We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Strategy
and Planning Department within the Technology Division.
In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a
person who meets the criteria indicated below:
Principal Enterprise Services Strategy Engineer
Reporting to the Senior Manager – Network Strategy and Architecture - Core, the holder of the role is primarily responsible for developing and setting the Enterprise Service Strategy geared towards delivering integrated communications to enhance the delivery of real business benefits to our corporate customers.
The job holder’s key responsibilities will be to:
Enterprise Strategy
- Define both long
term and short term Enterprise Services Strategy based on business unit
requirement, technology evolution, market place dynamics & vendor
specific road maps
- Ensure strategy
drives services that are delivered with good quality, across a wide
coverage area, at competitive prices for customers with deep service
expectations
- Perform service
evolution and business case study of new products and services, study best
practices shared by VGE strategy team and form inputs for Enterprise
Services strategy
- Align Enterprise
Services strategy with other technology strategies to achieve an end to
end service strategy
- Conduct
technology presentations that inform on new revenue streams to business
units
- Assist in
preparing both long term and short term enterprise services architectures
based on technology evolution and customer demands
- Assist in
preparing basic network cost models for services by using inputs from
network engineering and product & service teams in coordination with
supply chain based on products/solution
- Assist in OPEX
reduction initiatives by guiding the delivery of optimized service
architectures, well dimensioned hardware and features
Project Management
- Organize
meetings with technology delivery teams, business partners and follow up
on enterprise strategy implementation
- Organize
quarterly strategy control meetings with delivery teams, business units
and supply chain where needed
Business Continuity Planning
- Assist in
forming business objectives for Business Continuity Planning on all
services delivered to Enterprise customers
- Assist in
translation of BCP objectives for Enterprise services into technical
requirements, implementation guidelines and budget estimates
- Assist in
scheduling, monitoring and providing feedback as to completeness of BCP
test plans and on executed tests
Supplier Strategy
- Build and
maintain business relationships with network vendors and suppliers
who enable our enterprise business
- Study and
evaluate enterprise product road maps, services, features, costing
and licensing by engaging various vendors and suppliers through meetings
and technology conferences
- Assist in
forming enterprise supplier strategy for customer premise equipment and
related software
Reporting: Prepare Monthly and Quarterly status report of strategy
performance KPIs
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills & competencies:
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills & competencies:
- 6+ years of
experience in Telecommunications or Internet/Application Service Provider
in solutions design/system administration/product development
- Excellent
knowledge of IP networking, IP based services, Security systems and
applications
- Sound knowledge
on product development life cycles and service catalogues
- Excellent
knowledge of Unified Communications, Managed Services, Cloud Computing and
Collaboration solutions
- Strong analytical,
problem solving and organizational skills and ability to work under
pressure with mature and target oriented approach
- Excellent
documentation, communications and presentation skills with sound
experience in MS office (Excel, Word, Power point, Project, Visio) and
other visual drawing tools
- Bachelor’s
degree in Telecommunications, Engineering, Computer Science
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the
necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application
letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate
for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below.
The deadline for application is Wednesday 01 August, 2012
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke
