The Client: MasterCard Labs is MasterCard’s global Research and
Development division, focused on the evolution of technological and consumer
trends and the implication of these evolutions on the payments industry.
Role Profile:Business Leader,Product Development
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial
Inclusion, the Business Leader, Product Development role will play a pivotal
role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, as
well as launching new products developed by MasterCard Labs.
The role is looking for an
experienced Product manager who is passionate about building products to meet
the needs of specific user segments.
The position will be responsible for
defining the product vision (including the product roadmap) and owning aspects
of the product lifecycle, working with and motivating cross-functional teams in
a lean start-up environment.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
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Define and own the Lab’s product
strategy, roadmap and priorities.
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Ensure end-to-end development and
management of the Lab products, including high-impact and differentiated
product positioning, sales support, messaging, launch strategy and market
segmentation to drive optimum growth and target segment adoption.
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Manage financial and operational
performance of the product against targets.
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Continuously identify and strategize
opportunities for product extensions and enhancements to support market
segments and needs.
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Work closely with and motivate
technology team to deliver Product roadmap; partner with strategic partnerships
and marketing leads on market needs, feature prioritization, and identification
of product enhancements.
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Drive detailed Go To Market product
activities, including but not limited to, contract development with legal and
Global Supply Management teams, data privacy/usage requirements, marketing
collateral coordination with marketing lead, branding approvals,
acquirer/partner relationship management in conjunction with channel managers,
research/planning for target markets and product scope, and ongoing platform
operational efforts.
Position Requirements/Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree
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Extensive background in product
lifecycle delivery; demonstrated experience in developing innovative
segment and product solutions.
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Demonstrated success defining and
launching excellent products.
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Proven project delivery experience,
organizational skills and attention to detail.
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Experience with agile development
processes and monthly or weekly product release cycles.
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Experience establishing, managing and
monitoring the financial and market progress of product against metrics.
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Strong cross-functional team and
relationship building skills.
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Demonstrated leadership in taking
accountability, acting with a sense of urgency and delivering plans with
passion, ambition and aptitude.
·
Basic familiarity with the web
application development space.
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Superior communications, presentation
and interpersonal skills.
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Knowledge of the East African market
and the current availability of financial services in that region is desirable.
·
Must have a ‘Roll-up-your-sleeves’
entrepreneurial, start-up attitude.
Role Profile:Business Leader,Software Engineering
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Software Engineering will manage a team of 7 engineers driving hard to bring innovative financial inclusion focused payment solutions to the unbanked and underserved in East Africa.
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Software Engineering will manage a team of 7 engineers driving hard to bring innovative financial inclusion focused payment solutions to the unbanked and underserved in East Africa.
He/she will partner with the Product development lead to define the product vision (including the product roadmap) and own the product development lifecycle, working with and motivating cross-functional teams in a lean start-up environment.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide day-to-day leadership of the
technology team: hiring, setting and tracking objectives, obtaining resources,
overseeing task completion; and reporting progress, accomplishments and hurdles
to the Head of the Lab.
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Define and own the Lab’s technology
strategy, roadmap and priorities.
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Support the team in the development
of high quality, secure, scalable software solutions based on technical
requirement specifications and design artifacts within expected time and
budget.
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Ensure your team meets all
requirements for programming, testing, implementation, documentation,
maintenance and support of systems application software in adherence with
MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.
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Partner with the product development,
strategic partnerships and marketing leads on market needs, feature
prioritization, and identification of product enhancements.
·
Work with the rest of the team to
meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending
solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks.
·
Constantly look for opportunities to
enhance standards and improve process efficiency.
Position Requirements / Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree
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Java [JEE, Spring, Hibernate, App
Servers]
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Web [CSS, HTML5, Javascript,
Photoshop]
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Database [Oracle, MySQL, Postgres,
Hadoop]
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Mobile [iOS, Android, J2ME, JavaCard]
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Strong communication skills -- both
verbal and written – with proven relationship, collaborative and organizational
skills.
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Experience of and ability to recruit,
develop, lead and manage the performance of a specialist team of developers in
an agile environment.
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Must have a ‘Roll-up-your-sleeves’
entrepreneurial, start-up attitude.
·
Strong background in software
development.
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Strong experience in mobile and web
development.
Role Profile:Marketing Lead
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Marketing Lead candidate will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, as well as launching new products developed by the Lab.
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Marketing Lead candidate will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, as well as launching new products developed by the Lab.
He/she will be responsible for
defining marketing communications and PR strategy for all new products
developed by the Lab, and executing on that strategy with agility and
flexibility in a lean start-up environment.
The candidate will continuously
identify opportunities and conceive innovative marketing solutions to best
support different market segments and coordinate with the product and technical
teams to execute them and demonstrate creative energy and passion for shaping
successful marketing campaigns.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
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Develop product marketing and
communication strategy (including online marketing and social media strategy)
for all new products developed by the Lab and for all target segments.
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Coordinate all market research and
market testing.
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Craft compelling product messaging
and positioning, segmented according to audience.
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Create promotional content to fuel
awareness of the products and develop creative collateral, such as videos,
tutorials and other media suitable for the East African market to drive
interest in the products.
·
Engage with the business development
teams to create and own all elements of cohesive campaigns, dynamic initiatives
and compelling content to bring the solution to life.
·
Evaluate and recommend conferences,
events, tradeshows, meet-ups, etc., to leverage as outreach vehicles.
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Drive the standardized metrics and
measurement tools for the evaluation of marketing initiatives.
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Partner with Product on roadmap
definition, feature prioritization, and identification of product enhancements.
·
Collaborate with the product/sales
channel teams to shape the marketing collateral/media approach/market touch
points that best target and appeal to the segments in each region.
Position Requirements / Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree, preferably in
marketing, communications or journalism.
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Relevant experience in marketing and
PR, preferably with demonstrable experience within IT and/or payments industry.
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Demonstrable experience leveraging
marketing insights to develop communications plans.
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Proven experience measuring marketing
results against success metrics.
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Proven leadership and marketing
project management skills.
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Strong cross-functional team and
relationship building skills.
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Proven ability to successfully engage
and manage outside creative agencies, as well as flexibility to develop
end-to-end marketing campaigns in-house.
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Demonstrated ability to develop and
successfully implement measurable digital marketing programs.
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Demonstrated experience effectively
engaging the community on behalf of a product using social networking tools
(forums, blogging, Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
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Ability to self-start and develop
innovative approaches to reach the target segments
·
Demonstrated leadership in taking
accountability, acting with a sense of urgency and delivering plans with passion,
ambition and aptitude.
·
Superior interpersonal, and
communication skills with the ability to conceptualize, structure, write, and
present information to both internal and external audiences as needed
·
Basic familiarity with the web
application development space.
·
Knowledge of the East African market
and the current availability of financial services in that region is desirable.
Role Profile:Business Leader,Innovation Management
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Innovation Management role will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, as well as ideating and prototyping new financial inclusion focused products suitable for development at the Lab.
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Innovation Management role will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, as well as ideating and prototyping new financial inclusion focused products suitable for development at the Lab.
The position will
enable and catalyse innovation through the establishment, management and
evolution of a comprehensive innovation program. You will leverage best
practices and learnings, incorporate new ideas and assimilate with proven
MasterCard Labs innovation processes.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
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Provide day-to-day leadership of the
Innovation Management team (initially managing one other innovation management
professional): hiring, setting and tracking objectives, obtaining resources,
overseeing task completion; and reporting progress, accomplishments and hurdles
to the Head of the Lab.
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Promote culture of innovation.
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Orchestrate internal and external
idea generation processes to generate new ides to feed into the innovation
process.
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Manage design, development and
implementation of financial inclusion focused innovation programs; identify
opportunities, anticipate barriers and develop roadmap/bridge to cultivate
desired innovation mind-set.
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Ensure innovation programs are
managed effectively in terms of cost and timing.
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Continuously improve and scale the
innovation program by sharing best practices and lessons learned.
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Evaluate all ideas’ against
established criteria to determine their fitness for Labs, and then orchestrate
the effort to incubate the most promising ideas taking them from concept,
through rapid prototyping and market testing, to commercialization.
Position Requirements /
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree, preferably in
marketing, communications or journalism.
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Passion for innovation and a belief
in how it can address financial inclusion challenges
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Proven leadership and Innovation
Management skills.
·
Strong cross-functional team and
relationship building skills.
·
Demonstrated leadership in taking
accountability, acting with a sense of urgency and delivering plans with
passion, ambition and aptitude.
·
Superior interpersonal, and
communication skills.
·
Basic familiarity with the web
application development space.
·
Organization and project management
skills.
·
Knowledge of the East African market
and the current availability of financial services in that region is desirable.
Role Profile:Business Leader, Strategic
Partnerships and Business Development
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development role will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, identifying and building strong partnerships, providing education to drive the adoption of the Lab’s products, leading client engagements and bringing in new business.
The Position: Reporting to the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, the Business Leader, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development role will play a pivotal role in launching and establishing MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, identifying and building strong partnerships, providing education to drive the adoption of the Lab’s products, leading client engagements and bringing in new business.
To be successful in this role, the
candidate must be a passionate and energetic individual and possess strong
people and communication skills.
He/she will be required to represent
MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion and influence stakeholders such as:
local government and authorities, media, financial institutions, local
universities, local startup community and NGOs.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
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Lead the Strategic Partnerships and
Business Development team (initially managing one other professional): hiring,
setting and tracking objectives, obtaining resources, overseeing task
completion; and reporting progress, accomplishments and hurdles to the Head of
the Lab.
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Identify and build strong
partnerships with groups such as local government & authorities, financial
institutions, local start-up community, senior MasterCard executives and local
universities.
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Responsible for creating and
executing on an innovative strategy to drive product adoption by leveraging a
combination of partnerships and direct sales.
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Responsibility for establishing a
start-up mentoring program in the East African region and recruiting MasterCard
employees to participate as mentors.
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Develop an education program focused
on financial inclusion.
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Assist with the education program,
taking responsibility for all education materials.
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Creatively engage in community
events, conferences, trade shows and social media to embrace incubators, meet
ups, trade shows, and other outreach venues.
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Gather market feedback to inform
product decisions.
Position Requirements /
Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree
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Expert in business
development/sales/partnerships in the areas of e-commerce and payments,
preferably with experience in a start-up.
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Demonstrated success generating new
business.
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Experience hiring, managing and
leading teams.
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Ability to self-start and promote the
Lab with passion, ambition and aptitude.
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Demonstrated experience in
establishing networks.
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Excellent interpersonal and
communication skills with the ability to conceptualize, structure, write, and
present information to both semi-technical and non-technical audiences.
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Basic familiarity using web
applications.
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Must have a ‘Roll-up-your-sleeves’
entrepreneurial, start-up attitude.
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20%+ travel may be required.
Application Procedure:
Applicants should email their cover letter and CV with names of three referees who can provide confidential assessment of their capabilities. Indicate on your CV your current and expected salary.
All communication relating to application for these positions should be addressed to:
mastercard@preferredpersonnel.co.ke
On the subject matter of the email, ensure you indicate the position you are applying for.
Applications should be received by 11th December 2014.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applicants should email their cover letter and CV with names of three referees who can provide confidential assessment of their capabilities. Indicate on your CV your current and expected salary.
All communication relating to application for these positions should be addressed to:
mastercard@preferredpersonnel.co.ke
On the subject matter of the email, ensure you indicate the position you are applying for.
Applications should be received by 11th December 2014.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
