Job Title: Product Specialist
Department: Commercial
Reporting to: Proposition Manager
Job type: Full-time
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Lagos
Department: Commercial
Reporting to: Proposition Manager
Job type: Full-time
Employment type: Permanent
Location: Lagos
Key roles
- Responsible for the design and architecture and implementation of products from conceptual stage to product launch
- Shall assist in the commercial life cycle management of product
- The job holder must have a Bachelor Degree preferably in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Telecommunications or ICT environment.
Key Accountabilities
- Testing of concept with potential target markets.
- Manage complete life cycles of the product line.
- Assist the product portfolio managers in realization of Business Plan objectives.
- Serve as the primary resource centre for all product related information.
- Assist to drive the new product development process.
- Define and execute the acceptance criteria for Proof of Concepts.
- Work with Core Engineering to identify and drive the adoption of new technologies for optimizing existing products/services.
- Development and update of sales tools such as product pricing, product presentations, service order forms, customer contracts.
- Generate monthly and periodic reports that track the product operational and commercial performance at various stages of the life cycle as against the business plan.
- Liaise with Product Marketing to help revise marketing collateral such as brochures, website, product descriptions, new press releases and assist in coordinating public marketing campaigns.
- Perform other job related duties as required.
Knowledge
- Innovative thinking
- Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment
- Working and relating with peers excellently
Skills
- Multitasking abilities, being able to take on several projects across several work streams
- Effective public speaking, communications and writing skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to take ownership and leadership by influencing superiors
Should you meet the above requirements please submit your C.Vs to careersng@vodacom.com
