Manager - Data Engineer IT Squad.group Strategy And Transformation

Product Owner/Manager

MTN is undergoing a significant transformation to become a platform-led, data-powered, and AI-native enterprise. This journey is driven by the increasing demand for intelligent data products that are scalable, market-responsive, and rooted in strong data governance. DataCo, as the Group's strategic data enablement unit, is tasked with delivering products and platforms that unlock value from telco, geospatial, and behavioral datasets, both for internal operations and external clients.

Central to this journey is the creation of robust data infrastructure that supports advanced analytics, AI, and external monetisation use cases. DataCo, MTN Group's centralised data enablement function, is tasked with building and maintaining a high-quality data estate that is interoperable across OpCos and extendable to strategic partners and clients.

Global Influences: The global economy is undergoing rapid digital transformation, with AI and machine learning emerging as core differentiators for competitive advantage. Enterprises are embedding predictive intelligence into their operations, products, and customer experiences to enhance efficiency, agility, and revenue growth. Meanwhile, cloud-native analytics platforms, federated learning, and MLOps frameworks are standardising how AI is scaled across complex, multi-market organisations. Heightened focus on data ethics, fairness, and regulatory compliance is also shaping the design of AI systems. As governments tighten rules around data privacy, bias mitigation, and model explainability, organisations must ensure that AI is not only effective but also responsible and trustworthy.

Industry Drivers: In the telecommunications sector, predictive analytics has become central to driving value from large-scale, real-time data generated by mobile networks, customer usage, and behavioral patterns. Use cases such as churn prediction, next-best-offer recommendations, network anomaly detection, and location-based targeting are no longer aspirational, they are expected. As telcos evolve into techcos and platform businesses, the ability to productise and monetise AI capabilities across industries such as FMCG, Retail, finance, and public services becomes a critical growth lever. Additionally, as data monetisation becomes mainstream, clients are not just asking for raw data but for intelligent insights, predictive signals, and decision-ready outputs all of which require robust data science capacity.

Organisational Mandate:

MTN DataCo is positioned at the forefront of MTN Group's transformation into a data-powered, AI-native enterprise. The organisation is building a multi-OpCo data ecosystem capable of scaling advanced analytics across internal functions (e.g., marketing, sales, finance, networks) and external markets. This includes delivering reusable AI models, creating monetisable analytics solutions, and integrating intelligence into products and consulting services. Within this context, the Product Owner/Manager plays a critical role in translating MTN's DDO strategy into high-impact data intelligence solutions. These products must serve diverse users, from OpCo teams to multinational clients, while aligning with MTN's consulting services and monetisation roadmaps. As the product lead, the incumbent must navigate a federated technology landscape, orchestrate agile delivery, and ensure that MTN's data products are competitive, compliant, and commercially viable.

Organization Values:

At MTN we believe that understanding our people's needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, every day. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y'ello Family is heard, understood, and empowered to live an inspired life. Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA. As an organisation, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us! Our commitments go beyond an organisational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers, and stakeholders with a vision to realise our shared goals.