Investment Director Job in Kenya

Investment Director

Role Summary:

We’re hiring an Investment
Director to secure and manage all of the investment needed to enable us to
revolutionize healthcare in Africa.

Role highlights:

• Help deliver great, trustworthy healthcare to our continent


• Join one of Africa’s fastest growing companies


• Raise the funding we need to build Africa’s next unicorn


• Stock Options available

Background:

We’ve just secured our
series B and are raising debt to fund capex for aggressive expansion. In
addition, we’ve reached the stage where we need to build relationships with
strategic investors and potential acquirers. We also have inbound requests for
grant funding for special projects that may be interesting to pursue. We may
decide to raise a strategic investment round in 2019 and will raise another
equity round in 2020.

This role is based in our
support office in Nairobi and reports directly to Nicholas, one of Penda’s
co-founders.

Responsibilities:

In summary;

• Secure smart funding to enable us to revolutionize healthcare
  across Africa


• Improve Penda’s culture: We take culture seriously and expect
  our teammates to be great performers AND great teammates. Be fun to work
  with; honest, direct and genuine; give and receive feedback often; debate
  and fight for the best decisions; actively help other parts of Penda
  outside your department.


• Evaluate and advise on impact of different types of
  fundraising for the company (equity, debt and grant). Advise management
  and the board on best funding practices given strategy map and projects.


• Secure and pitch at meetings with the right potential
  investors and acquirers: Make our investment pipelines, get meetings,
  pitch alongside side our co-founder Nicholas, ask the right questions and
  educate them about penda. Everyone you meet should turn into a Penda
  believer. Build relationships with both the local and international
  investor and potential acquirer networks.


• Execute and organize our entire investment process: Make a
  project plan for each type of invest, execute it and communicate our
  progress to the company regularly. Manage all contacts (probably make a
  simple CRM for this), notes, and investor information. Make a system to
  follow up on all meetings, send out updates, report to the board, etc.


• Develop exceptional investment material: Create a great
  investor pack including financial model, deck, cap table and all other
  supporting documents. Complete all the research needed for this as well.
  You may decide to use some extra support to get all this done, if so
  recruit and manage them.


• Lead the negotiation of term sheets and investment
  agreements: to make sure Penda gets great, smart investment terms that
  help our long-term vision.


• Manage all investment related projects: such as due
  diligence, reviewing our employee stock option program, etc. For all
  these, manage the commercials and engage our lawyers wisely for the
  legals. Consult on the most important aspects and push these projects
  through to completion.


• Recruit and manage consultants and partners to get all our
  work done: evaluating and managing our lawyers; working with our corporate
  secretary during fundraising; hire a grant writer for grant funding. For
  all these, make sure our partners know our vision, are excited and are
  working with us to achieve it, not just for the billable hours.


• Eagerly pick up other projects: In this role you have
  visibility into the entire company, so you’ll be asked to help on other
  things. Be excited to pick up various projects, some completely not
  related to investment if that’s what the company needs to win!

Requirements:

• Be great at pitching a clear, compelling and bold vision!


• Have previously completed multiple transactions of venture
  capital, private equity or mergers and acquisitions, from either the
  investor side of the entrepreneur side. More experience across more deals
  is a plus.


• 5-10 years’ experience in an investment related role.


• Skills required to build and manage our investor materials.


• Strong modeling skills, strategy skills to design asks and
  pitches, skills to make pitch decks and supporting documents. Ability to
  manage our capital table, etc.


• Have managed employees or consultants before.


• Based in Nairobi or willing to be.


• African national.

Salary and Benefits:

• Be part of the team that transforms healthcare for the masses
  across Africa


• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience


• Stock options


• Full medical cover for inpatient and outpatient for your
  whole family


• Great benefits package


• Join a great place to work: We’re working hard at our
  culture. In 2018, we were ranked Kenya’s #26 best place to work.

How to Apply

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