Greenlight Planet is a multinational, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.
Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 26 million people in more than 40 countries and have sold over 10.5 million products worldwide.
The PAYG Programs Lead will work closely with the country Program Managers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, India and Myanmar, for the East Africa and Asia position and Nigeria, Togo, Zambia, Mozambique for the West and Southern Africa position.
Candidate will ensure efficient EasyBuy Direct operations and implementation of new pilots, products, services and technologies in the respective countries.
Essential Responsibilities
Coordination of EasyBuy related implementations primarily across the countries of supervision and as well other countries outside of the region
Management and development of country Program Managers and their teams
Spearheading the development of Program Managers specialisations and focus areas, including management of projects specifically related to the Program Managers specialisation
Driving achievement of Program Managers goals and objectives
Own regional project management and ensure standardisation of processes across the region and/or across specific countries outside the region of competence
Ensure proper configurations of the CRM instances of the region
Support expansion efforts into the region of competence by recruiting, setting up and project managing the efforts related to the sales in a completely new market
Qualifications / Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree preferred, alternatively a Diploma / Certificate will be considered with additional 2 years of relevant experience
4 years of relevant work experience in a similar role is a requirement, experience in Program or Project Management is required
At least 2 years experience in managing a team with clear achievements of goals and satisfactory performance and demonstrated professional growth of the team managed.
Desired Characteristics:
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with stakeholders with different working styles, priorities and communication styles
Clear and straight to the point communication skills with fluency in both written and spoken English
Demonstrated excellent time management skills in terms of workload balancing and response time to queries of colleagues.
Ability to evaluate prioritisation of tasks and project on the go and work on high impact-low effort items first
Problem solving ability and fix what’s broken mindset
Excellent attention to details, you understand that the difference between an “Ok” and “Exceptional” job lies in how much you can spot and work on the important minute details of your tasks.
Excellent issue-tracking and resolution skills over long periods of time
Able to handle multiple tasks at the same time without errors and mistakes.
We believe that diversity (of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, personality type, perspective, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different) enriches innovation and our competitiveness in the market.
We strive to ensure diverse perspectives inform critical decisions, and we actively work towards ensuring all Greenlighters feel like they belong. We also know that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Greenlight recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes individuals based on experiences and demonstrated job performance, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/AIDS status, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.