In-Country Operations Specialist
Remote · South Africa or Uganda
Job Summary
In-Country Operations Specialist responsible for shaping and implementing the strategic roadmap for key partnerships in JUMO across Southern and East Africa. Focused on operational targets, stakeholder relationship management, cross-functional collaboration, project planning and governance, and regulatory awareness. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 5+ years in financial services, technology, telecom, FMCG, or fintech; strong English communication; leadership and mobile financial services experience; and a remote-first work style tied to South Africa or Uganda.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Commerce, Finance, Economics , Accounting or similar
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role in Financial Services, Technology, Telecom, FMCGs, FINTECH
- Spoken and written fluency in English
- Experience in project management
- Previous high level and sophisticated relationship management experience across various senior and other levels in an organization
- A very good understanding and experience of financial products and performance, including credit risk, dynamics of lending, saving and some insurance
- Experience in negotiating with major counter-party to achieve and facilitate a given strategy
- Experience leading a team
- Prior experience with mobile financial services
- Excellent time management, planning and organizational skills
- To be an exceptional communicator, with effective listening skills, intelligent and articulate with strong written and verbal skills
- To have a confident personality with strong presentation ability
- The ability to work to tight deadlines, multi-task, prioritize and handle a diverse workload
- To be decisive, detail orientated, enthusiastic, problem solver
- The ability to work in a fast paced ever changing environment
- Bonus if you have An MBA (added advantage)
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