Head, Portfolio Support at Ventures Platform

Ventures Platform serves as a community and launchpad for technology innovators solving some of the most challenging problems on the African continent. It is a carefully curated hub where tech-enthusiasts, freelancers, start-up entrepreneurs, and professionals on the go, who share common attitudes, interests, and goals, can meet, network and create.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Head, Portfolio Support

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• We are scaling our work of partnering early with bold founders building transformative startups across Africa, and to enable this mission; we are looking for a rockstar, who will be primarily responsible for leading VP’s post Investment activities which include; monitoring and evaluation; providing support; curating value-adding tools and partnership for the portfolio; acting as the primary point of contact, and unlocking network value across VP.

Responsibilities
We will rely on you for / to:

• Post Investment support- consistently evaluate portfolio company performance and needs to determine how best VP can help plug gaps, provide value-add, and leverage our network to support the growth of our startups.
• Preempt incoming challenges and intervene - Monitor trends, market changes, and regulatory sentiments and triage companies to quickly determine needs and strategic choices.
• Community building - Support the building of the portfolio founder community to unlock value and improve collaboration.
• Secure critical partnerships & linkages - Source, onboard, introduce and manage key relationships to support the growth of the Fund’s portfolio companies with corporates and various other service providers.
• Build capacity and tools to support founders in critical areas - Key areas including; hiring, expansion, growth, and regulatory issues.
• Internal Reporting - Receive and review portfolio company reporting, provide timely constructive feedback, and maintain portfolio company dashboards that enable internal M&E.
• Serve as a clearinghouse - Manage the interaction of startups with various VP resources, including team members, mentors, and venture partners.

Skills & Requirements
This role could be perfect for you if you are/have:

• A vast network of relationships in the corporate, startup, and regulatory ecosystems across Africa
• You have broad experience working in management levels at a startup.
• You have exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills and can handle sensitive information confidentially.
• You have an extraordinary ability to perform a wide variety of tasks and the ability to change focus quickly as demands change.
• You enjoy a fast-paced work environment.

Candidate Locations:

• Anywhere, but we are biased toward candidates who are located in Lagos, Abuja, Accra, Cairo and Nairobi.
• The role also requires some level of local and international Travel.

Application Closing Date
17th September, 2021.