Business Incubation Manager at Respectech HR

Respectech HR is a tech recruitment, agency and outsourcing service that connects global businesses and organizations within and beyond Africa with top tech talent. We specialize in acquiring qualified candidates for full-time, remote, hybrid and contract tech positions, while also assisting skilled tech professionals to secure exciting opportunities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Incubation Manager

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Work with startups at the Centre according to the frameworks and mechanisms as outlined by the Incubator leadership team.
• Monitor business performance of portfolio start-ups, interface with other stakeholders and provide industry connections.
• Regularly interact and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure program performance.
• Look for newer avenues of partnerships and bring the same to the leadership team for further action.
• Work towards overall startup community mobilization and outreach.
• Ensure that the program reaches out to relevant ecosystem stakeholders.
• Study key sectors and generate insights, use cases and industry analyses for internal and external usage.
• Manage and support internal and external communication as needed for the program. This will also include maintaining communication with the media as and when required.
• Interact and maintain relationships with portfolio companies, mentors and partners.
• Ensure preparation of necessary portfolio reports for both internal and external purposes.
• Ensure smooth day-to-day overall functioning of the incubator, by coordinating with Admin, Marketing, Design, HR and other relevant team members.
• Actively participate in events, seminars and workshops for building and sharing knowledge.
• Ensuring coordination with relevant team members within the organization.

Requirements

• A highly motivated individual looking to work in the start-up ecosystem.
• Experience of leading/ coordinating key activities in an incubator/ accelerator.
• Prior experience as a startup founder or with a relevant VC/ Angel investment firm.
• Overall understanding of the start-up incubation process and related challenges.
• Strong execution skill set – including a focus on decision making, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to driverapid “learn and implement” iterations, strong bias for action and outcomes-based orientation.
• Good overall leadership and networking skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and public speaking skills.

Application Closing Date
7th October, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV with their Cover Letter as the body of the email (not as a separate document) to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.