Overview

The Product & Partnership Manager will be responsible to drive the growth of our regional platform with innovative products and expand our suite of products through partnerships. The role will require the candidate to conceptualize, evaluate, plan, define, develop and grow innovative products & partnerships working alongside various Bridge Mobile Operators (BMOs). The candidate shall work closely with technology partners to customize or localize products to suit the market needs where needed. The candidate shall also work with the BMOs to launch the various products and services on the regional platform to help the BMOs can differentiate themselves in their respective markets and improve brand stickiness through premium product experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Research market needs, identify market opportunity, and articulate user and buyer needs in the form of market requirement statements.
• Identify, engage and collaborate with technology or eco-system partners to enable, localize/customise and/or co-create products and/or solutions suitable for the region, giving the BMOs competitive advantage in launching the products.
• Ensure that the regional products developed are commercially & technically viable, scalable and sustainable in the markets to be launched.
• Own the Business & Operational Readiness Framework and work with relevant stakeholders within Bridge, BMOs & technology partners to setup the necessary operational & sales support processes, essential to drive sustainable growth of the products.
• Build Partnership strategies & roadmap to extend the reach of our regional products for relevant verticals in respective BMO markets.
• Proactively identify & engage with potential 3rd party solution providers that require communications services offered by the Bridge’s regional platform.
• Collaborate closely with identified Partners to complement and strengthen their product offering with our communication capabilities.
• Lead the Partnership commercials, build, operationalise, and maintain Partner integrations.
• Work closely with Partners & BMOs to enable the most effective GTM for each BMO market.
• Work closely with the BMOs and/or technology partners to constantly run customer engagement programs, such as product knowledge sharing, workshops, seminars etc to drive awareness and adoption of the services.
• Track the revenue of each product, ensuring profitability of the product for both Bridge and the BMOs.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing or equivalent, MSc/MA is a plus.
• Minimum 7 years of work experience in the CPaaS, Internet of Things (IoT) or related industry developing or managing products and partnerships. Experience in telecommunications is preferred but not mandatory.
• Significant experience and knowledge of delivering communication capabilities to B2B and B2B2C ecosystems.
• Proven experience in shaping IoT/CPaaS/SaaS Product & Partnership strategy.
• Past Partnership/Alliances/Business Development experiences will be added advantage
• Proven track record of significant experience in managing products in a fast-paced software/SaaS Telco environment, managing & driving results through diverse cross-functional teams.
• Good command of both written and spoken English, and strong documentation skills with good logical thinking and attention to details.
• Ability to interact confidently, speak and write well and collaborate effectively with Mobile Operators, technology or eco-system partners as well as other stakeholders across key business functions are essential.

Starting salary will be commensurate with the years of work experience.

Personal Data Protection Clause

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Interested applicants please send in your CV to [email protected], stating your current and expected monthly and annual salaries.