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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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Job Description
You will work closely with the Future Lab Studio Lead and other Studio executives to design and execute our strategy. Among others, you will manage cross-functional programs in a matrix organization covering a range of areas; set strategic goals for operational efficiency and increased productivity; plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics for day-to-day operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks; maximize efficiency and productivity through extensive process analysis and interdepartmental collaboration; collaborate with senior managers in the development of performance goals and long-term operational plans; identify most critical issues to resolve; perform risk management and change management on projects; run cross-functional working team meetings efficiently and effectively, with ability to connect dots and influence key decisions; run key analyses to assess and flesh out select initiatives through synthesizing external/market facts and data and using internal data sets; Identify key metrics and set up KPIs to track initiative and product performance, and provide strong problem-solving leadership related to shaping strategic focus and operational approach for emerging business initiatives, among others. Specifically, you will:
1. Inform, influence, and execute new strategies and operational tactics for new products/business lines using sound analysis and impact metrics to support positions.
2. Project management or program management for all phases of projects and strategic initiatives including diagnostics, analysis, solutioning, roadmapping, implementation, and post-implementation phases.
3. Capacity management across the various Studio units spanning the entire journey of managing our client and portfolio pipeline, initial relationship development to a finalized partnership and scope of work, to staffing assignment and management of that work, through evaluation, project pipeline refinement, and renewed partnership.
4. Devise strategies for ensuring the growth of programs and initiatives enterprise-wide, and implement process improvements to maximize output and optimize costs.

Qualifications
1. 10+ years’ experience, with at least 5 years in Strategy or Management Consulting, or leading Business Operations in the Professional Services or Entrepreneur Support sectors
2. Have considerable Project or Program Management Experience
3. Have experience in developing or transforming growth strategies or new business ventures
4. Experience being part of the founding team or an early operator of a high-growth startup that successfully closed funding an added advantage
5. Worked in an environment where service design, design thinking, change management, UX design, design sprints and digital innovation are daily used
6. Possess strong general consulting skills and can overcome internal barriers through drive and determination.
7. Have experience with or knowledge of working in Agile environments.
8. Solid network of multidisciplinary executive-level relationships across East Africa.
9. Strong ability to cultivate and maintain high valued relationships and manage multiple counterparties and workstreams.
10. Experience navigating ambiguous information and crafting a stable but flexible operational plan / systems to make business decisions based on those variables.
11. Culturally and functionally agile and a strong business and thought partner who works collaboratively and effectively cross-functionally with colleagues at all levels in an organization.
12. Highly comfortable in fluid, rapidly changing environments with a proven ability to work independently and demonstrate problem-solving leadership with limited oversight.
13. Experience coaching and supporting Senior Leadership towards sustained change.
14. Exceptional ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking, modeling, and analysis.
15. Outstanding research skills and the ability to integrate multiple data sources to inform complex problems.
16. Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas effectively.

Additional Information
Why You Might Be Excited About Us
1. Opportunity to impact the direction and success of Future Lab Studio, and by extension, The Innovation Village
2. An opportunity to build deep understanding of venture capital, early-stage investing, and what makes early-stage companies successful
3. The platform to influence the creation and delivery of ground-breaking innovations with the ability to create better outcomes for millions of Ugandans and beyond.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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