Job Opportunity: Director, Corporate Strategy and Innovation position available at Premier Switch Solutions S. Co. in Addis Ababa. Business and Administration, Management, Sales and Marketing jobs in Ethiopia are in high demand. Apply now through GeezJobs - Ethiopia's leading job portal.
Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a pioneer Electronic Payment Processing Company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia and working for the vision of Driving Digital Solutions for all. The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks.
Currently, PSS has a vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening.
- Formulate and lead the implementation of the corporate strategy.
- Formulate and implement the Innovation, Business and Marketing & Branding strategies.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures for the Innovation, Business and Marketing & Branding functions.
- Develop Annual plan and budget for the company by coordinating different work units and communicate same to relevant work units for implementation.
- Lead the company’s growth by coordinating the design and implementation of the company’s corporate strategy and plans, and monitoring enterprise performance against key performance metrics and indicators.
- Ensures that the company’s strategies and plans are executed on time and the desired results are achieved.
- Lead the implementation of corporate performance management along with the relevant work units.
- Create alignment around the strategy, proactively identify interdependencies and synergies, and foster collaboration across the company.
- Lead in the identify, approach and establish business partnership with potential partners in Donors, government organs, service providers, financial institutions, Fin-techs, card schemes and international corporations.
- Design both external and internal communication strategies and manage the implementation.
- Manage and coordinate all marketing, advertising, PR, promotional activities in liaison with business unit leaders.
- Lead the organization of company events, press release and meetings.
- Develop the marketing strategy of new and existing products and services.
- Coordinate the development of a wide range of innovative products and services.
- Establish and maintain relations with media houses and ensure adequate corporate visibility and coverage of all events sponsored by the organization.
- Review transformation plan deliverables, with a customer-centric focus and the flexibility to adjust to new innovations, regulations and priorities.
- Spearhead the development of tools to facilitate research, proofs of concepts, and roadmap items.
- Conduct new product and service feasibility study, benchmark survey, customer satisfaction survey, marketing, company, industry and country-wide research.
- Lead the development and presentation of research proposals to management for approval.
- Prepare budget for the department.
- Provide training, coaching and mentoring of work units, employees on strategy development and implementation.
- Prepare periodic strategy implementation, operational and project performance reports at corporate level.
- Involve in the development of business continuity and ensure the communication of change management plan.
- Prepare periodic reports.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Public Relations,
or related field of study from a recognized institution - At least 8 years’ relevant experience, 2 of which should have been in managerial role.
- Experience in business and product development, marketing and public relations is preferable.
- Relevant certification is advantageous.
How To Apply
Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of relevant documents within 7 days of this announcement.
We only accept applications sent via our email: pss.hr@pss-ethiopia.com
Please write clearly for which position you applied on the email subject line.
