Strategy & Research Manager at IT Horizons Limited

IT Horizons is Africa’s partner of choice in all things relating to Information Communication Technology, (ICT). With a staff strength rich in knowledge, skill and expertise, we have all it takes to attend to all your technology needs. Our ultimate goal as a brand is to drive a world-class transformation through your business using technology. Over the years, we have successfully addressed some of our clients’ most complex business challenges through strategic planning, development, implementation, and integration of highly innovative, flexible and customizable IT services and solutions.

Our focal point is technology-enabled solutions and professional services for today’s businesses and innovation that shapes tomorrow’s business world. We continue to prove time and again, our attention to detail and commitment in delivering excellent results on all projects and services. We have carved a name for ourselves as the ICT Company committed to your business’ growth and passionate about bringing your dreams to fruition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Strategy & Research Manager

Location: Gbagada, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, preparation and review of ITH corporate and business strategies and plans, liaising with internal and external stakeholders as necessary, ensuring a robust strategy and Policy framework.
• Coordinate and manage annual budgeting process utilizing the company’s proprietary software and in line with standard procedures and company policies to ensure that budget control is implemented in line with the vision and aspirations of IT Horizons.
• Coordinate weekly, monthly, Quarterly, and half-year business review meetings as well as strategy retreats and prepare minutes of these minutes for timely presentation to all stakeholders.
• Provide insight relating to business expansion, New product development, market entry, marketing and communications as well as public relations in line with corporate strategy.
• Prepare Board Documents and monthly profitability Report for executive management by gathering and extracting business and financial information from departmental reports.
• Providing oversight in the documentation and presentation of performance reports and benchmarking activities,
• Provide business Intelligence through research and data analysis to support management decision making and service improvement.
• Be responsible for the accurate collection, analysis, reporting and storage of performance data and other strategic information in conjunction with Line manager.
• Support the monthly, Quarterly and annual review of performance indicators and agree collection methodologies with multi-functional teams.
• Undertake audit checks of performance data and where necessary, co-ordinate external validation checks.
• Research emerging trends, developments and best practice in technology and related services, translating these into new products, improvement in existing products and services, operational procedures, guidance, and policy statements as appropriate.
• Work with key operational units to ensure strategic alignment, business efficiency, resource allocation, internal capacity building etc. are effected.
• Oversee Strategic Partnerships in line with standard procedures and assess same to ensure that ITH maximizes benefits from its partners, and existing ones are renewed based on laid down parameters.
• Coordinate routine competitor analysis to understand where the organization stands in relation to the external environment and always ensure competitive advantage.
• Coordinate industry research which leads to the development of thought leadership articles that can engage
• target audience and return leads on organization’s owned media.
• Manage the strategy & research Team and carry out other assignments as assigned by Line manager.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree / Master's Degree qualification with 5 - 7 years work experience.

Salary
N300,000 - N500,000 / month.

Application Closing Date
26th April, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] having [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.