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📢 Lead, Voice Products at Airtel Nigeria

Job Identification: 640 | Location: Lagos, Nigeria | Job Schedule: Full time


🌐 About Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is recognized as a leading telecommunications services provider within Nigeria, with its corporate headquarters situated in Lagos, the nation's primary commercial hub. The telecommunications company consistently ranks among the top four mobile service providers by subscriber count, catering to a customer base exceeding 39.8 million. The company's comprehensive product portfolio encompasses 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless services, alongside robust mobile commerce and enterprise solutions. Airtel Africa proudly maintains its commitment as an equal opportunity employer, ensuring full dedication to diversity and inclusion across its workplace operations.


🎯 About the Role

This pivotal position is instrumental in accelerating Airtel Nigeria’s voice subscriber and revenue growth, ensuring the company maintains a competitive edge.

The Lead, Voice Products is tasked with spearheading the strategic direction for all voice-related products. This includes managing critical vendor partnerships and initiating innovative campaigns designed to significantly boost call volume and enhance profitability. Furthermore, the role involves supporting new product launches by developing essential training materials and documentation for customer support teams.

The incumbent also bears responsibility for maintaining optimal product pricing, ensuring full regulatory compliance, and maximizing campaign effectiveness through the Customer Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform. The role actively involves identifying new growth opportunities, developing highly targeted campaigns, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to streamline the time-to-market for products and improve overall operational efficiency. Critically, this leadership role includes the management and guidance of both the voice and CLM teams toward the achievement of defined strategic corporate goals.


🔑 Key Responsibilities

The role's responsibilities are structured around five critical areas:

Voice Revenue, Usage, and Retention

  • Strategy Development: Develop and implement strategic initiatives to ensure the attainment of stipulated business targets for voice products.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Leverage extensive data analytics and market research to gain deep insights into consumer behavior and preferences, subsequently driving the direction of future programs and promotions.
  • Growth Tracking: Diligently track customer usage patterns to effectively devise actionable growth strategies.
  • ARPU Enhancement: Monitor and manage the entire customer life-cycle and capabilities to strategically drive Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) growth.

Product Development and Support

  • Product Launch: Lead the launch of voice products tailored for all customer segments to successfully drive data penetration and revenue growth.
  • Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the end-to-end functional subject matter expert for the product, encompassing the entire journey from initial idea generation through to product development, launch, and continuous status tracking.
  • Documentation and Training: Develop comprehensive documentation and conduct training for support teams on new products and services.
  • Approvals and Specifications: Prepare necessary documentation, including Change Request Forms (CRFs), Product Concept Notes (PCNs), Memos, Price Deviations, and Business Cases, required for securing necessary approvals and defining technical specifications for voice products and services.
  • Project Management: Oversee the project management of the technical development phase for new voice products.

Stakeholder Management

  • Partner Relations: Manage essential partnerships with Value Added Services (VAS) partners instrumental in driving call completion rates.
  • Communication Strategy: Prepare detailed product briefs for the Marcomms team, facilitating the development of internal and external communication strategies for marketing campaigns.
  • Support Enablement: Ensure thorough documentation and training are provided to customer support teams regarding all voice products and services.

Special Product/Promotion Management

  • Idea Generation: Develop innovative promotional and campaign ideas to stimulate market interest.
  • Campaign Execution: Successfully execute and manage promotional campaigns from conception to completion.
  • Multi-Party Management: Manage the end-to-end execution of special products that necessitate collaboration with multiple internal and external parties.

CLM Management (Customer Lifecycle Management)

  • BTL Input: Provide strategic inputs and recommendations for enhancements to Below-The-Line (BTL) campaigns.
  • Compliance: Ensure that all campaigns fully comply with approved documentation and regulatory guidelines.
  • Performance Monitoring: Oversee the positive performance of each campaign in conjunction with the designated campaign owner.
  • Audit Readiness: Ensure full compliance with internal and external audit requirements related to CLM activities.

🎓 Qualifications and Experience

Educational Qualifications & Functional / Technical Skills

The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications:

  • A University Degree in a related field is required.
  • An MBA or Master’s Degree is considered a significant advantage.
  • Product Lifecycle Management: Demonstrated ability to manage the complete product life cycle effectively.
  • Analytical Acumen: Possess strong analytical thinking skills with the capacity to plan and execute actions that exploit business opportunities based on robust data insights.
  • Business Case Development: Proven ability to present compelling business cases justifying investment in existing products and services development, as well as engagement platforms.
  • Professional Integrity: Must exhibit the utmost level of professional integrity.
  • Industry Knowledge: A solid understanding of the telecommunications industry sector and key customer segments, including related strategies and business challenges.
  • Market Research Utilisation: Ability to effectively utilize market research and gap analysis techniques to develop profitable new products and services.

Relevant Experience

The role requires a candidate with significant professional background:

  • A minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience in a similar position, inclusive of substantial managerial experience.
  • Demonstrated experience within the Telecommunications Industry or a fast-paced FMCG marketing environment is highly desirable.
  • Possession of strong leadership skills is essential for managing the Voice and CLM teams.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required for effective stakeholder management.
  • The individual must be highly capable of operating and thriving within a performance-driven organization.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Application Deadline 18th November, 2025; 12:30 AM.


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