Executive: Commercialization and Strategy
Rand Mutual
- Parktown, Johannesburg
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Development and execution of strategic commercialization projects that align with AIT’s Strategic objectives, ensuring they deliver value and drive the organization's mission forward.
- Collaborate with the Group CIO, Strategy and Senior Leadership to develop an integrated Commercialization Strategy considering the impact of the strategic objectives on RMA and its associated businesses (i.e. RML, COID etc.).
- Initiate and lead all phases of new business development, from prospecting and networking, initial relationship development, contract negotiations, and transition to active and ongoing client work.
- Partner with legal and governance to ensure that agreements are in place for all new business.
- Engage with internal (senior managers, divisional heads etc.) and external (CF, municipalities, partners etc.) stakeholders to investigate and identify commercial opportunities needs and areas of improvement in line with the AIT strategy.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to identify, assess, and document business requirements.
- Carry out relevant assessments to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible for implementation.
- Analyse the impact of proposed solutions across the business, develop business cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications.
- Assess, monitor, and report on overall strategic objective delivery and performance of the AIT function.
- Represent the Group CIO at key stakeholder meetings as and when required.
- Act as the project sponsor/owner for various Commercial aIT projects.
- Work closely with the Project Management Office in ensuring that the Project Management Office, determines the resources (time, money, equipment, etc.) required to complete projects.
- Ensure that the Project Management Office creates a detailed schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities and takes into account the long-term impact of decisions and possible risks.
- Prepare all relevant documentation and information for the Group CIO for various executive meetings.
- Knowledge of business policies, processes and procedures, legal compliance
- NQF Level 8: Postgraduate Degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration
- MBA or CA (SA) (advantageous)
- Qualification in project management or equivalent
- 8 - 10 years senior management experience: Compromising of 5 years of senior specialist level with strategy execution and operational experience
- Proven track record of being part of a sustainable growing business
- Sound experience in delivering and implementing complex medium to long-term projects (6 – 24 months)
- Exposure to African Markets
- Knowledge of business policies, processes and procedures, legal compliance
- NQF Level 8: Postgraduate Degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration
- MBA or CA (SA) (advantageous)
- Qualification in project management or equivalent
- 8 - 10 years senior management experience: Compromising of 5 years of senior specialist level with strategy execution and operational experience
- Proven track record of being part of a sustainable growing business
- Sound experience in delivering and implementing complex medium to long-term projects (6 – 24 months)
- Exposure to African Markets