General Manager, Latest Administration at Janta Kenya

Objectives of this Role

• Overall responsible for the success and long-term vision of our client, as the point person for external engineering and technical work supporting the highest-level relationships with our clients’ partners
• Lead teams which conduct rapid end-to-end proof of concepts, build prototypes and implement our clients-specific software and solutions using blockchain methodologies
• Manage some of the largest and most complex technical initiatives by assembling and leading teams to plan and implement effective strategies to create scalable, pioneering, and future-facing technology solutions across our client’s  partnerships
• Drive research, and conduct financial and strategic analyses to support the growth of the business.
• Build and maintain a deep professional network with companies, investors, industry experts, and other stakeholders in the gaming, block-chain-related (NFT, cryptocurrency) space.
• Support development of overall Gaming product strategy and blockchain-related opportunities (e.g., non-fungible tokens, cryptocurrency)
• Develop relationships in key markets with private and public sectors in gaming and regulators in other sectors related as well.
• Drive licenses when required and various partnerships
• Seek out opportunities for expansion and growth by developing new business relationships
• Develop, implement, and maintain budgetary and resource allocation plans
• Delegate responsibilities to the best employees to perform them while enforcing all policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, training programs, and cultural values

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience in a managerial role
• Experience in Gaming and technology
• Strong understanding of the African gaming landscape
• Proven ability to develop and maintain financial plans
• Good understanding of Product development and business metrics
• Good understanding of P/L and how to drive growth.
• Self-driven and self-motivated starter
• The out of Box thinker and problem solver.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong pan-African relationships.
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams and coordinating at the highest levels with hands-on engineering experience and understanding through all points of the development lifecycle
• 1+ years of experience working within blockchain technologies, including gaming design, web3, blockchain systems, NFT/ DAOs, and smart contracts
• Experience growing teams and designing organizations to maximize long term impact
• Experience understanding a technology/customer/business to recognize business opportunities, long-term technology trends, etc.
• Expertise in managing people/portfolios to truly advance technology in the most creative ways, in the most complex and dynamic environments
• Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Deadline: 20th May, 2022