MTN Nigeria – The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable.
It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
1.) Manager – Technical Regulatory, Corporate Services and Sustainability.
Job Title: Manager – Technical Regulatory, Corporate Services and Sustainability.
Job Identification: 5129
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Job Category: MTN Level 3
Division: Corporate Services and Sustainability
Reports To: Senior Manager – Regulatory Affairs
Job Summary
- Manage technical regulations and digital rights concerns, provide regulatory advice on various business issues, develop regulatory inputs to policies and frameworks, and manage the future impact of new regulatory policies and legislation on MTN operations.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with relevant government departments, regulatory bodies and agencies and industry associations to ensure an enabling environment for MTN activities.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and review industry commercial trends and target new revenue/cost-saving opportunities arising from competitive or regulatory developments.
- Ensure prompt and cost-effective management of regulatory filings and payments (spectrum and numbering resources).
- Collaborate with other business units to develop business models for use in MTNN, develop strategies to harness opportunities and support business development.
- Proactively engage regulatory authorities in developing best practice policies, regulations, guidelines and standards on technical and digital rights matters.
- Advise on and monitor compliance with terms of the Unified Service Access License(UASL), Spectrum Licenses, and Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and other subsidiary technical regulations, business rules and guidelines.
- Prepare and negotiate interconnect, roaming, capacity leasing, and infrastructure-sharing agreements with other operators.
- Support relevant business units in implementing business strategies for emerging business focus areas
- Support the implementation of MTN Nigeria’s Digital Rights strategy, ensuring global alignment of policies and procedures.
- Ensure MTN Nigeria’s products and services comply with digital rights regulations.
- Manage digital rights requests and incidents, coordinate digital impact assessments and support digital rights advocacy efforts.
- Manage relationships with Interconnect and other technical partners to ensure smooth operations.
- Manage relationships with digital rights stakeholders and support the implementation of the integrated and multi-stakeholder approach to overall digital rights and embedding digital rights throughout MTN systems and functions.
- Develop and implement regulatory strategies for technical regulatory matters, including licensing, Quality of Service, Universal Access and spectrum management.
- Identify, monitor and analyze relevant policy trends, laws, relevant news, and government developments in the focus areas that may impact MTN.
- Prepare advisories and guide business strategy and decision-making through regulatory advisory and advance/influence relevant public policies and legislation by advocating MTN’s positions to ensure the attainment of business initiatives. Develop public policy and thought leadership papers when required.
- Establish processes for evaluating interconnect and infrastructure agreements, ensuring partner compliance.
- Manage and monitor MTN’s licensing, spectrum, and numbering resources to ensure regulatory adherence.
- Support internal stakeholders in obtaining requisite approvals from regulatory authorities for technical projects/initiatives.
- Report on and monitor regulatory compliance with stipulated Quality of Service/Quality of Experience metrics to ensure continuous compliance and service improvement.
- Provide guidance on emerging technologies (e.g., AI, 5G), assess regulatory impacts, and support regulatory risk management strategies in respect thereof.
- Proactively manage regulatory risks and ensure regulatory compliance to ensure an overall conducive business environment.
- Coordinate internal stakeholders’ participation in regulatory functions and ensure alignment with new regulations.
- Support implementing MTN Nigeria’s Digital Rights strategy, ensuring global alignment of policies and procedures.
- Track digital rights performance, support MTN Nigeria and MTN Group’s transparency and disclosure efforts on Digital Rights (e.g., MTN’s annual Transparency Report), monitor public sentiment on digital rights, and manage relevant digital rights communications.
- Evaluate digital rights risks from emerging technologies (e.g., AI, 5G) and propose protective measures for business operations.
Requirements
Education:
- Law Degree or related field.
- Relevant Masters advantageous
- Relevant certification/accreditation/membership with professional body as required for the role.
- Excellent command of English – written and oral
Experience:
6 – 13 years experience, which includes:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a regulatory affairs or public policy function, including “hands-on” execution of regulatory strategy within a reputable and structured organization
- Experience working in a medium to large organization
- In-depth experience and understanding of the Nigerian telecommunications industry and regulatory framework.
- Digital rights expertise (Experience in undertaking human rights due diligence using international standards would be advantageous)
- Effective stakeholder relationship management experience in a telecoms regulatory environment.
- Strong and effective business communication (verbal and writing skills).
Application Closing Date
2nd January, 2025; 22:59.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
2.) Senior Manager – Corporate Transactions
Job Title: Senior Manager – Corporate Transactions
Job Identification: 5062
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Job Category: MTN Level 3H
Division: Corporate Services and Sustainability Division
Reports To: Chief Corporate Services & Sustainability Officer
Job Summary
- To manage the company’s contractual arrangements regarding drafting, legality, structuring, fiscal efficiency, and compliance, ensuring that all practices, policies, and business activities fall within the bounds of the company’s legal posture.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership/advice in the formulation and development of Legal and Regulatory framework, policies/guidelines and ensure compliance of operations with MTN policies and procedures.
- Advise management and team members on practices in the areas of commercial and business law, research applicable laws, and provide recommendations on the legal consequences of business initiatives.
- Conduct due diligence and structuring of deals relating to commercial transactions, effectively managing transitions/transformational issues and risks between entities and external parties with special consideration to the relevant business policies.
- Give support towards influencing government and Regulatory policies affecting the Company’s businesses.
- Draft and advise on company contracts relating to supplier agreements, as well as gather/evaluate relevant facts on decisions and highlight attendant risks.
- Provide legal advice; effect best-practice legal services within assigned entities; and negotiate various agreements following requests from divisions.
- Carry out complex legal assignments requiring substantive legal knowledge in diverse practice areas, with an emphasis on securities, corporate, and contract law.
- Supervise the development of appropriate responses to employment and other claims; supervise litigated matters; and work with outside counsel at regular intervals.
- Regularly monitor and review the resources of the department, ensuring they are allocated and utilized in a cost-effective and financially disciplined manner and in line with budget provisions.
- Translate strategy into action and manage risks while maintaining the achievement of business objectives.
- Collaborate with other business units in the development of business models for use in MTNN and develop measurement strategies to support ongoing strategy development and project optimization.
- Work with external solicitors to manage all ongoing litigation, dispute resolution matters, outside counsel and other advisors appropriately.
- Coach and mentor the Commercial Legal team to ensure understanding of the objectives and goals of the department, awareness of all related job requirements and accountabilities, and leverage human resources career development programs for staff career development.
- Identify, evaluate, and track the development needs and performance of MTNN staff within the department, providing opportunities for staff to build on the company’s investment in their training and improve productivity.
- Review the performance of individual team members and complete appraisals in accordance with the employee performance appraisal procedures and time schedules.
Requirements
Education:
- LLB and BL
- First degree in any relevant discipline/Masters advantageous
- Fluent in English and the language of the country, preferable
Experience:
9-17 years of legal work experience in commercial legal practice or within the Legal Department of a reputable and structured business environment, preferably a multinational corporation.
- Manager track record of 5 years or more, with at least 3 years in relevant sector/industry
- Worked across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous
- Ability to perform sophisticated legal analysis
- High levels of comfort and confidence with contract management and overseeing of transactions
- Strong and effective business communication (verbal and writing skills)
- Ability to plan and execute numerous complex projects under pressure
- In-depth experience and understanding of the Nigerian framework
- Demonstrated business acumen and superior judgment
Application Closing Date
2nd January, 2025; 22:59.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
3.) Coordinator – Scrum Master
Job Title: Coordinator – Scrum Master
Job Identification: 5067
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Job Category: MTN Level 2
Division: Information Technology
Reports To: Manager Agile Delivery
Job Summary
- To provide comprehensive assistance in business change requests initiation, planning, execution, control and closure to facilitate IT agile deliveries.
- To help facilitate scrum to the larger team by ensuring the scrum framework is followed.
Responsibilities
- Assist in compiling project charter including projecting project scope, problem statement and goal statemen
- Coordinate all Scrum activities including sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups for assigned teams
- Work with the Product owner to define Product roadmap for the Tribes, handle backlogs and new requests
- Coach team members on Agile frameworks and practices
- Act as the point of contact for external communications (e.g., from customers or stakeholders)
- Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments, contribute to establishing the Sprint Goal; monitor Sprint Progress;
- Ensure adherence to all PSCOM processes towards delivering Epics and User stories
- Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity
- Measure, analyse, and report on progress per Scrum team by identifying team velocity, story points, estimation, Burndown Charts, Burn Up Charts and other agreed parameters
- Gather relevant status and assist in providing with up-to-date information on all active sprint deliverables (where applicable) to the Agile Manager
- Track sprint activities in compliance with planning guidelines and plans
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
- Develop Sprint plans for all assigned scrum team
- Schedule and track quality assurance reviews within the Scrum team and assist with formal success reviews
- Prepare and circulate status update reports including burndown chart, burn-up chart
- Track and monitor identified risks and proactively escalate risks in accordance with related escalation rules (where applicable) and procedures.
Requirements
Education:
- First degree in any related discipline
- Certification in Agile practices (e.g. PSMi, PMI-ACP, SAFe, CSM, ICP)
- Fluent in English
Experience:
3 – 7 years of experience which includes;
- Experience working in a small to medium organization
- Candidates must have good use of computer and JIRA + Confluence software packages
- Experience in managing small to medium-sized teams.
Application Closing Date
2nd January, 2025; 22:59.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable.