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About the role
Village Capital is hiring a Vice President to lead our Africa and the Middle East portfolio. This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension if Village Capital meets its funding targets.
What they're looking for
- Identify and advance strategic funding and financing opportunities within and across the regions, surfacing insights and recommendations as a member of the organizational leadership
- Serve as Village Capital's senior representative for the regional portfolio, both internally and externally
- Partner with cross-functional colleagues (communications, business development, finance, data and impact, and other regional teams) to ensure integrated and quality execution
- Stay current on trends in entrepreneurship, venture capital, innovative finance, philanthropic capital, and blended finance relevant to the region
- Lead strategic stakeholder engagement and business development across the regions, in collaboration with the Business Development team
- Cultivate and steward relationships with investors, foundations, corporations, governments, and funders
More about this role
Role Overview
Village Capital is hiring a Vice President to lead our Africa and the Middle East portfolio. This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension if Village Capital meets its funding targets.
This is a senior, externally visible leadership role for an investment professional with a track record in fundraising and partnership relationship management. They'll be trusted by funders, investors, government partners, and foundation leaders, and will hold operational excellence and partnership growth as equally important, mutually reinforcing priorities.
They'll bring a solid understanding of the investment landscape, including the tools, structures, and language of early-stage investment capital (equity, debt, hybrid), blended capital, and philanthropic capital, to complement their operational and business development leadership in-region. They will manage regionally distributed teams leading both investment transactions and direct entrepreneur support, and must be fluent enough to oversee and drive a strategy that mobilizes capital to entrepreneurs in the Africa and Middle East region.
The Vice President will delegate with confidence, develop the...
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