MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Manager - Business Strategy, Strategy and Innovation
Job Identification: 6090 Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time
Reports To: Senior Manager - Business Strategy
Division: Strategy and Innovation
Mission
Support the organisation’s strategy development and review process
Actively collaborate with stakeholders across the business to monitor and report delivery of strategic objectives, priorities, initiatives and KPIs
Support the cascading of Group and Opco strategic objectives, priorities and initiatives across the business in collaboration with Corporate Communications and other stakeholders
Support preparation and facilitation of Board and Leadership retreats by undertaking research, preparing executive presentations, guiding divisions in the preparation of required retreat documents, capturing highlights, preparing retreat reports, etc.
Description
Contribute to the development and/or evaluation of financial and business cases for relevant initiatives.
Financial modelling: work with multiple (often finance-related and non-related) sources of data, integrating fact-bases and assumptions to develop complex financial and operational models.
Track and report on the financial performance of strategic projects, ensuring adherence to project budget and schedule, as well as providing insights and recommendations for improvement where relevant
Develop in-depth understanding of the business and external market forces
Provide an analytical mindset to solving complex business problems and provide relevant insights for Leadership to make business decisions.
Focus on content development for initiatives and projects which are required to be incubated by the Strategy & Innovation team.
Ensure content and solutions are aligned to global best practice
Facilitate diagnostics and problem-solving workshops, applying economic/ business principles and recognizing intricacies of complex problems, to develop innovative solutions.
Deploy rigorous analytical and data synthesis skills; in particular develop decision support models to guide strategy and key operational decisions.
Support the identification and framing of projects in response to market/industry dynamics, business unit and enterprise-wide priorities.
Articulate project scope, delivery requirement, business case requirements and implementation milestones
Translate teams' discussions and decisions into effective presentations (tailored to audience and purpose)
Work with Senior Management to prioritize initiatives within Strategy & Innovation to allocate effort to mission-critical areas
Drive implementation of strategic initiatives and projects, ensuring the delivery of business objectives and goals
Challenge senior business leaders and the status quo utilizing data and analytical capabilities
Provide support to Management by demonstrating conceptual capability, problem solving skills, agility and environmental market awareness to improve business outcomes.
Act as an effective change agent utilizing influence, stakeholder analysis and change management techniques
Requirements
Education:
A First Degree in a related field
Possession of Project Management certification and/or an MBA is advantageous.
Fluent in English
Experience:
6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:
Experience working on business transformation projects
Minimum 4 years’ experience working in a global/multinational management consultancy (understanding emerging markets)
Management experience is advantageous
Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Project
Creating strategy documents to address business problems
Project management experience
Application Closing Date
18th August, 2025; 10:59PM.