TouchTag Payment Systems Limited

TouchTag Payments Systems Limited (TPS), is the Nigerian Subsidiary of a UK based ecommerce and electronic payments solution provider. As Country Manager, Nigeria, you'll be one of TPS's regional leaders and a local spokesperson, representing the company in all of our major business development and partnership opportunities and serving as the voice of the Nigerian user at TPS. You're a visionary and a leader with solid technical skills and experience in managing a variety of technical projects. Additionally, you're innovative, entrepreneurial and business-savvy. You bring a solid understanding of the country and region's ecommerce and electronic payment ecosystem, and you'll quickly be able to recruit and manage a team. You have experience setting up or running an office and have managed teams successfully on complex, technical projects and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

 Lead market development opportunities and execute major initiatives that correspond with the TPS Africa strategy and are aligned with TPS's mission, values and capabilities
 Optimize the local infrastructure by leading the company's technology-driven ecommerce and e-payment initiatives within the country and the region
 Localize core TPS services and products to the local market and manage all aspects of product, ensuring that they are locally relevant and achieve established targets
 Provide superior technical oversight of local TPS projects
 Work closely with the other TPS offices to ensure resources are managed effectively, teams are aligned and Africa initiatives are well-coordinated

Requirements:
• BA or BS, in sciences or similar disciplines. Advance degree a plus
• 3-5 years Experience working with Merchants, Telcos, and/or Banks a plus
• Very good interpersonal and communications skills, and experience with negotiating and partner management.
• A thorough understanding of the Nigeria ecommerce and electronic payment ecosystem, including backbone infrastructure, supply chain, payment switches, last-mile access and local content.
• Understanding of marketing and operations, specifically having demonstrated the ability to successfully launch and scale products and services
• Ability to recruit and manage a world-class team

Kindly send your CV’s to jobs@karrigo.com before the 20th of December 2011