakeholders including developing and implementing impact assessments of proposed competition issues on the sustainability of business operations.
• Support the Regulatory Affairs function with monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements. 

Key Deliverables

• Proactive planning for engagement with regulators.
• Analyse and provide/support reporting on the existing competition landscape in the various MTN OpCos and platforms including both ex ante and ex post competition regulation.
• Assess competition regulatory trends to provide relevant insights and support MTN’s business strategy and market positioning.
• Consolidation, monitoring (first line) and reporting of Group-wide Competition Regulatory risks, issues and positioning.
• Build data and analytics-based insights to support a broader stakeholder engagement and communications programme.
• Develop data and economic analysis to support OpCo and platform teams in their engagements.
• Create a central knowledge repository and adequate peer review on competition issues across the MTN Grou

Qualifications

Education:

• Minimum of 4-year tertiary Degree in Law, Economics, Business Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Analytics, or similar discipline
• Postgraduate qualifications in law and/or economics with solid research component advantageous.
• Fluent in English. Ability to communicate in French will be an advantage.

Experience:

• Manager track record of 5 years or more; with at least 3 years in relevant sector / industry/ area of specialisation   
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in competition regulation and or competition economic analysis. Experience in a legal environment (law firm, or ex ante or ex post competition regulator) preferred. Experience in areas of business strategy, consulting and policy development will be advantageous.
• Experience in a telecoms and or technology environment including “hands-on” exposure to competition regulatory compliance, strategy and or operational reporting is an advantage.
• Experience researching, analysing and reporting, to make recommendations on strategy in multinational context
• Experience with advance research skills including data analysis, visualisation, manipulation, extraction and modelling, with high attention to detail and building dashboards for reporting.
• Experience with engaging with senior leadership, and appreciation of intersection between external environment and business strategy.
• In depth experience and understanding of the telecoms and/or technology environment.
• Experience working in a medium to large organization with diverse cultures and geographies is an advantage.

Apply Before 10/22/2025