Director Global Technology Transformation Job at Living Goods - Career Opportunity in Kenya
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Director Global Technology Transformation

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

 

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Living Goods

Deadline of this Job:
20 April 2020  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
At Living Goods we empower people to improve the health of their families, friends and communities. Living Goods supports networks of 'Avon-like’ health entrepreneurs who go door to door to teach families how to improve their health and wealth and sell life-changing products such as simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, safe delivery kits, fortified foods, clean cook stoves, water filters, and solar lights. By combining the best practices from business and public health, we are dramatically lowering child mortality AND creating livelihoods for thousands of enterprising women. Living Goods supports a network of over 2,000 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda and Kenya who teach families in their communities how to improve health and well-being while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook-stoves, and solar lights. As part of the Branch Team, you will play a key role in supporting Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) to deliver high quality health care to their communities and generate sales of critical products.
Director Global Technology Transformation Location: Kampala, Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya Type: Contracted Min. Experience: Executive+ View details
Living Goods seeks a Global Transformation Leader to implement LG’s 2020 Technology Strategy that has been recently revised with support from Accenture Development Partners (ADP). The role is expected to establish a Project Management Office (PMO) that will bring the strategy to life across Living Good’s global operations. Execution will be required at organization-wide level, aligned to strategic initiatives that advance our performance management capabilities to the families we serve, external partners and internal clients. The individual will work collaboratively with the Global Executive Team and the Chief Technology Officer and team to provide leadership, coordination, strategic direction and management for all Technology PMO processes and functions. This individual will ensure the prioritization and successful delivery of initiatives across LG, reporting directly to the CEO (Project sponsor) or her designate. She/he should have expertise in project, program and change management in the provision of strong technology function. .

Roles and Responsibilities
Technology Strategy Global Project Management Office (PMO)
• Design, resource and lead the PMO; design workstreams, develop TORs, performance goals and measures
• Coordinate the management, implementation and reporting: develop timelines, identify and implement KPIs and metrics, identify and manage interdependencies and potential risks and make staffing decisions based on skills and workload
• Provide frequent and transparent updates, manage sponsor expectations, and keep all stakeholders informed of the progress of all projects and programs
• Consult with key stakeholders in a proactive manner to establish scope, contract/recontract deliverables and timelines
• Spearhead decision-making for all work streams, making these available to the project steerco with information and data that enables quality and strategic decision making
• Anticipate and identify deviations from plan or schedule and initiate corrective actions. Apply judgement to understand when to escalate, refocus teams and negotiate/re-negotiate
• Identify, train and build awareness regarding effective processes, tools, and systems that ensure delivery of program objectives, in line with best practices
• Partner with the organizational change leads to define, develop and implement change initiatives including training, to all personnel and roles associated with the implementation
• Partner and engage with vendor(s) to effectively manage overall implementation. Negotiate and manage dependencies, issues, risks, financials and timelines
• Develop and maintain documentation on all aspects of the implementation
• Act as a Consultant, Coach and Mentor to PMO team, providing daily guidance on projects and initiatives
LG Technology strategy
• Understands LG business strategy and how the Technology strategy outcomes contribute to the execution of the business strategy. Ensure that PMO work is aligned to this business strategy.
• Integrate business and tech strategy delivery – develop roadmaps
• Evaluate process approaches with key stakeholders with a focus on weighing benefit vs change risk
• Continuous validation of the cost benefit analysis for the entire tech strategy
• Develop and manage costs/budget for the program ensuring forecasting resource requirements, analyzing variances and initiating corrective action
• Recommend future technology strategies and their implementation
• Ensure that delivery of tech strategy adheres to the future LG business strategies


Skills & Competencies
• Leading and Influencing Others - Establishes clear directions, brings people along in an organized and engaging manner, maintains dialogue on work and results. Relishes leading in ambiguity and is energized by tough challenges
• Relationship Management- Leverage interpersonal skills to establish rapport and develop strong relationships at all levels including Board level that ensure delivery of work
• Results Focused- Drive to achieve or exceed targets and goals within determined timeframe and quality expectations
• Analytical, Problem Solving and Decision-Making- Recommends and makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment. Strong consensus builder
• Organizational Agility- Quickly learns how organizations work and value is delivered. Knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network
• Strategic Agility- Sees ahead clearly, can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately. Has broad knowledge and perspective. Can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans
• Communication - Thinks carefully about what to say to diverse audiences, delivers communication in a manner that it creates desired results
• Change management- Applies relevant change management principles and practices in consideration of organization culture, global and local contexts. Honed at using best-in-class change management tools
• Aptitude for Technology- Ability to learn and use technology effectively and efficiently


Minimum Qualifications
• 10+ years’ experience leading a Technology project management operation with at least six years in strategic planning, execution and people management
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, IT/Computer Science, or relevant field
• Project Management Certification (advanced levels) preferred


Job Education Requirements: Not Specified


Job Education Experience: Not Specified


Work Hours: 8

 

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 20th April, 2020
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 16-04-2020
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 16-04-2020
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-04-2065
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