Digital Delivery Lead at Safaricom Kenya

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the HOD Digital Engineering, the role holder will be responsible for team leadership, organization, and productivity. S/He will be accountable for enabling digital portfolio and its associated programs delivery in addition to building a high performing culture within Digital IT that allows for innovation and experimentation through the Digital IT Spirit and Dockyard initiatives. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish an Engineering culture of passion for innovation and relentless improvement to the IT organization 
• Direct recruitment, capacity, performance and finances for the IT organization 
• Manage sourcing strategy and strategic vendor relationships to achieve goals of innovation, speed and efficiency. 
• IT representative in the quarterly business reviews and responsible for maintaining and running PI planning for core IT
• CAPEX & OPEX budgeting for digital and agile delivery spend.
• Operate within approved CAPEX & OPEX expenditure for the domain to meet departmental objectives

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in software engineering, IT or any other related field 
• 7 or more years of experience in IT Delivery, preferably in managing large programs, partners and demand management
• 5 years of leadership responsibilities in large delivery organizations, managing cross-functional teams and/or organization-wide programs, influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders effectively within complex context 
• Experience in IT strategic planning, organization design and development 
• Experience in agile principles and processes within large engineering organizations 
• Experience in running large and complex programs, PI planning and demand management in organizations 
• Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred