Summary

The Head of Data Products & Services is responsible for setting vision and strategy for the unit. He/She owns the strategy behind Data products/Services along with its roadmap and must work with other departments to achieve goals and objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating strategy for Data Products/Services (Roadmap).
• Achieving goals and targets set by management.
• Increasing and optimizing data revenues in accordance to the set Targets.
• Communicating with all levels of the organization.
• Coordinating marketing efforts with other marketing units.
• Create innovative ideas for advertisement in cooperation with Marketing Communication team .
• Information gathering and analysis of the competitors.
• Maintain a healthy and competitive product portfolio:
  - Remove products that are no longer competitive or not generating revenues.
  - Create innovative products that gives Korek competitive edge.
  - End to End responsible for product development.
  - Responsible for the Product Life Cycle.
  - Writing Service Description Document for each products.
  - Creating Business Cases.
  - Create Data specific campaigns as response to competitors.
• Manage a team of product mangers:
  - Training/Development/Coaching.
  - Goal Setting.
  - Team Builder.
  - Running Meetings.
  - Inspiring Followership.
  - Motivating the team.
  - Enthusiasm/Passio.

Competencies

• Experience with managing people.
• General Knowledge about Data related technologies and future trends.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical mindset and skills: Being able to analyze large data sets and creating strategy based on the findings.
• Financial and business understanding.
• Experience with creating Business Case.
• Advanced skills in excel and other analytical tools.
• Being Creative and thinking outside the box to find solutions.
• Being able to handle multiple tasks at once.
• Exceptional communication skills both oral & writing.
• Team player.
• Project management skills.
• Being able to communicate with both all levels of the organization.
• On the personal level:
  - Integrity.
  - Trustworthy.
  - Adaptability.
  - Understand and respect the working culture of the organization.
  - Negotiation & Persuasion skills.
• Marketing experience from Marketing, Telecom or related industry  (minimum 5 years).
• Experience with business process improvement (1 year).

Work Experience

7-10 years of work experience in relevant field.

Education

Bachelor or Master in Marketing, Business or Engineering

Language

• English (required)
• Arabic (preferred)
• Kurdish (required)