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Operations Excellence Lead - Data Science & Service AssuranceNew!

Category

Engineering

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Kampala, Uganda

Vacancies

1 position

Closing Date

11/20/2026
15 days left

Employer / Company

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TowerCo of Africa Uganda
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Description (Public)

TowerCo of Africa Uganda is hiring an Operations Excellence Lead to own its assurance and analytics layer across Uganda and Tanzania, combining machine learning and statistical modelling with field operations to drive fuel efficiency, maintenance quality and vendor accountability.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain machine learning models for fuel forecasting, anomaly detection and equipment failure prediction.
  • Investigate fuel drops and load variations and drive OPEX savings from fuel efficiency initiatives.
  • Own monthly preventive and corrective maintenance reconciliation against system records.
  • Reconcile vendor costs and penalties and maintain an open item register for disputes and anomalies.
  • Manage site master accuracy and build automated data quality rules and dashboards.
  • Act as business owner for work order systems and RMS integration.
  • Design and document operations and maintenance processes and procedures.
  • Run risk based quality assurance audits across sites.
  • Drive improvement initiatives with documented savings.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or Engineering.
  • Minimum 5 years in data science, advanced analytics, operations assurance or process improvement.
  • Demonstrated delivery of applied machine learning or analytics solutions with measurable business outcomes.
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL and BI dashboard development such as Power BI.
  • Experience with reconciliation, cost control or OPEX optimisation.
  • Experience with process documentation and quality assurance.

Skills & Competencies:

  • Applied machine learning.
  • Data quality governance.
  • Process documentation and QA.
  • Field stakeholder engagement.

How to Apply

About TowerCo of Africa Uganda
TowerCo of Africa Uganda, part of the pan-African TowerCo of Africa group backed by Axian Telecom, provides shared passive telecommunication tower infrastructure across Uganda. Dedicated to driving digital inclusion and bridging connectivity gaps, the organization builds, owns, and maintains wireless and renewable-powered mobile towers to support mobile network operators. TowerCo of Africa emphasizes sustainable network expansion, environmental responsibility, and next-generation technological innovation to empower underserved communities.

Mission

To expand access to mobile communications and bridge the digital divide across Africa with innovative, sustainable tower infrastructure solutions.

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