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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Safaricom, Ltd is a leading mobile network operator in Kenya. It was formed in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya. In May 2000, Vodafone Group Plc of the United Kingdom acquired a 40% stake and management responsibility for the company. Safaricom employs over 1,500 people mainly stationed in Nairobi and other big cities like Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret in which it manages retail outlets. Currently, it has nationwide dealerships to ensure customers across the country have access to its products and services.

JOB SUMMARY

QualificationsStrong understanding of digital services, smartphone app development and digital design practices Experience of software development lifecycle is essential, especially within agile methodologies (e.g Scrum, SAFe) Experienced in leading agile feature teams to deliver both new and continuous improvements to customers Experienced in the use of modelling tools (JIRA, Confluence). Strong process and analytical skills, able to identify solutions to complex problems.Strong business and customer focus, and an appreciation of customer led design and user experience techniques Ability to work proactively within a demanding environment, being a key contributor to a fast-moving product development process Able to communicate and influence with tact and diplomacy. Able to understand and explain complex technical concepts to business stakeholders Demonstrable numerical, analytical and verbal skills, in particular well-developed written and verbal communication skills in English.Experience working within a multi-national team and serving customers from multiple countries would be of benefit. Ideally educated to degree level, or equivalent

RESPONSIBILITIES

Owning the team backlog - maintaining and prioritizing in line with Product Management direction and earliest delivery of value to our customers Taking content authority for the team backlog, ensures that quality of team’s documented user story and acceptance criteria follows agreed standards. Representing the end user and works with SME’s to understand requirements, supporting the definition of features and co-creating user stories and other required artefacts Working closely with the Product Management team to ensure features are well documented, and that business priority is understood and aligned with team activitiesActively participating in team and program ceremonies, backlog refinement sessions, iteration planning activities • Leading the systems demo after each iteration • Performing preparation activities for program increment planning, helps drive PI objectives at team level Providing continuous feedback on development, and provides story acceptance in accordance with agreed acceptance criteria and ‘definition of done’ Understanding the core technology platform capability and collaborate with developers in the best way to meet product objectives, acts as the customer for developer questions Working with System Architect to prioritize enablers

REQUIRED SKILLS

Sales strategy, Territory management, Sales performance tracking and reporting, Reporting, Product knowledge

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Diploma, Associate's degree

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