GENERAL MANAGER- COMMERCIAL

Job Description

Nation Media Group (‘NMG’) is Uganda’s most influential media house with operations in print, broadcast and digital media, which attract and serve unparalleled audiences in the country and region. We are committed to creating value for our stakeholders and positively influencing society by providing content that informs, educates, and entertains.

We are looking for a qualified, experienced and result oriented professional to fill the following vacancy.

Job Title: GENERAL MANAGER- COMMERCIAL

Reports to: Managing Director

Department: Advertising

JOB PURPOSE:

The role is responsible for leading various teams to deliver value for stakeholders through commercialization of content, partnerships and co-created opportunities in digital, broadcast, print and events. These will be delivered through by adopting agile commercial strategies that will ensure sustainable revenues across platforms in Uganda.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead commercial teams in developing and executing an agile strategy across various sectors, with a view of delivering advertising budgets as set. Deliberate focus on digital and broadcast lead within the multimedia solutions offering to various partners.

• Support people development, talent nurturing, mentorship, and coaching team members with a view of improving their daily and annual performance productivity so that they deliver organization goals

• Ensure teamwork and collaborative effort to deliver overall group strategy by identifying strategic media engagements and partnerships. These will be done by involving the group’s executive leadership.

• Improve overall business efficiency by ensuring all commercial operations support a sustainable business this will be through debt management, profitability focus and mitigation of any risks that may be paused to the business.

• Lead sustainable market and customer engagements that shall deliver great customer experience and new innovations from trade collaborations.

• Protect and grow broadcast, digital and print advertising market share. Other key outcomes are high value projects, partnerships and stronger customer relationships.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Academic: An agile people skilled leader with a business-related master’s degree.

Experience:

• Commercially savvy with at least 10 years of demonstrable relevant experience in heavy FMCG.

• Extensive knowledge and experience commercialization of multi-media commercialization and cross integration with partnerships

• A member of a professional body in marketing, leadership or any other.

• Strong cross functional leadership skills

• Skilled in project management

If you believe that you are our ideal candidate, please submit your application, detailed CV and academic documents with a daytime telephone number as one PDF document, quoting the position you have applied for in the subject line by 3rd October 2025 to the HR Manager- NMGU, Monitor Publications Limited at https://career.staffingsoft.com/careers/NationMediaGroupJobs.html

NMG Uganda is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and gender equality. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Paid Sick Leave

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