Job Ref.: R-45482
Reports to: Marketing Network Operations & Capabilities Director

Position Overview
Recommends and implements strategies to achieve marketing goals for assigned products and services for one or more areas or market segments; supports sales and advertising programs incl. proposal generation; performs market research projects; creates reports; recommends marketing approaches; manages campaigns and works with internal and external stakeholders. Individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in specific area; ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects.

Function Related Activities / Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the stewardship of ways-of-working (agile), key processes and routines; facilitating and organizing all Scrum activities including daily Scrum meetings, sprint and release planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Leading Product Owner /  Lead to document acceptance criteria, to perform backlog grooming, and prioritize features /user stories as well as building and maintaining release burn downs, velocity projections.
• Managing agenda and content for decision point meetings within Marketing routines and processes, tracking meeting decisions and communicating appropriately
• Introducing tools and best practices from Global PMO network to deliver the OU Mkt agenda.
• Supporting, as part of the OU Marketing Operations and Capabilities network, the creation of a compelling vision & strategic agenda for Resource Management Capabilities, in anticipation of the future.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree

Related Work Experience:

• >4 years of experience working with cross-functional and cross-geographical teams
• Experience working with marketing in the field is preferred, especially brand management
• Awareness of Agile / Scrum
• We are looking for Marketers who wants to learn and apply Agile at the core business

Functional Skills:

• Scrum Mastery
• Agile ways of working
• Marketing process and routines
• Strong communication skills

What We Can Do for You
You will be part of the Africa team where teams are the new heroes, and our leaders are inclusive orchestrators. Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft Loved Brands, done Sustainably, for a Better Shared Future, we will:

• Build winning CAPABILTIES
• Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE

Method of Application