We want to enrich the lives of all our customers by helping people, businesses and communities become more connected. Diverse backgrounds and cultures, a spectrum of skills and expertise all combine to enrich Qtelmedia, even as it provides a nurturing atmosphere in which each one’s potential can blossom. At Qtelmedia we offer the opportunity to work in other countries and develop your career in new and exciting ways while experiencing other cultures.
Because our business is becoming more and more complex by the day, we’re constantly looking for new ways to support, coach and develop our people. Whatever your area, you can expect ongoing learning opportunities that will help you develop your unique abilities to the full.
Qtelmedia is part of the global market that breeds flexibility, new technologies and innovations. This creates opportunities and an environment for you to challenge yourself and grow with the future.
In Qtelmedia, your value will be recognized and your career will have direction. If you want to be part of a team that comes up with innovative ideas, designs cutting-edge products, uses the latest technology and you want to have fun while doing it, Qtelmedia is the place for you.
The CFO will be expected to make a wide contribution, both strategically and operationally. The role will involve business and financial strategy plus planning, monitoring, management and reporting, including management of policies, systems, processes and personnel involved. He/She will also be engaged in raising capital and assessing investments including maintaining investor relations. His/Her primary responsibilities will include:
Oversee the full spectrum of financial operations and play a key role in the development of company’s financial infrastructure;
Establish mid and long range financial objectives to support aggressive growth and working closely with senior management team;
Develop financial strategies and define alternative plans to meet company goals and business objectives;
Ensure compliance with all statutory and tax requirements and all pertinent laws and regulations in the territories of the operations of the group
Monitor economic outlook and market trends in order to put forward timely strategies to safeguard the group’s earning and investment;
Maintain an effective group structure and ensure tax optimisation programs.
Review the group’s working capital requirements and ensure efficient cash management
Represent the company externally to media, government agencies, funding agencies, and the general public.
To prepare and present for the approval of the Board of Directors an annual budget, other budgets, financial plans, business plans, feasibility studies, investment memoranda and all other financial and business documents as may be required
Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems.
Oversee financial management of foreign operations to include developing financial and budget policies and procedures.
The Person:
Qualified chartered accountant with 15 years of experience preferably from the Telco industry
Manage a financial team across a range of disciplines and will have the vision to be able to recognise and develop potential avenues for further profit improvement.
Experienced business leader with international exposure who can bring innovation and thought leadership to the business
Strong influencing skills and high levels of diplomacy.
Will be an ambassador for the group
MANAGING DIRECTOR
The Job:
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Managing Director is expected to manage and execute organizational operations by planning, develop and implement strategy for operational management to meet organizational performance within budgets and timescales. He/She will also monitor, measure and reports on day-to-day operational issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements to the group company. His/Her primary responsibilities will include:
Oversee the full spectrum of business operations and play a key role in the development of company’s business infrastructure;
Manage every aspect of the business activities (local & international) to support aggressive growth and meet company goal and business objectives.
Driving best performance and continuous improvement among the management teams.
Oversee the implementation of agreed projects towards achievement according to agreed deadlines.
Accountable for contractual performance in line with approved budgets, key performance indicators, performance monitoring
systems, output specifications, and contractual requirements.
Identify and lead new market developments and will be required to build strategies that fit within the group medium and long term plans.
The Person:
Tertiary qualification with 10 – 15 years of experience in similar capacity preferably from the Telco industry.
Able to manage, lead and develop multi-functional teams, managing the budgets and monitoring project timescales and coordinating
commercial activities.
Possess strong leadership and people skills.
Proficient technical communicator and commercially astute.
A dynamic, ambitious individual and is a key role for the organizations growth plans.
Excellent communicator with outstanding commercial awareness.
ACCOUNTANT
The Job:
Responsible to handle the entire spectrum of the company’s finance independently.
Provide business management input from a financial perspective.
Ability to maintain full set of accounts and ensure that all transactions are recorded & processed correctly.
Responsible for the overall financial, accounting and treasury functions including liaising with external auditors, bankers, tax agents and regulatory authorities.
Ensure all policies, procedures and reporting systems are strictly adhered to and improved upon.
Ensuring that there is constant independent check & balance, verification and proper division of responsibilities on high risk/sensitive areas.
The Person:
Professional qualification in ACCA, or CIMA.
At least 4 – 6 years’ working experience, preferably from Telco industry, with exposure in day-to-day accounting and book keeping.
Able to handle ad-hoc assignment.
Multitask, team player and a motivated self starter with the commitment to excel.
Good analytical skills with an eye for details and accuracy.
A person with high integrity and a good communication and leadership skills with the ability to train, monitor, motivate others and
remain calm under daily pressure.
Excellent spoken and written in English.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES (New Business Sales)
The Job:
Responsible for managing and growing mobile network accounts across the Middle East Region (UAE & GCC).
Seek and promote new business opportunities, manage contractual and commercial terms, promote margin expansion and position
our clients to add value to their existing business lines.
Develop and maintain relationships with customers and provide a high degree of certainty for future revenue growth.
Be at the forefront of the tactical delivery of clients’ strategic business plans, meeting targets and objectives.
Carry out market research and analysis qualifying potential clients, partners and defining the competitive landscape.
The Person:
Possess a proven track record of maintaining significant customer relationships and developing new business opportunities.
Extensive knowledge of marketing in the telecommunications and / or the IT industry.
Broad understanding of the core technologies that underpin modern next generation services.
Strong leadership skills in managing virtual teams.
Exceptional organizational and communication skills with the ability to drive things through to conclusion in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal proficiency in English.
ACCOUNT MANAGERS (Driving Existing Accounts)
The Job:
Managing and growing existing mobile network accounts across the Middle East Region (UAE & GCC).
Managing the contractual and commercial terms, promoting margin expansion and the position of our client as a quality provider of
telecommunications services in line with the business plan.
Ability to develop customer relationships resulting in a high degree of certainty of future revenue growth, this being a key measure of success.
Be at the fore of the tactical delivery of the Client strategic business plan around meeting targets and objectives for customer; manage the performance and delivery to the customer; and ensure compliance with all company policies, which include:
Provide leadership and direction in the execution of sales strategies and tactics;
Lead the Sales team to drive revenue and increase market share;
Understand local markets and develop & implement an overall sales plan to achieve revenue and segment share targets within the assigned territories;
Business Responsibilities:
Responsible for the revenue achievement of his/her sales team;
Provide accurate sales revenue achievement and sales forecast reports;
Drive execution of transactional demand generation activities to generate incremental revenues;
Define the sales strategy for his/her territory in alignment with Qtelmedia business strategy;
Responsible for allocating and implementing sales team targets, sales plan and forecast to ensure attainment of Qtelmedia business goals;
Communicating and implementing his/her sales strategy at operational level to the management team;
Build and maintain a strong relationship with the Qtelmedia management to create a positive communication and reporting environment.
Sales Team Responsibilities:
Build, develop and maintain a strong sales team culture;
Involvement in the recruitment and retention of sales staff;
Responsible for coaching direct sales reports;
Manage and motivate team performance and career development and ensure excellent individual and sales team performance;
Co-ordinates sales team effort across the Qtelmedia organization.
The Person:
Proven ability to operate within contractual and commercial terms, in a manner which reduces risk, maximizes revenue, promotes margin expansion and positions the company as a quality provider of mobile TV solutions in line with the company business plan.
Track record of maintaining significant customer relationships and attracting new business opportunities.
Extensive knowledge of sales within Telecommunications/IT companies.
Broad understanding of the core technologies that underpin modern next generation services.
Proven ability of business plan development and delivery.
Strong leadership skills around managing virtual teams.
Exceptional organizational and communication skills, along with personal tenacity and the ability to drive things through to conclusion in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Excellent presentation skills and the ability to use the company’s Strategy and Vision in any given situation to best effect.
MARKETING MANAGER
The Job:
Brand Strategy and External Communications. This will involve:
Developing a marketing and external communications strategy for increasing target market penetrations, optimizing Qtelmedia
brand value and market profile
Supporting key sales initiatives and account management through the development and execution of marketing activities and messages
Developing and enhancing sales & marketing tools, including but not limited to website, brochures, promotional DVDs, etc.
Analyzing critical and customer data to develop targeted marketing communications and campaigns
Establishing effective measurement processes to track success of marketing communications and campaigns
Working with PR & Events Manager to ensure an integrated approach to all marketing/PR and event activities
Monitoring marketing communications delivery standards, ensuring internal and external accounts are satisfied, costs are effectively controlled and regulatory requirements, if applicable, are met.
Marketing Strategy. This will involve:
Development and implementation of marketing and customer strategy; market and customer segmentation strategy to support customer proposition development as well as in the analysis of key customer data to ensure appropriate targets and success measures
Supporting delivery of current business strategy and priorities through the promotion and maintenance of a rigorous communications plan
Ensuring the production of timely, accurate and up-to-date brand & communications management information and appropriate
competitor activity
Assisting as required in the development of projects, including regional and/or group-wide initiatives as required
Working with Sales and others as appropriate, to deliver key sales & marketing initiatives
The Person:
Ability to set-up this new department and have a good working knowledge and understanding of key marketing activities including
marketing planning, proposition development, campaign management, communication planning and customer management
At least 4 – 6 years’ experience in similar capacity and experience in analyzing critical data, including identifying trends and
targeting.
Good relationship and supplier management skills to manage third party marketing partners
Proven track record in developing and implementing successful solutions while branding experience will be advantageous
Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders, with the confidence to work with senior management
Exceptionally talented, ambitious, thrives on challenges and motivated to succeed
High potential and leadership capabilities with strategic vision and a positive attitude
Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal proficiency in English.
PRINCIPAL ENGINEERS
The Job:
Fault Management
Capacity Management
Configuration Management
Change Management
Performance Management
The Person:
Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or IT with Cisco Certified (CCNA).
Min 7 - 10 years working experience in the mobile or wireless broadband industry with 3 - 5 years experience in Network Operations. IP skills in Linux and Windows is a MUST, and/or JAVA and those with hands-on experience in Cisco Networking/Inter-working has the added advantage
Hands-on experience in mobile network planning, design, implementation and optimization
Good knowledge of existing mobile or wireless technologies such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSPA and 802.x Wi-Fi.
Good working knowledge in Packet Core technologies and networks
Ability to learn new technologies quickly with sufficient proficiency to conduct feature testing.
Must be excellent in English (oral and written) with good presentation skills and willing to travel
Able to work effectively under pressure with minimal supervision and within tight deadlines
DATABASE APPLICATION DEVELOPER
The Job:
Responsible for developing, integrating technologies and architectures involving generic programming and provider-based data access
Work with vendor to develop tools, solutions to enhance the solutions.
Responsible for daily maintenance and administration of the applications
Play a leading role in handling new or ongoing enhancement of application development projects.
Ensure appropriate data security and access control for application and databases
Develop and update documentation and user manuals for any custom made software
Provide in-house training and develop supporting training materials for software deployment
Plan, lead, organize, manage and co-ordinate resources & activities within budget and the Service Level Agreements (SLA)
Design, develop, test and deploy web-based portal/workflow/collaboration application
The Person:
At least a Bachelor’s Degree or Professional Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent
At least 5 - 7 years’ experience in enterprise software development with emphasis on databases and work flow.
Skilled in XML, Object Database, Java programming and Cache Data mining
Knowledge of the mobile operator environment, Object Oriented Programming and TCP/IP, SNMP or other network technology/ protocol
will be an added advantage
Completed at least 3 medium sized projects that are cross departmental and possess strong programming and analytical skills.
Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal proficiency in English.
SENIOR TECHNICAL WRITERS
The Job:
Responsible for writing documentation for software products, system procedures & processes.
Create and design user documentation that is user friendly and mapped to new features and user issues.
Work closely with engineers to gather information for documentation.
Interpret technical product information to develop written documentation targeted to user requirements.
Create / Develop graphics and flowcharts to enhance clarity / usability
Document all needed processes within the Department, produce technical documentation / training material / guide.
The Person:
Degree in IT/Computer Science or other relevant qualification with at least 5 – 7 years’ technical writing experience in an
IT/ telecommunications related field.
Strong technical background with the aptitude to grasp and interpret technical contents.
Must be fluent in written and spoken English.
Ability to communicate effectively in a remote team environment.
Dependable, responsible and a good team player.
Ability to use Microsoft Project, Acrobat and Office Suite.
Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal proficiency in English.
CODEC ENGINEERS
The Job:
To validate and optimize video delivery platform to end user devices.
To perform first level diagnostics on outages experienced by the end users.
To perform planned tests on Helix Producer and the streaming server
To establish good working relationship with various handset manufacturer.
To stay current with the latest software versions available for the appropriate handsets and update the database accordingly
To stay current with the latest streaming technology
To continuously perform R&D test on our platform.
To constantly perform network test to gauge delivery quality
To stage the requirements of new accounts and to perform:
Rack up of the full solution
Configuration of all the needed parameters onto the servers (with the assistance of system engineering)
To wire up the solution and test it end to end to ensure the solution works
To tear down the solution and repack it with the proper labeling and asset tags for shipment abroad
To document the whole solution with the technical writer
To be at site for unpacking and assembly ( project team)
The Person:
Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or IT
IP skills in Linux and Windows is a MUST, and/or JAVA and those with hands-on experience in Cisco Networking/Inter-working has
the added advantage.
5 years working experience in the mobile streaming industry, majoring in the delivery platform ( encoders, streaming servers, DRM
management, billing )
Good understanding in encoding/streaming practices and the various codec formats
Good knowledge of existing mobile or wireless technologies such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSPA and 802.x Wi-Fi.
Exposure to current multimedia technologies such as video encoding (Divx, Xvid, RealMedia, WMA, QuickTime), viral technologies (Flickr, MySpace, YouTube) and hands-on passion for gadgets – handheld devices or home media concepts.
Excellent presentation skills, written and verbal proficiency in English.
SYSTEM ENGINEERS
The Job:
Work with vendors on the installation of new servers, and reinstallation of existing servers.
Maintain high availability of servers by proactively and regularly monitoring server performance and capacity planning
Implement routine back-up/restoration, supervise network monitoring activities of existing network as well as maintain OS such as
Win Server & Linux.
Conduct weekly (routine) system check of all servers.
Provide monthly report on systems performance / information.
Create, maintain and practice best practice escalation process
Assist the Sales & Marketing team in systems integration solutions for new or existing business opportunities.
The Person:
Degree in an IT related field with at least 2-5 years’ practical experience
Able to produce structured and presentable documentation
Enthusiastic and able to work with minimum supervision & under pressure
Self motivated and a team player with a positive attitude and excellent analytical & written and oral communication skills in English
Willing to travel overseas for short assignments
CONTENT EDITORS
The Job:
Select, update and edit contents for specific channels.
Track on-going coverage of contents, visual feed and rundowns.
Ensure the content is compliant with viewer sensitivities and regulatory requirements.
Meet all deadlines on a daily basis
The Person:
Minimum 3-5 years’ direct editing or sub-editing experience, preferably in a multi-channel TV environment / Production House.
Fresh graduates with a Diploma / Degree in Multimedia Graphic Production are encouraged to apply
Knowledge of any editing tools, preferably Adobe Premier / Final Cut Pro.
Creative, Resourceful, highly motivated team player with polished editing ability.
Able to work fast within tight deadlines.
Must be fluent in English, willing to travel and work on shifts.
* Candidate with proficiency in Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Thai, Indonesian and Mandarin are encouraged to apply.
