About this role
Women Impacting Nigeria – General Manager
Location: Lagos Employment Type: Full-time
The Opportunity
- This is a senior executive leadership role for a commercially astute, strategic and results-driven professional who can translate vision into execution.
- Working directly with the Directors , you will oversee day-to-day operations, lead cross-functional teams, improve organisational performance, strengthen governance and ensure strategic priorities are delivered
- If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex business challenges and have a proven track record of leading high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
As General Manager, you will:
- Lead the execution of the Group's strategic objectives.
- Oversee operations across multiple business units and programmes.
- Drive organisational growth, efficiency and profitability.
- Manage departmental performance and accountability.
- Lead strategic planning, budgeting and operational execution.
- Strengthen governance, risk management and compliance.
- Build and mentor high-performing leadership teams.
- Identify new business and partnership opportunities.
- Monitor financial performance and operational KPIs.
- Represent the organisation with investors, partners, regulators and key stakeholders.
- Support in executing strategic priorities and enterprise-wide initiatives.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Economics or a related field.
- An MBA or relevant postgraduate qualification (preferred).
- At least 7 years in a senior management or executive leadership role.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple teams, business units or organisations.
- Strong commercial, financial and operational management skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- A track record of driving organisational growth and operational excellence.
Experience within one or more of the following sectors is an advantage:
- Energy
- Telecommunications
- Technology
- Investment
- Consulting
- Development/Non-profit
What Success Looks Like
You'll be successful in this role if you can:
- Build a culture of accountability and high performance.
- Deliver strategic initiatives on time and within budget.
- Improve operational efficiency across the Group.
- Strengthen governance and internal controls.
- Drive sustainable business growth while increasing the impact of WIN's programmes.
- Enable teams to perform at their highest potential.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.