In this capacity, you will oversee the intersection of IT Operations, Solution Management, and Customer Experience. You will be tasked with governing the lifecycle of our core platforms and leading strategic projects that directly impact our digital transformation goals. By ensuring service excellence and platform stability, your leadership will directly reduce customer pain-points and empower our users to interact with us seamlessly.
Job Summary
- Type: full-time
- Location: Ezulwini
- Category: Information Technology
- Closing Date: 2026-05-12
Key Responsibilities
- Own proactive service monitoring and assurance for all customer-facing and core systems, ensuring MTN finds problems before customers do
- Lead end-to-end project management for IST initiatives involving core business systems (BSS, billing, CRM, VAS, and digital platforms), ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and timeline
- Act as Solution Owner for core customer-facing platforms, governing the full solution lifecycle from requirements through deployment, stabilization, and ongoing enhancement
- Lead a structured continuous improvement programme that permanently eliminates recurring service failures
- Apply process engineering methodologies to redesign and optimize operational processes that impact the customer experience
- Partner with Customer Experience, Marketing, and Sales & Distribution to drive digital adoption and reduce reliance on assisted customer service channels
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or equivalent (Essential)
- ITIL v4 Foundation certification, ITIL Managing Professional (Advantageous)
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum Master (Advantageous)
- Business Analysis certification (ECBA, CCBA, or CBAP) (Added advantage)
- 6-8 years in IT Operations, IT Service Management, Solution Management, or related technology function – with at least 3 years in a management of supervisory role
- Proven experience managing IT projects end-to-end
- Demonstrable experience as a solution owner or solution manager, including vendor management and system lifecycle governance
- A proven track record of improving service quality through structured continuous improvement
- Experience working closely with commercial or customer-facing business teams
- Strong project management capability: scope, risk, scheduling, stakeholder management, and governance
- Solution management competency: platform lifecycle ownership, change governance, integration management, and quality assurance oversight
- Solid command of ITIL service management processes and ITSM tooling
- Process analysis and redesign capability, able to identify inefficiencies and engineer better outcomes
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Understanding of digital channel ecosystems and customer journey design
- Vendor management experience across both operational and project/solution delivery contexts
- You are genuinely customer-obsessed, thinking about the person on the other end of every system failure and every project decision
- You are proactive by nature frustrated by reactive firefighting, and you do something about it
- You are a delivery leader – you define clear outcomes, hold yourself and others accountable, and do not consider something done until it is done properly
- You communicate with clarity and credibility at all levels of the organisation
- You take ownership when something is in your mandate
How to Apply
About the Company
MTN Eswatini is a leading telecommunications company that provides a comprehensive suite of services across Eswatini. Its offerings encompass mobile voice and data, home internet solutions, and a variety of digital services designed for individuals and businesses. The company facilitates essential functions such as SIM registration and offers specialized business solutions to enterprises within the country. Customers throughout Eswatini can access these services via various retail touchpoints, online platforms, and through ongoing promotions like 'mega promo'. MTN Eswatini is dedicated to enhancing connectivity and digital access for the nation's populace.
Connecting Eswatini through mobile, internet, and digital solutions.
Website: https://www.mtn.co.sz/