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International Partners Manager (Esoko)
This is a senior manager role to lead the partners team in providing client services to a diverse set of partners across Africa. You will act as a strategic consulting partner to governments, NGOs, businesses, and farmers, who are seeking to change the way they work using disruptive mobile-based technologies. The team provides strategy and training visits in country. They are responsible for setting up rollout proceedures and plans, tracking and monitoring how partners deploy esoko, and how they measure and monitor the impact they are having. The role requires excellent communication & business skills (fluency in French, Portuguese, Spanish or Arabic a plus). The position demands a dynamic leader who is comfortable addressing a room full of farmers, a gallery full of agriculture ministry leaders or a briefing of telecom executives. The candidate should possess deep experience and accomplishment in at least four and ideally five of these disciplines:
Managing projects in African development and/or agriculture (5-10 years experience)
Implementing new technologies in rural areas of the developing world (5-10 years experience)
Organizational and project management (5-10 years of experience)
Entrepreneurship
Technology strategy
Responsibilities
- Manage relationships and consulting engagements with partners and licensees utilizing Esoko technology and business models
- Lead strategic communications with senior policy makers, development partners, CEOs, and farmers & traders with confidence and authority
- Develop partner toolkit: training programs, methodologies, rollout plans, budgets, scopes of work, marketing materials
- Conduct strategic consulting for partners & clients, including business plan development, investment assistance, strategic project planning, and/or market information system setup
- Present Esoko, its services and value propositions at conferences and events both locally and internationally
- Assist with overall Esoko global strategy, sales and operations
- Consult with clients and partners on best MIS implementation methods and lead deployment of Esoko's key services on the ground
- Advise on software features and their application in various contexts and client sectors
Job Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree (in international development, communication, business, social sciences or other relevant field); a Master's is preferred
- Communicate effectively at the senior policy professional level and with farmers in the field
- Be interested and motivated by innovative private business models that leverage ICTs to drive economic development
- Demonstrated management experience in any of the following sectors: ICT/Telecoms; Development; Agriculture or Business
- Track record demonstrating strong leadership, business development and people management skills
- Demonstrated success in implementing rural development projects/programs
- Possess entrepreneurial instincts and understand business
- Be willing to work in an exciting startup and travel extensively
If you feel you meet these criteria, and would like to apply, then please choose the link below. You will be asked to submit your CV/Resume and fill out a short questionnaire. Your application will then be emailed to the HR department at Esoko/BusyLab. Thanks for being interested!
To read more about the project, visit about.esoko.com
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