Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Uniccon Group is the home of innovative and customizable tech products to meet your needs. We combine world-class expertise, experience, and modern tools to scale up your productivity. Valuing and collaborating for the best services have kept us ahead of the market. Individuals, SMEs, organisation, and government agencies achieve more with us.

Uniccon Group owns Africa’s leading hub for STEM research, training, and solutions (STEMFocus). Research is the bedrock of our innovative services in the marketplace, payment gateway, workflow optimization, financial intel, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and e-learning products. We are futuristic and leading with METAVERSE and NFTs in Africa. The operations extend to Agro-commodities processing and export, fashion brands, and general contracting business. It oversees operations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and other parts of the world. The products are innovative, and customizable to meet market needs. Unicorn Group is a key player in their respective industries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Location: Abuja

Core Purpose

• To provide overall executive, operational, and commercial leadership for the Institute.
• The COO translates executive strategy into sustainable, scalable operations, owns the revenue and growth engine, and oversees cross-departmental execution across academic delivery, administration, financial management, and external partnerships.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Strategic & Operational Execution: Translate top-level goals into annual operational budgets, performance targets, and institution-wide KPIs, driving efficiency, scalability, and continuous process optimization.
• Commercial Growth & Revenue Ownership: Own the Institute's revenue strategy across B2B corporate training, industry certifications, and vocational skills programs; lead high-value commercial negotiations and approve strategic proposals.
• Academic & Regulatory Oversight: Partner with academic leadership and regulatory bodies (e.g., NBTE) to drive institutional accreditation, maintain quality assurance standards, and launch market-aligned curricula.
• Financial & Resource Management: Oversee operational and capital expenditure (OpEx/CapEx) alongside Finance, optimize resource allocation, and direct strategic procurement/vendor agreements.
• Governance, Risk & Stakeholder Leadership: Direct institutional risk management, crisis response, and regulatory compliance; represent the Institute in high-level engagements with government agencies, industry leaders, and corporate sponsors; report performance directly to the CEO/Board.

Candidate Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or

Education

• Management; an MBA or relevant Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
• Executive Experience (Mandatory): 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior executive or COO-level role within a technology institute, TVET institution, polytechnic, technical college, or comparable technical education environment.
• Track Record: Proven P&L or major budget ownership, demonstrated commercial business development success, and experience managing executive/multidisciplinary leadership teams.
• Preferred

Qualifications

• Board-level reporting experience, a background scaling operations in high-growth/tech environments, deep familiarity with NBTE accreditation, and professional certifications in executive strategy or operations management.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.