Senior Manager Partnerships & Business Development – MDAs

• Job TitleSenior Manager Partnerships & Business Development – MDAs
• OrganisationNational Social Security Fund (NSSF) Uganda
• GradeE1
• Reports ToChief Enterprise and Growth Officer
• Duty StationHeadquarters, Kampala
• Experience8 years, 4 at management level
• DeadlineFriday, 6 November 2026

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is Uganda’s statutory social security provider, collecting member savings and paying benefits under the NSSF Act, and is one of the largest players in Uganda’s economy.

NSSF’s head office is at Workers House, Plot 1 Pilkington Road, Kampala.

The Senior Manager oversees the full partnership lifecycle, from identifying partners to onboarding and implementation, to bring in savers who see saving as a lifestyle.

Strategy and Leadership

• Lead the development and execution of partnership strategies.
• Set and deliver strategic plans for membership growth targets.
• Lead the teams covering MDAs, mass-market approaches and grants and sustainability.

Partnerships and Business Development

• Identify partners such as MDAs, workers’ unions, SACCOs, investment clubs, agent networks and telecom and digital platforms.
• Build tailored business cases and prioritise partners with large subscriber bases.
• Negotiate MOUs and TORs with clear mutual benefits, and use digital, customer insight and analytics to revive legacy partnerships.

Grants and Sustainability

• Lead grant and sustainability initiatives that cut operating costs and widen financial inclusion for the informal sector.
• Keep grant-funded projects sustainable beyond their funding periods.
• Build a high-performance culture and develop the team’s skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Master’s degree or equivalent (a recognised professional certification plus a master’s or MBA in progress counts as equivalent).
• Relevant professional qualifications and membership.
• 8 years’ relevant experience in partnerships, business development, customer acquisition or growth in financial services, telecoms or other mass-market sectors, including at least 4 years at management level.

Technical Skills

• Negotiation: MOUs and TORs.
• Financial acumen: P&L and efficiency.
• Project management: Grant-funded projects.
• Digital transformation: Process optimisation.

Soft Skills

• Leadership: High-performance teams.
• Strategic thinking: Membership growth.
• Stakeholder engagement: Informal sector.
• Resilience: Adaptable.

Salary is not stated in the advert. This is a senior E1 grade role at NSSF headquarters.

• Senior role at Uganda’s biggest fund.
• Shape informal-sector inclusion.
• Work with MDAs and telecoms.
• Kampala headquarters.
• Senior pick among business development jobs in Uganda.

Fill in NSSF’s online application form and attach your application letter, CV and academic qualifications, addressed to the Chief of People and Culture, by Friday, 6 November 2026.

Canvassing or lobbying leads to automatic disqualification, and incomplete applications or missing documents may be rejected. NSSF never charges application fees.

• Attach every required document.
• Quantify partnerships you signed.
• Show mass-market growth results.
• Mention grant projects you ran.
• Apply before 6 November.