We have an exclusive new career opportunity for a Managing Director (API Marketplace) to join a leading International telecoms company in Johannesburg. This forward thinking client has accelerated its digital strategy and has exciting international partnerships in place to publish and monetize APIs in the marketplace. These partnerships will enable the API marketplace to become the largest and most diverse developer ecosystem on the African continent and around the World. This is the perfect job opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenge that will allow them to be part of something huge and at the same time be involved in building the business from the ground-up.

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Your key job responsibilities as the Managing Director (API Marketplace) in Johannesburg will include:

- Guide the development, implementation and maintenance of a strategy and framework
- Drive sustainable growth and commercial performance through clear strategic focus
- Define the organisation vision, mission, short term and long-term goals and ensure the business is led and managed to meet these goals
- Create, manage, and execute the business plan and sustainability measures for the start-up
- Build and lead the leadership team to develop a high-performance culture that sustains effective business delivery
- Own and lead transformation activities to define new business process for sales and service delivery and systems deployment to support new working practice
- Represent the company to the Board of Directors and keep board members and Investors updated and informed
- Identify, establish, and develop strategic alliances and manage a pipeline of prospective
- strategic partnerships
- Provide strategic input in the development and execution of the go-to-market strategy for the product
- Collaborate closely with the Group CTIO, Principle Consultant: API Management and Digital platforms and services teams at to refine the start-up’s strategic direction(s)
- Identify new and innovative business opportunities. Constantly scout and evaluate the market for feasible growth, adoption, or expansion opportunities

Requirements for this Managing Director (API Marketplace) job in Johannesburg:

- Essential that you have strong coding and development experience
- Minimum 8-10 years of Senior Management experience
- Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience in a global / multinational business environment (understanding of emerging markets advantageous)
- Experience in 4 key components:
- Strategy Development - familiar with methodologies for developing market scaling strategies for new products/features and organizations
- Corporate Innovation – Exhibit and showcase abilities for driving transformational change within a large organization and/or a startup team incubating within a larger organization
- Business Model Architecture and Innovation– Exhibit and showcase abilities ideating and developing innovative business models
- Technology Innovation and Leadership – familiarity with cutting edge technology frameworks, and the overall technology industry trends is crucial
- Minimum 4-year Academic Degree with Honours (B Eng / BSc Degree Preferred)
- MBA / Masters advantageous
- Relevant certification/accreditation/membership with professional body as required for the role
- Minimum 5 years relevant sector/industry/area of specialisation
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in leading transformational change and growth within an enterprise and/or a startup organization
- Work across diverse cultures and geographies
- Experience in leading change / transformation at a strategic and operational level advantageous