Country Manager Job at Proto - Career Opportunity in Kenya
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Vacancy title:
Country Manager

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management ]

Jobs at:

Proto

Deadline of this Job:
11 May 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Proto is a leader in inclusive chatbots and multilingual contact center automation in emerging markets. Our AI Customer Experience (AICX) solutions serve large central banks to small fintechs that require high-performance natural language understanding for under-resourced languages from Africa to Asia.
Who is Proto?
Proto was founded in 2018 at the National Taiwan University to deliver impactful and effective conversational AI for underserved markets. We?ve grown organically across four industries and over ten markets with the catalytic support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Omidyar Network, RegTech for Regulators Accelerator, National Research Council of Canada, and the African Development Bank. Clients range from the central banks of the Philippines, Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, and Côte d?Ivoire to the leading alternative medicare provider in India to fast-growing fintechs in Nigeria. Learn more at www.proto.cx.
Recent Awards
2021 Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility Winner2020 Alliance for Financial Inclusion Fintech Finalist2019 Central Banking Fintech & Regtech AI Award Winner2019 Alliance for Financial Inclusion Fintech Finalist2019 iGaming Asia Congress Innovation Winner2018 RegTech for Regulators Accelerator Chatbot Competition Winner
About the Team
Proto?s team is extremely global with 92% BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Colour) and 50% female members working across over ten countries. We?re a remote team of self-starting and entrepreneurial NLP engineers, SaaS sales professionals, and digital nomads. Our management operates established processes for cross-cultural and timezone collaboration while limiting Zoom to less than an hour a day. .

Job Summary
Proto?s Accounts department team members have a passion for relationship-building with intrapreneurs within enterprise and government. As a Country Manager, you will be responsible for the qualification-to-proposal stages of the sales process at early-adopting enterprise clients. This effort is assisted with Proto?s deployments at national regulators and relationships with development organizations such as the African Development Bank and BFA Global.


Requirements
• Experience in B2B SaaS sales;
• Strong verbal and written communication;
• Project management for technical software implementations;
• Ability to learn new technology quickly;
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales/customer retention targets;
• High-speed internet connection;
• Video call capability with a high-quality microphone.
Nice-to-Haves
• Background in natural language processing and/or computational linguistics;
• Previous experience in SaaS or AI companies;
• Fluency in multiple languages.


Benefits
• Remote/flexible work. We?ve been remote-first since the start, with a tested process of team collaboration that maximizes productivity.
• Proto gear & allowances. Proto outfits its team with quality swag and offers a WFH program for computer and ergonomic equipment purchases.
• High standards & autonomy. Work with a global team of self-starters doing their best work, led by a management team executing upon an ambitious expansion plan
Proto is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.


Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

 

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Job application procedure
https://proto.applytojob.com/apply/job_20210422214620_0CCUW8PTZGM9RS94/Country-Manager-For-Kenya?source=DIREC 


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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 11 May 2021
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 29-04-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 29-04-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 29-04-2065
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