Managing Director at QTR HR Services

QTR HR Services is a recruitment and HR Services company registered in Nigeria to support organisation in recruitment of quality talent for the achievement of the company's goal.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Managing Director

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

The Role

• The MD is the founding operating executive responsible for turning an early-stage idea and a platform-in development into a licensed, fundable, and scaling fintech business.
• This is a hands-on, generalist leadership role: the Managing Director (“MD”) shall provide strategic, operational, and regulatory leadership for the Company, a regulated digital investment platform operating within Nigeria’s capital markets ecosystem.

Core Responsibilities
Operational Leadership:

• Provide executive oversight of day-to-day business operations.
• Ensure the development and implementation of scalable operational processes and controls.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across legal, compliance, technology, operations, fi nance, and business teams.

Regulatory, Licensing & Compliance:

• Lead the application for the SEC Nigeria sub-broker (digital) license, targeting 2027.
• Stand up AML / CFT, KYC, and NDPC data-protection compliance functions.
• Establish corporate governance, board processes, and internal controls. 1
• Manage and strengthen relationships with the Company’s sponsoring broker/dealer and other strategic partners.

Product & Technology Oversight:

• Own the product roadmap and oversee the engineering/product team building the platform.
• Make build-vs-buy and infrastructure decisions (payments rails, market-data and brokerage integrations, security).
• Translate between investors, regulators, and engineers.

Finance & Operations:

• Manage runway, burn rate, budgeting, and financial controls.
• Track and improve unit economics (CAC, LTV, take rate, transaction margins).
• Set the operating cadence and build core processes from near-zero.

Growth & Go-to-Market:

• Drive business development initiatives and strategic partnerships.
• Oversee customer growth, product adoption, and revenue generation.
• Monitor business performance against approved targets and key performance indicators.

People & Culture Leadership:

• Hire, retain, and lead early talent on a constrained budget through culture, and organisation culture
• Build and lead a high-performing team aligned with the Company’s values and objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience
Non-negotiable (must demonstrate at a high level):

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification
• A minimum of ten (10) years post-qualification experience in banking, finance,capital markets, financial services, fintech, investment management, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience within regulated financial services environments.
• Strong understanding of Nigerian capital markets and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience engaging with regulators, institutional stakeholders, investors, or financial market participants.
• Enough product/technology fluency to lead delivery of a digital platform.
• Proven leadership experience with responsibility for teams, projects, business units, or strategic initiatives.

Strongly preferred:

• Prior experience in a fintech, brokerage, or capital-markets business. • Financial management and unit- economics fluency.
• Early-stage / start-up operating experience (0-to-1).
• Credible with investors, regulators, and technical teams alike.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base Salary: N2,900,000 per month (gross)
• Performance bonus tied to agreed KPIs and company milestones
• Flexible working arrangements.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2026.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: olajumsie@yahoo.com using the Job Title as subject of the emai.