Description :

Grade Level: L2

Location: Islamabad, Pakistan

Last date to apply: 5th November 2021

Expert A2P & Digital Communications

Jazz Business team being the flagbearer of integrated business solutions in Pakistan strives to achieve excellence in innovation and total customer satisfaction every day. The marketing team comprises various functions covering marketing communications, product strategy, and design, business planning, and channel enablement. You would be part of the team responsible for managing and evolving the AdTech, CPaaS solutions, Mobile Identity, A2P Messaging & Ecosystem, Messaging Firewalls & Policies, Charging Platforms, and new products innovation.

The role reports directly to the Manager A2P with an extended team of 06 team members

What does Expert A2P & Digital Communications do?

We are looking for someone who has relevant techno-commercial experience in mobile value-added services, their underlying technologies and terms, pricing and strategy, business analysis, and product management. Well-versed with the local and international market trends and have ample experience in managing a business portfolio directly or independently with P/L responsibilities. You have a knack for number crunching, structured documentation, and have exceptional presentation skills.

Key responsibilities

• Developing a digital strategy and leading business planning/P&L management for CPaaS, AdTech, and A2P Messaging.
• Analyze market intelligence and take appropriate strategic implementation actions and identify the potential of existing services and introduce changes as part of the overall product life cycle management
• Translate customer insights into innovative concepts and identify new opportunities based on the evolution of technologies
• Working with partner ecosystem to create synergies and facilitate development roadmap, GTM, and achievement of revenue KPIs
• Carrying out in-depth evaluations of potential product/platforms for venture initiatives & acquisitions
• Identifying potential revenue streams, conducting market research, generating product requirements, determining specifications, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction, and developing GTM strategies.
• Optimize supplier performance through strong commercial management, ensuring business value is delivered & competitive advantage is maintained.
• You would be expected to review various pricing and new product design-related recommendations, take decisions and ensure day-on-day coordination within the operating network, ownership of budgeting, P&L management, products KPIs, and reporting at the CXO level as a product owner independently.
• Maintain the thought leadership position in the industry through continuous innovation
• Own the product lifecycle, from discovery, definition, execution to launch & iteration.
• Work with cross-functional business, product, and engineering leaders to develop the Identity team’s roadmaps, balancing long-term infrastructure investments against near-term KPIs and targets
• Use data-driven approaches to make decisions and continuously improve the product

Key Deliverables

• Attend and graduate from our company-wide onboarding process along with a detailed orientation program where you will learn Jazz’s values, business, and its vision along with short-term and long-term strategy.
• Understand and drive Ad-Tech & CPaaS monetization strategy, A2P messaging, SaaS products, Insights & analytics offerings, messaging firewalls algorithms & policies and act as subject matter expert within the organization.
• Be in a position to manage projects independently, set revenue goals and projects goals for assigned business portfolio. Start adding value in solutions designing pricing structure, special projects, managing platform deployments through responsible stakeholders involved.
• Transform yourself into a focal person for the assigned business portfolio and be in a position to suggest measures to internal stakeholders including regulatory, revenue assurance, supply chain, technical, carrier & wholesale, service delivery, and proposal management teams.
• Fully aware of market trends, competition, internal and external challenges related to your assigned portfolio. You will be in a position to take independent decisions while ensuring transparency and alignment with the business strategy

Requirements

• Product Development and Innovation
• Business Analysis, Analytical & Presentation Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Management
• Strong knowledge in product & pricing
• Bachelor’s or master’s in business/Marketing/Analytics with 5+ years of experience with a focus on project/product management.

• A proven set of records in delivering digital products.
• Experience in Data, Analytics, and Data Science (AI) areas will be an advantage.
• Significant knowledge of the messaging industry and its competitive landscape.
• Working knowledge of digital products, mobile identity, and CPaaS platforms
• Strong negotiation, Partner Management skills, and Stakeholders Management
• Growth-mindset, Attention to detail, Willingness to learn
• Result Oriented, Creativity and Innovation, Flexible and Adaptable

Benefits

As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development.

As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 69 million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.

Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.