Description

• Our client wants to hire Chief Executive Officer.
• The CEO is expected to be active in the field — engaging government counterparts, closing contracts, and managing the Board relationship.

Responsibilities
Commercial Leadership:

• Close and execute contracts, including framework agreements and project-level engagements across multiple client tiers.
• Work in close operational alignment with the CCO to ensure MDA access converts into signed contracts and cash receipts.
• Maintain a live, qualified pipeline and present monthly pipeline and cash-receipt reports to the Board.

Operational Leadership:

• Ensure all executive and operational roles are performing against their individual KPI frameworks.
• Maintain a 24-hour response commitment for any Board-triggered governance or operational issue.
• Drive product velocity in partnership with the CTO.

Institutional Relationship Management

• Represent the company as its primary institutional face at Director-General, Permanent Secretary, and ministerial level.
• Build and maintain the government relationships required to sustain multi-year, multi-contract client relationships — not one-off project engagements.

Board Governance and Reporting:

• Attend all Board meetings and submit the required monthly report — including commercial performance, capital deployment, and pipeline data
• Ensure the Company operates in full compliance with CAMA 2020, NCCG 2018, PITA, PenCom, NSITF, and all applicable Nigerian regulatory frameworks.

Executive Team Management:

• Hold direct accountability for the performance of the CTO and CCO — reviewing their individual KPI frameworks monthly and escalating underperformance to the Board.
• Commission and maintain Role Continuity Documents for each C-suite position within 30 days of commencement.

Requirements

• A Degree in Technology & MBA is mandatory with 10 years progressive professional experience, with at least 3 in a C-suite or leadership role carrying direct revenue accountability.
• Experience in government technology, digital transformation, or SaaS businesses targeting public sector clients in Africa.
• Prior role in a public-private partnership
• Demonstrated track record of closing government contracts in Nigeria — at federal or state MDA level.
• Experience of operating within a Board-governed company — Board meetings, executive reports, & operating within a delegation of authority.
• Fluent in English — written and verbal — to institutional presentation standard.

Remuneration
Commission closed contracts, governed by the company’s C-Suite Compensation Framework.