Role purpose: 

The Manager: IoT Product Development, Solutions Integration and Operations is strategically required to plan, develop and oversee implementation and thereof oversee ongoing operations and reviews of the solutions and help ensure the availability and seamless functioning of the solutions and teams/stakeholders in support.

The Key driver KPIs including Design, developing and Instant implementation of customer solutions and their subsequent billing within SLA, Customer UAT signoff within set timelines.

Job Responsibility

Key accountabilities and decision ownership 

• Responsible with leading to capturing and understanding customer requirements and design based on business requirement.  
• Responsible with collaborating with Platform and other Technical Vendors/Partners as within and/or involving customer technical teams and ensure customer requirement is understood.
• Responsible with leading implementation of customer solution by ensuring all integration parameters are addressed for a complete working solution.
• Responsible with ensuring UATs are performed and proper team training is done of the new feature/solution (both customer teams and Vodacom Sales teams).
• Responsible with identifying new and innovative IoT solutions and help to scope with relevant stakeholders that ensures continued relevance and growth of IoT revenue and customer experience

Must have technical professional qualifications and Core competencies: 

• A degree in Telecom Engineering, Electronic or Computer Science or Computer engineering from a reputable university. 
• Planning  and organizational skills 
• Excellent communication skills. 
• Ability to work effectively in cross functional setup. 
• Strong Stakeholder Management skills
• At least 3 years previous experience handling 
• Technical strategic planning
• Project management and reporting,
• Sales or product development.