VP, Africa & Middle East Practice

• Drive multi-regional strategy across Africa and the Middle East
• Identify and advance strategic funding and financing opportunities
• Coordinate with regional, functional, and organizational leadership on resource allocation and strategy
• Serve as Village Capital's senior representative for the regional portfolio
• Partner with communications, business development, finance, data and impact, and regional teams for integrated execution
• Stay current on entrepreneurship, venture capital, innovative finance, philanthropic capital, and blended finance trends
• Lead strategic stakeholder engagement and business development
• Cultivate relationships with investors, foundations, corporations, governments, and funders
• Partner on proposal development, donor reporting, pitch materials, case studies, and budget input
• Co-develop regional and sectoral fundraising strategy and maintain a fundraising roadmap
• Support long-term commitments and portfolio revenue growth
• Own delivery of entrepreneur support programs and investment initiatives
• Oversee program and investment quality, delivery standards, and outputs management
• Oversee investment transactions, investment decisions, transaction structuring, due diligence, and investment frameworks
• Allocate resources across initiatives as priorities shift
• Evaluate investment strategy and entrepreneur support effectiveness
• Own budgets and expenditure priorities
• Collaborate with delivery teams to keep curricula regionally relevant
• Manage, coach, develop, and support geographically distributed teams, including delivery staff, investment staff, and contractors
• Build a culture of learning, accountability, and leadership development
• Oversee ecosystem engagement across alumni, portfolio, investor, and expert networks
• Represent Village Capital at ecosystem convenings and working groups
• Oversee thought leadership content and final review
• Lead development and review of region-specific funder and stakeholder reports
• Ensure reporting capacity through appropriate staff, tools, consultants, and third-party platforms

• 8+ years of investment experience in banking, entrepreneurship, impact investing, or international development
• Entrepreneur support and ecosystem development a plus
• Track record of building and running complex, multi-stakeholder lines of business at a high standard
• Demonstrated track record in business development, including developing fundraising strategy, shaping proposals, and stewarding multi-year funder commitments
• Experience managing and developing distributed teams across cultures and geographies
• Understanding of the early-stage investment landscape, including venture, blended, and philanthropic capital
• Experience in the investment space from the entrepreneur or investor perspective
• Impact investing, venture capital, private credit, or DFI experience preferred
• Cultural fluency and day-to-day commitment to equity
• Ability to operate strategically while staying close enough to spot risk early
• Fluency in the language of early-stage investment capital, including equity, debt, hybrid, blended capital, and philanthropic capital

• 12-month fixed-term position with possibility of extension if Village Capital meets its funding targets