Chief Executive Officer job at UAP Old Mutual Uganda | Apply Now

• 10 years of senior leadership experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred. Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA, ACII) advantageous.”

• Proven track record of managing large teams and driving performance and process improvements.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Competencies.

• Aligns execution – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

• Manages complexity – Making sense of complex, high volume and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Builds effective Teams – Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.

• Ensures accountability – Holding self and others accountable for meeting commitments.

• Business Insight – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

• Strategic vision – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

• Drives results – Delivers sustainable growth under dynamic market conditions, consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

• Customer focus – Provides cautious, timely and helpful service to encourage client loyalty.

• Engages and inspires – Creating a climate in which people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.

• Instills trust – Builds a culture of integrity and transparency, gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity

• Cultivates innovation and digital leadership – Champions innovation and digital transformation, creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

• Develops talent – Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.

Accountabilities.

• Leadership effectiveness

• Provides overall leadership and vision in developing sustainable long-term growth and strategic direction for the business

• Develops and maintains a sound, effective organizational culture, ensuring capable management succession, as well as progressive employee training and development programs

• Business development

• Managing the development of the business in terms of products and distribution (including economic viability)

• Manages the profitability of the business (bottom line responsibility)

• Risk management

• Analyze risks and determines strategies for managing them and ensuring that assets are adequately safeguarded and maintained

• Stakeholder management

• Ensures that an appropriate level of engagement and relationships are maintained with important internal and external stakeholders

• Strong focus on cross functional operation and networking across internal and external boundaries

• Manage key external relationships to create a supportive brand, inclusive of media and marketing strategies

• Strategy implementation

• Sets direction at a strategic and tactical level, and develops and takes accountability for a business plan which is aligned to the group strategy

• Responsible for strategic direction of the Business, including all components of Finance, HR, Marketing and Brand, Risk & IT

• Functional effectiveness

• Integrates, delegates, and manages functional teams

• Ensures proactive skills and talent development to ensure a talent pipeline for all key roles in the organization

• We are seeking an executive to join a purpose-driven organization committed to financial inclusion, innovation, and talent development across Africa. Old Mutual is committed to building diverse leadership teams and fostering inclusive cultures that reflect the communities we serve.

Skills

• Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Manages Resistance, Negotiation, Oral Communications, Planning and organisational skills, Policies & Procedures, Policy and Regulation, Policy Development, Policy Implementation, Presenting Solutions, Professional Presentation, Project Management, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning

Competencies

• Balances Stakeholders

• Builds Effective Teams

• Communicates Effectively

• Customer Focus

• Decision Quality

• Drives Vision and Purpose

• Ensures Accountability

• Financial Acumen

• Education

• NQF Level 9 – Masters (Required)