MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.
Mission:
- To lead the end-to-end deployment of FTTH infrastructure in alignment with our long-term connectivity and customer experience goals. To bring both technical expertise and operational foresight to drive high-performance delivery through cross-functional collaboration, third-party vendor engagement, and strategic resource planning.
Description:
- Develop FTTH rollout roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and resource needs.
- Implement digital tools and dashboards to improve delivery tracking and reporting.
- Enforce quality assurance frameworks and site audit protocols.
- Drive operational standardization across different geographic locations and vendors.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Lead project review meetings, lessons-learned sessions, and post-implementation audits
- Collaborate with commercial teams to prioritize high-demand areas and customer segments.
- Monitor service availability and installation readiness for timely customer onboarding.
- Minimize disruption to communities during rollout by coordinating with local authorities.
- Align project delivery with SLAs tied to customer expectations.
- Use customer feedback to shape future rollout design and territory prioritization.
- Manage third-party vendors and contractors to ensure adherence to timelines and standards.
- Interface with government agencies for permits, rights-of-way, and local approvals.
- Present regular progress reports to internal leadership.
- Address escalations from municipalities, landlords, or community leaders.
- Support investor confidence through transparent reporting and delivery assurance.
- Align efforts with internal teams (legal, finance, operations) for unified execution.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering Project Management, or related field
- A Management degree is desirable.
- Project Management Education or Certification (PMP, Scrum Agile, etc)
- Professional Certification desirable in: – IT (ITIL, TOGAF, etc), Quality (Six Sigma, etc),
- Fluent in English
Experience:
6 - 13 years’ experience which includes:
- 5+ years of experience in telecom infrastructure deployment, with a strong focus on FTTH or fiber optics projects.
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale connectivity projects in complex, multi-vendor environments.
- Strong understanding of fiber network architecture, planning tools, and GIS.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification is a plus.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
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