Pilot-to-Market Lead, Africa-First Language Models at GSM Association (GSMA) May, 2026 | MyJobMag

You will help shape how Africa-first language models move from build stage into real-world deployment. Working across mobile operators, startups, researchers, public-sector partners and digital service providers, you will identify priority use cases, define pilot pathways, structure partner propositions and support the commercial logic for early deployments. Success in this role will mean that priority language model projects have clear use cases, credible pilot designs, defined partner roles, practical routes to users and measurable success criteria. You will translate model capabilities into product, service and market propositions that partners can understand, support and ultimately deploy. You will also help strengthen the initiative’s use-case library across priority languages, sectors and markets, ensuring that pilots are grounded in real needs across areas such as digital health, agriculture, education, financial services, public information and digital public infrastructure. You will work closely with technical, policy and ecosystem colleagues to ensure that deployment pathways are feasible, responsible and aligned with the wider objectives of the initiative. In your first year, you will be expected to support the development of practical pilot concepts for priority language models, define pilot structures and KPIs, shape partner-facing propositions, and help build credible pathways from early pilots toward scalable African digital services.

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