DIT Planning & Reporting Lead at Safaricom Kenya

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the IT Governance Lead the responsibility of the IT Planning and Reporting Lead shall include but is not limited to reporting and driving accountability of various IT teams with respect to KPI and mission delivery and operational support in line with the functional mission.

Overall, the IT Planning and Reporting Lead will be charged with:

• Reports on KPIs and special project delivery on weekly basis to IT Leadership per Governance Lead.
• Reports on Strategy and Mission execution on weekly basis to IT Leadership per Governance Lead.
• Implement and operationalize an automated dashboard for the above KPIs
• Analytical data driven information and strategy recommendation, documentation, and presentations.
• Drive adoption of strategy and next generation workforce skills programs within the Digital IT department.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting

• Special Projects Delivery on a weekly and monthly basis
• Operational KPIs on a weekly and monthly basis
• Mission Execution on weekly basis
• Strategy adoption and awareness progress

Design and Planning 

• Suggest and agree (with relevant teams) the various KPIs that will be reported against
• Provide objective way of measuring the various KPIs
• Co-creation, documentation and cascade of Mission at leadership level.
• Evaluate and refine reporting KPIs to further drive business strategy and mission
• Automate various ways of picking and reporting these KPIs 

Optimization of departmental reports and KPIs

• Provide recommendation analysis reports to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization of existing departmental KPIs
• Create tools/identify method(s) to obtain statistical data from the system

Business Process Optimization

• Works effectively with all other line managers to ensure that all projects and reports are on track and any escalations or risks are addressed quickly

People Engagement

• Drive the vision and mission, whilst collaborating with IT extended leadership to drive DIT Spirit and culture agenda.

People Management

• Regular team and one-on-one engagements 
• Contirbute to the build of the ideal skillset for next generation workforce.
• Team performance management where applicabe

Working with Change

• Responds flexibly to changing situations
• Manages the business and people aspects of change to drive performance

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related. 
• Highly analytical and can associate several inputs to give progressive output or strategy
• Strong business acumen and mindset
• 5 plus years working as an IT professional or Project Manager
• Experience in reporting is a mandatory pre-requisite
• Any Certifications in Project Management 
• Ability to persuade stakeholders and to champion effective techniques through delivery
• Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous environment