City General Manager
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Job Description
We are looking for an entrepreneurial leader who enjoys building things and can operate with ambiguity. A professional who is nimble and agile and can create high performing teams enjoys operations and getting things done with excellence adept at using data to make decisions strong with finance and excited about driving revenue & owning a P&L.
ABOUT THE CITY TEAMS
Do you enjoy creating something out of nothing The City Teams are startups within a larger startup. Each City Team is like a standalone business that is blazing a new path for us but is supported by the history reputation and global network of our wider ecosystem of companies and initiatives. In pursuit of our mission we encourage autonomy creativity and experimentation. We embrace risks and failure. We seek those that have a beginners mindset are lifelong learners thrive in uncertain circumstances and uncharted territory and have a deep passion for youth engagement.
What does the job involve
As the General Manager your mission is to grow The ALX community while driving its commercial success and impact. You will build and oversee a high performing team run day to day operations and oversee revenue generation. As General Manager you will be responsible for:
- Community Growth: You will ensure that the community grows while maintaining its high caliber membership
- P&L Ownership: You will have full P&L ownership as you grow revenue and manage costs to ensure profitability and sustainability
- Business Development & partnerships: You will establish strategic partnerships with key stakeholders
- Serving as the local Face: You will be our representative in key forums and with local media etc.
- Managing stakeholders: You will build and maintain key stakeholder relationships.
- Creating work opportunities for young Africans: You will help to facilitate work opportunities for young Africans in Nairobi by enabling early career top talent to build relationships with local corporate partners
- Driving a culture of execution: You will serve as the custodian of our entrepreneurial doer culture rolling up your sleeves as a Founderfrom engaging with VIPs and celebrities to setting the table for an intimate gathering no job is out of scope.
KPIs:
- Talent recruitment: Number of talents recruited into our training programs
- Community Growth: Measure by new community growth
- Customer experience: Measured by learner net promoter score
- Impact: Number of work opportunities created for young talent
Qualifications
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Strong relationship building skills & stakeholder management
- Roll up Sleeves GYSHIDO mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience building & managing lean highperformance teams
- Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills highly organized and agile
- DataDriven decision making
- Flexibility to travel frequently around your region
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Employment Type
Full Time
