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  • Posted: Feb 23, 2024
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    MultiChoice South Africa's activities involve the operation of Pay-Television and internet subscriber platforms. The MultiChoice South Africa group includes the digital satellite Pay-Television business ("DStv"), which has been in operation since 1995. Other businesses in the group are; M-Net (delivers thematic channels and exclusive content to DSt...
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    Head Payments and Growth Partners

    Tasks

    Customer Archetypal and Segmentation

    • Rigorously perform customer research across all regions to understand buying powers and behaviours of different hyper segments.

    Payments and Platforms

    • Thoroughly analyse regional consumer preferences and behaviours related to payment methods across all defined customer archetypal segments.
    • Identify potential payment partnership demands and gaps (both traditional and non-formal) in each region based on customer payment preferences, behaviours, spending choices and channels.
    • Identify potential payment partners in each region based on identified demands and gaps to explore joint ventures or partnerships to expand service offerings.
    • Assess the feasibility and impact of technology solutions in enhancing business model performance in deferent regions.
    • Explore other innovative informal payment methods and relevant informal partners to widen access to Showmax services across new and existing African markets.

    Payments and Growth Partnerships Strategy

    • Collaborate with other functional leaderships teams in sharing and drawing insights that inform business decision making of localised business models, which will ensure sustained growth and retention in new and existing markets.
    • Identify strategic partnerships that have the power to unlock the day-today household synergistic opportunities that can propel the business to new heights.
    • Drive new models of business considering the ever-changing, dynamic nature of the industry by creating new opportunities across Telcos, Internet Service Providers, Smart TVs, OEMs, E-comm, Banks, Coupon aggregators, etc.
    • Develop, implement and rollout the partnerships market growth and customer payment strategy with the goal of growing both the free and paid subscriber base.
    • Identify potential risks and challenges in the market expansion process and develop proactive mitigation strategies to safeguard against setbacks.

    Partnership Acquisition and On-boarding

    • Define partnership objectives aligned with Showmax objectives including which customer problems we are solving for and partnership subscription targets.
    • Engage and negotiate with partners to reach shared and agreed objectives to be translated to commercial agreements and most desired customer user journeys.
    • Assist legal teams to draft and finalise commercial agreements aligned to shared objectives and discussions.
    • Coordinate cross functional and bi-party collaboration to achieve objectives captured in commercial agreements. E.g., Technical, Value propositions, and full go-to-market (GTM), etc.

    Qualifications

    • Post Grad Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 8 Qualifications in Business Management or similar
    • MBA highly advantageous

    Experience

    • Minimum of 10-15 years of business experience, with 10 years in business development and sales, within the entertainment or streaming industry.
    • Minimum 8 years management experience (dealing with executive-level stakeholders and commercial issues).
    • Experience in regional expansion strategies.
    • Experience in new product launch as well as marketing experience preferred.
    • Must possess the ability to build, foster and nurture strong relationships and gain the respect of members of the cross-functional and affiliate teams.
    • Understanding of Media/Broadcast processes.
    • Financial Management and Modelling experience.
    • Ability to think strategically and contribute to the attainment of business objectives

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    Lead Content and Audience Insights

    Key Performance Objectives

    Partnership and collaboration

    • Recognised as a trusted partner and advisor who understands and collaborates with Content and other teams in business.
    • Partner and collaborate with the Content teams to shape delivery strategy through improved capabilities and adoption of technology.
    • Understands the business context, business domain, industry best practices and operations.
    • Identify and shape insights-driven solutions and capabilities in the in the audience and content environment.
    • Act as a bridge between Content, data and insights, and technology, and combines these with the art of the possible to shape business opportunities.
    • Validate accuracy, completeness, and relevance of information to drive decisions that solve business needs.

    Solution delivery and management

    • Gather, analyse, and present data-driven insights to key stakeholders within the organization.
    • Develop and maintain reports that track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across audience and content.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data needs and ensure data accuracy.
    • Develop and implement data visualization techniques that effectively communicate insights to non-technical stakeholders.
    • Provide recommendations based on data insights to drive business decisions.
    • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices related to data analysis and reporting.
    • Conduct ongoing evaluation and maintenance on supporting technology, systems, and tools to ensure continuous delivery to business stakeholders.
    • Close collaboration with the Content and CII teams to enable continuous customer experience improvements for data teams and business users.
    • Ensure alignment between delivery teams and Data Privacy and Governance teams.
    • Report on viewership insights of the connected customer.
    • Provide specialist advice in the usage and interpretation of audience metrics for business to enable performance tracking of channel, genre, package, and events, including calculation and alignment of ROI metrics.

    Analytics driven culture

    • Drive specialist advice in the usage and interpretation of audience metrics for business to enable performance tracking of channel, genre, package and events through continuous awareness, education and adoption of data and analytics in the organization.
    • Ensures the organisation uses insights to inform all decisions and strategies.
    • Ensures the business is aware of new innovations, technologies, and solutions available and has the confidence to use them.
    • Play a supportive role in identifying skills and capability gaps both in business and in delivery teams.

    Strategic Leadership

    • understand the bigger picture and align reporting and insights efforts with the organization's strategic goals.
    • Communicate complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders and present reports in a clear and concise manner.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, build relationships, and influence key stakeholders to support data-driven decision making.
    • Use data analysis tools and techniques to gather and interpret data, identify patterns and trends, and provide insights that inform business decisions.
    • Lead the creative and innovative development of data reporting and visualization techniques, and constantly seek new ways to improve data-driven decision making.
    • Lead and mentor a team of Senior Managers, providing guidance and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality audience insights.
    • Set and achieve goals and targets, and continually monitor and improve performance against established metrics.

    People Management

    • Oversee the activities of the team to ensure effective delivery of business outcomes.
    • Develop a high performing team by embedding formal performance management process using I-perform system and informal coaching. Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members.
    • Determine and analyse development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed.
    • Interview and recruit new members of the team, including determining appropriate compensation levels with input from Human Capital.
    • Create effective workforce and recruitment demand plans to ensure that current and future business requirements can be met.
    • When required, initiate disciplinary processes for team members calling on support from Human Capital when required.
    • Resolve grievances raised by team members and escalate only if required.
    • Address poor performance of any team member through the formal Performance improvement programme and ensure that continued poor performance is appropriately dealt with.
    • Motivate team members and ensure that their efforts are recognised.

    Qualifications

    • Postgraduate or equivalent in Economics, Marketing or Media
    • MBA or Postgraduate in Statistics or Computer Science Advantageous

    Experience

    • Overall experience of 10+ years in related fields
    • 8 years in business analysis and analytics/BI (understanding and delivering business insights) in the field of content and audience analytics.
    • Working knowledge of various software systems like TechEdge, Arianna and Brandwatch
    • Minimum 2 years management experience (dealing with executive-level stakeholders and commercial issues)
    • Experience in a consulting environment in a relevant commercial business area would be advantageous

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    Principal Customer Management: Partnerships

    Utilise insights to support improvements in the DStv - Showmax Partnership journey

    • Conduct continuous reviews of the customer journey to ensure consistency and alignment with overall experience strategy and principles. Guide respective experience design teams and Business Unit (BU), including Technology and Engineering teams, to address pain points and inconsistencies and to drive improvements.
    • Work closely with cross-functional teams to gather necessary data and validate information to facilitate and cross-sell, customer journey enhancements.
    • Monitor and drive partner channel performance, analysing transaction data, identifying trends, and proactively resolving any issues.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Customer Support, Finance, Revenue Assurance and Engineering, to implement strategies that improve success rates, minimize revenue leakage and customer churn.
    • Analyse large datasets to extract meaningful insights, trends, and patterns to identify business needs and translate them into actionable insights and recommendations, to contribute to the decision-making processes and strategic planning.
    • Perform ad-hoc analysis to address specific business questions and challenges.
    • Conceptualise and execute on journey stage innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.
    • Ensure the implementation of customer experience strategy and philosophy throughout the projects and processes worked on.
    • Lead and direct Root Cause Failure Analysis and implement permanent corrective actions to mitigate probability of reoccurrence.

    Manage and prioritise enhancements with teams

    • Work with business units across Showmax and MultiChoice to design holistic customer experiences, uncovering customer needs and pain points, and translate these into business opportunities.
    • Manage and optimise the channel to ensure a seamless and efficient experience for subscribers.
    • Manage and maintain relationships with the MultiChoice Digital Enablement Team to ensure reliable and efficient payment processing for our subscribers.
    • Own the product backlog; build and prioritise the product backlog ensuring the team is working on the biggest problems and opportunities.
    • Prioritise different issues, making sure that imminent problems are resolved first, but the long-term is also taken care of.
    • Conduct analysis to unpack pain points and provide insights into root causes; develop and drive initiatives to deliver improvement.
    • Identify, prioritise and execute innovation and continuous improvement interventions - quick wins, medium term (deliver in 3 to 4 months), long term (>4 months)

    Channel Strategy, expansion, base management and growth

    • Develop and drive, with DStv teams, the strategy to cross-sell the Showmax product to the DStv customer base across markets.
    • Set growth targets and input into customer forecasting for the DStv partner channel.
    • Successful Customer take-up and onboarding: Measure the rate at which new users successfully complete the take-up and onboarding process.
    • Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV): Assess the value generated by individual users over their lifetime as subscribers, considering market-specific challenges.
    • Track and report on the increase in user base within the targeted new markets and customer cohorts, with an understanding of local constraints.
    • Measure the success of campaigns, providing recommendations on ways to optimise campaign performance.
    • Win-back Rate: Measure the percentage of former subscribers who are successfully re-engaged.
    • Churn Rate: Monitor the percentage of users who cancel their subscriptions, reasons for such, and build robust journeys to minimize churn based on cancellation reasons.

    Reporting

    • Report on performance against targets and forecasts.
    • Participate in the development and refinement of subscriber forecasting models for the channel.
    • Work with the Customer Insights team to gauge customer satisfaction and gather user feedback, identifying areas for improvement.
    • Communicate complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and EXCO members through clear and concise presentations, reports, and discussions.

    Qualifications Essential

    • Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent qualification in an applicable field is required (Degree in Business, Industrial or Process Engineering, Marketing, Statistical Analysis or related experience would be advantageous).
    • Degrees, diplomas and certificates are advantageous, but an impressive and fantastic portfolio could get you the job.

    Experience

    • 5 - 8 years working experience in the telecommunications industry or subscription based, digital organisation.
    • 8-10 years working experience.
    • Strong analytical skills, empowering you to translate data into actionable strategies.
    • Exceptional communication abilities, enabling you to collaborate effectively across teams.
    • Familiarity with customer segmentation, personalisation strategies, and A/B testing.
    • Experience with UI/UX design principles and their application to streaming platforms.
    • Excellent understanding and proven track record using Project management principles.
    • Problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex process issues and find solutions that satisfy all parties.
    • Previous experience working within the African markets, understanding its unique dynamics.
    • An innovative mindset that drives constant improvement and innovation.
    • Experience in customer-facing industries (such as Telcos, Financial Services or Retail) advantageous.

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    Principal Specialist-CVM Offers

    Subscriber Targets

    • Scope and lead projects and define an offer strategy to help Showmax reach its near- and long-term subscription business goals.
    • Provide rigorous quantitative analysis and insights to senior management that shape their perspectives and influence departmental and cross-Showmax growth plans.
    • Communicate important findings to senior leadership and ensure recommendations have the right owners for execution.
    • Work with leaders across functional teams (e.g., Product, Marketing, Partnerships, Data, and Finance) to implement relevant recommendations.
    • Support cross-functional teams on regular strategic planning, driver-based forecasting, and performance management processes.
    • Analyse g pricing models and subscription offers to maximize user acquisition and retention.
    • Run/Lead a profitable outbound contact centre operation (25+ employees), ensuring high levels of employee satisfaction, great customer experiences and sales results in line with business objectives.
    • Define and manage the strategic offer canvass, in line with business subscriber targets, across the different functional areas under the COO.

    Business Case Development and Campaign Design

    • Ideate offers and design campaigns with the Customer Value Management team in line with business strategy and subscriber targets.
    • Work with cross-functional teams to define campaign objectives, and customer experience journeys and outcomes.
    • Brief and work with Marketing and technical teams o campaign creation, testing and deployment.
    • Identify cost and revenue drivers of campaigns.
    • Develop business case models which incorporate campaign scenarios and options in order to quantify expected uplift.
    • Review campaign financials with Finance teams, and obtain necessary executive approvals.
    • Summarize findings with clear recommendations to support decision-making with leadership teams.
    • Exploring and testing new subscription models or plans that cater to different user segments or demographics.

    Measurement, Monitoring and Optimisation

    • Collaborate with forecasting, reporting and analytics functions to measure actual performance of campaigns against business cases and campaign objectives.
    • Identify areas for improvement and enhancements to optimize campaign performance where necessary.
    • Conducting market research to understand customer preferences, pricing sensitivity, and factors influencing subscription decisions.
    • Monitoring the competitive landscape in the streaming industry to identify trends and opportunities for Showmax’s’ growth and offers.

    Stakeholder Management

    • build and manage strong relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels, to ensure mutually beneficial interaction, in an effort to meet strategic objectives.
    • Provide leadership with relevant reports and insights which will inform business decisions.
    • Ensure all business/customer requirements are planned for to ensure optimal customer experiences for both internal and external customers.

    Qualifications Essential

    • A post graduate qualification in Marketing, Statistics, Economics or Finance
    • Degrees, diplomas and certificates are advantageous, but an impressive and fantastic portfolio could get you the job

    Experience

    • A minimum of 8-10 years working in Strategy, Consulting, Business Analysis or similar fields
    • Demonstrable experience of influencing growth with a focus on data.
    • Data analysis and data modelling skills required.
    • Knowledge of CVM/Marketing is advantageous.
    • Experience in customer-facing industries (such as Telcos, Financial Services or Retail) advantageous.
    • Must have a passion for leveraging data and insights to drive profitable growth.
    • Leading high performing Outbound Contact centre sales team experience required.

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    Senior Analyst: Strategy & Forecasting

    Key Performance Objectives

    Strategy Development and Execution

    • Conduct in-depth analysis of market trends, competitive landscapes, and customer behavior.
    • Develop strategic insights that inform business decisions and drive organizational growth.
    • Create presentations and reports that communicate strategic insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.
    • Use data and financial modelling to develop recommendations on key strategy initiatives.
    • Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices in data analysis and strategy development Identify and analyse emerging trends that may impact the organization.
    • Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
    • Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Content Acquisition, Marketing, and Product Development to develop strategic initiatives and investment priorities.
    • Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making processes, including content licensing agreements, pricing strategies, and marketing campaigns.
    • Assist in developing long-term strategic plans and business cases for new market expansion and growth opportunities.

    Forecasting

    • Building out long term financial and subscriber forecasts in detail.
    • Liaising with team members and executives across the business to collect information and data, sense-check assumptions and incorporate their feedback into models.
    • Working with the strategy team on scenario planning and forecasting and turning models into actionable recommendations.
    • Analyse historical performance data and market trends to identify patterns and insights that inform forecasting models.
    • Continuously monitor and refine forecasting methodologies to improve accuracy and reliability.

    Qualifications Essential:

    • Degree in business, Economics, technical or mathematical/analytical disciplines

    Qualification Preferred:

    • Postgraduate or further professional qualification also welcome (e.g. MBA / ACA etc.)

    Experience

    • 5-8 years strategy experience in business or major consultancy
    • Clear track record of expert analysis and recommendation
    • Strong financial modelling capability
    • Ability to present to Group C-suite under pressure
    • Excellent presentation skills -both verbal and written are critical
    • Strong project management capability
    • Team player – demonstrated ability to lead projects internal/external and across departments
    • Ability to participate in strategic debate on an Executive Level
    • Proven experience in data analysis, forecasting, and strategy development, preferably within the media, entertainment, or technology industry.
    • Proficiency in statistical analysis tools and programming languages such as SQL, Python, or R.
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
    • Passion for the streaming media industry and a deep understanding of consumer behaviour, content trends, and market dynamics.

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    Senior Manager Partner Growth

    Key Performance Objectives

    Strategy Formulation, Segmentation and Prioritisation

    • Provide input to the development of partnership strategy by identifying and quantifying opportunities through insightful business intelligence, market trends and business objectives.
    • Collaborate with other functional team leads in Research and Insights, Marketing, Customer Management, Data and Analytics, Commercial, etc., to share and gather business intelligence that clearly identifies distinctive customer market segments.
    • Conduct Southern Africa hyper segmentation, based on an analysis of customer behaviours, patterns, lifestyles, age, income, family constructs and responsibilities, etc.
    • Clearly articulate the success drivers of historically existing customer market segments; identify untapped or insufficiently exploited potential customer market segments and all relevant nuanced market penetrative considerations that could inform growth partnership strategies.
    • Evaluate and report on the performance of solutions to target segments; provide recommendations on improvements or discontinuation.
    • Formulate a mass market strategy, that includes cross media synergies in informal markets; focusing on consumerism, market penetration, and building and managing relationships
    • Collaborate with marketing teams to reposition the Showmax brand from luxury to a household brand accessible to all.
    • Identify and evaluate new market opportunities, ensuring the organisation stays ahead of industry trends and competitive developments.
    • Maintain accountability for, and report on the success of implemented strategies.

    Partnership Acquisition and Reporting

    • Define partnership objectives that are aligned with Showmax value proposition for each identified customer market segment, with the view to achieve Showmax strategic objectives through partnership subscription and retention targets.
    • Engage and negotiate with partners to reach shared and agreed objectives to be translated to commercial agreements and most desired customer user journeys.
    • Assist legal teams to draft and finalise commercial agreements aligned to shared objectives and discussions.
    • Coordinate cross functional and bi-party collaboration to achieve objectives captured in commercial agreements. E.g. Technical, value propositions, and full go-to-market (GTM), etc.
    • Implement metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and evaluate the success of go-to-market strategies, making data-driven decisions to improve performance.
    • Identify potential risks and challenges in the market expansion process and develop proactive mitigation strategies to safeguard against setbacks.

    Partnership Management

    • Build and maintain solid relationships with partners at all levels (including finance, marketing, Operations, etc.) to ensure an efficient working relationship between Showmax and the partner.
    • Ensure direct report resources are assigned in the most effective manner to drive the most value from each partnership.
    • Delegate day-to-day operational interactions with partners to direct reports and maintain fully informed through regular status and mentoring sessions with them.
    • Remain the key contact for strategic partnerships without compromising integrity of direct reports with each partnership.

    People Management

    • Clearly define goals for the team and drive them towards attaining corporate goals.
    • Define roles, responsibilities, and relationships.
    • Align the team to its purpose and continuously test effectiveness of the individuals.
    • Manage team members to ensure effective delivery of business unit objectives.
    • Develop and lead a high performing team by embedding formal performance development and informal coaching.
    • Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members.
    • Determine and analyse development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed.
    • Interview and recruit new members of the team.
    • Approve leave requests for team members and create a leave plan to ensure adequate coverage.
    • When required, initiate disciplinary processes for team members calling on HR for support.
    • Resolve grievances raised by team members and escalate only if required.
    • Address poor performance of any team member through the formal Performance Improvement Programme and ensure that continued poor performance is appropriately dealt with.
    • Motivate team members and ensure that their efforts are recognised.

    Qualifications

    • Post Grad Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 8 Qualifications in Business Management or similar

    Experience

    • Minimum of 8 - 10 years of business experience, with 7 years in business development and sales.
    • Experience in New product launch as well as marketing experience preferred.
    • Networking and GM/CXO lead generation at major firms (e.g. JSE Top 100).
    • Market sizing and Strategy development.
    • Commercial and contract negotiation with GM level and above.
    • Experience developing value propositions and new product/offer design.
    • Market entry strategy experience (new and existing products).
    • Marketing GTM – Designing marketing strategy, planning, marketing mix optimisation, developing briefs to agencies, overseeing collateral production, and coordinating overall marketing execution (digital and traditional).

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    Senior Manager: Strategy & Forecasting

    Key Performance Objective

    Strategy Development and Execution

    • Lead the development of long-term strategic plans to achieve organizational goals.
    • Conduct in-depth market research to understand industry dynamics, consumer behaviour, and emerging trends in the streaming space.Oversee the analysis of internal and external data sources to identify trends, opportunities, and threats in the streaming market.
    • Translate data insights into actionable recommendations to inform strategic decision-making processes.
    • Develop and evaluate strategic initiatives to address market trends, opportunities, and threats.
    • Drive the execution of strategic initiatives from inception to completion.
    • Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership on key business decisions.
    • Present strategic plans and recommendations to senior leadership
    • Identify and analyse emerging trends that may impact the organization.
    • Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
    • Stay up to date on industry trends and best practices.

    Reporting

    • Generate relevant market intelligence to inform strategic, financial, or operational changes and investment decisions.
    • Translate data and findings into meaningful insights and presentations to present recommendations to key decision makers.
    • Create visibility and clarity in the organization around new market opportunities, business priorities, and operational requirements; as well as the reasons why, these are important to the business.

    Stakeholder Engagement

    • Build strong relationships with senior leadership and key stakeholders to gain buy-in for strategic initiatives and drive alignment across the organisation.
    • Communicate complex strategic concepts and recommendations in a clear, compelling manner through presentations, reports, and discussions.
    • Partner across functions and business units to operationalise strategy and optimise tactics.
    • Provide support to internal stakeholders to ensure achievement of business objectives.

    People Management

    • Manage and mentor junior analysts responsible for data analysis, forecasting, and strategic insights.
    • Provide guidance, coaching, and professional development opportunities to build a high-performing team.
    • Determine and analyse development needs for the team and ensure that identified training requirements are budgeted for and executed.
    • Create effective workforce and recruitment demand plans to ensure that current and future business requirements can be met.
    • When required, initiate disciplinary processes for team members calling on support from Human Capital when required.
    • Resolve grievances raised by team members and escalate only if required.
    • Address poor performance of any team member through the formal Performance improvement program and ensure that continued poor performance is appropriately dealt with.
    • Motivate team members and ensure that their efforts are recognized.

    Qualifications Essential:

    • A post graduate degree with qualifications in Business, Economics, technical or mathematical/analytical disciplines

    Qualification Preferred:

    • Masters Degree / Second Degree or further professional qualification also welcome (e.g. MBA / ACA etc.)

    Experience

    • 8-10 years strategy experience in business or major consultancy
    • Clear track record of expert analysis and recommendation
    • Strong financial modelling capability
    • Ability to present to Group C-suite under pressure
    • Excellent presentation skills -both verbal and written are critical
    • Strong project management capability
    • Team player – demonstrated ability to lead projects internal/external and across departments
    • Calm, collected ability to think on feet
    • Ability to participate in strategic debate on an Executive Level
    • Demonstrated leadership experience, including managing teams and driving cross-functional collaboration.
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
    • Strategic mindset with a track record of developing and executing successful strategic initiatives.
    • Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques, financial modelling, and market research methods.

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    Senior Project Manager

    Key Performance Objectives

    Project Management

    • Develop project charters to establish clear project objectives and scope.
    • Coordinate and lead weekly project meetings to facilitate communication and progress tracking.
    • Update and disseminate comprehensive weekly project progress reports, including meeting minutes and action logs.
    • Monitor project deliverables and implement corrective actions as necessary to ensure alignment with project goals.
    • Manage project risks and issues, implementing strategies to mitigate potential challenges.
    • Maintain meticulous control over scope changes, ensuring the business case is updated and obtaining necessary customer signoffs.
    • Chair various project/programme meetings, preparing essential documents such as minutes and reports for SteerCo, Weekly Status & Stakeholder meetings, and Daily Stand-ups.
    • Direct and motivate project/programme teams to ensure the successful delivery of project scope within established time, cost, and quality parameters.
    • Regularly update project plans to reflect evolving project requirements and timelines.
    • Escalate issues to project sponsors, technical leads, and other relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
    • Update, submit, and manage change registers and change controls to track modifications to the project scope.
    • Manage overall project scope, schedules, deliverables, communications, and risks while ensuring compliance with quality standards and adherence to relevant methodologies and templates.
    • Monitor key interdependencies and complexities, communicating them effectively across the business.
    • Oversee the registration, administration, and execution of projects in alignment with company objectives.
    • Provide comprehensive project documentation for all projects, ensuring transparency and accessibility of information.
    • Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with the Project Management Methodology, project standards, and business strategy, meeting the specified business requirements.
    • Provide necessary support to the Programme Manager and Head of PMO as required.

    Financial Management, Monitoring and Reporting (Where necessary as not all Projects carry budget)

    • Take ownership of and maintain the project budget, ensuring accuracy and adherence to financial guidelines.
    • Develop comprehensive financial plans and forecasts to guide project budgeting and resource allocation.
    • Optimize costs to ensure that project delivery remains within the defined budgetary constraints.
    • Manage procurement processes, including obtaining quotes, placing orders for required equipment/services, and ensuring timely payment of invoices for projects.
    • Facilitate the monitoring and budget reporting across various projects to ensure financial transparency and accountability.
    • Manage comprehensive reporting initiatives across projects, ensuring accurate and timely dissemination of financial information.
    • Provide financial oversight and contribute to budget planning for VE (Value Engineering) projects.
    • Monitor and manage expenditure, ensuring that all financial targets are met, and address any instances where budgets and expenditures exceed agreed-upon tolerances across projects/programmes.
    • Contribute to the definition and implementation of effective financial controls and decision-making processes.
    • Analyze actual expenditure, explain variances, and provide advice on available budget options.
    • Assist in the definition and operation of effective financial control and decision-making mechanisms.

    Qualifications

    • A Post graduate Degree in Business Management, Project Management, or Information Technology
    • Project Management qualifications (Preferred)
    • Agile Certification/Qualifications will be an advantage.

    Experience

    • A minimum of 8 -10 years project management
    • Broadcast industry experience
    • Knowledge of the OTT/VOD/SVOD environment
    • Intermediate understanding of systems design and solution architecture

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