Afrihood is a Lagos Based Real Estate Development Company established to provide realistic estate solutions particularly to the middle class. We are poised to give every African regardless of class, a sense of dignity through luxury and enhanced living style.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Position: Group Chief Executive Officer
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Summary
- You will transform a high-level thesis into market reality by engineering the systems, securing local pipeline assets, and establishing the operational discipline required to scale across multiple countries.
- Success is measured by your ability to move from a structural startup blueprint into an institutional platform that enables exceptional local developments.
Key Responsibilities & Core Focus Areas
Platform Scaling & Spoke Onboarding:
- Oversee the vetting, strategic onboarding, and lifecycle management of incoming Project CEOs across the continent.
- Enforce the implementation of the Afrihood "Hub-and-Spoke" model, ensuring localized developers seamlessly plug into our operational, legal, and technological frameworks.
Institutional Finance Execution & Compliance:
- Manage relationships with premium multilateral financial institutions, sovereign credit guarantee companies (e.g., Shelter Afrique, InfraCredit), and private credit desks.
- Ensure strict ring-fencing of project-specific escrow accounts and audit all drawdown requirements to unlock multi-billion Naira institutional tranches cleanly.
Supply Chain & Operations Governance:
- Champion the Afrihood Central Procurement Desk, ensuring 100% centralized sourcing of structural materials across all regional spoke projects to eradicate inflation fraud and cost variance.
- Maintain rigorous oversight over our active Lagos launch portfolio (Aize Court, Uresa Court, Zaphire Court) and future continental pipeline developments.
Shielding the DNA & ISO Standards:
- Act as the ruthless gatekeeper of the Afrihood DNA: Sustainability, Afrocentrism, Community, World-Class Standards, Integrated Living, and Industry 4.0.
- Defend and enforce the company's triple ISO quality certifications (ISO 9001, 45001, 14001) across every footprint, executing zero-tolerance anti-dilution clauses if quality or governance is compromised.
The Ideal Profile
Experience & Qualifications:
- We are searching for a high-caliber corporate general, an executive who possesses a rare blend of deep institutional discipline and the operational agility to manage street-level execution partners.
Academic/Professional Pedigree:
- An MBA or advanced degree in Finance, Corporate Governance, Project Management, or a related discipline from a reputable global institution is highly valued. Premium professional certifications (PMP, CFA, etc.) are a significant advantage.
Proven Scale Leadership:
- 8 to 15+ years of executive-level experience (COO, MD, Partner, or Senior VP) managing large-scale networks, asset-light hospitality platforms (e.g., international hotel groups, Oyo frameworks), large agent networks, or premium real estate asset management firms.
Institutional Fluency:
- A deep background in management consulting (ex-Big 4 preferred), structured project finance, or institutional investment banking.
- You must speak the language of credit risk committees and multilateral development banks.
System-Builder Mindset:
- A track record of developing, implementing, and enforcing rigid Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across highly decentralized operations.
- Uncompromising Integrity: An analytical, process-driven mind with zero tolerance for ethical shortcuts, operational slippage, or data discrepancies.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- When history looks back, we want people to say this leader took a powerful continental vision and successfully built the institution that redefined how Africa builds cities.
- If your ambition is merely to manage an already established company, this role is definitely not for you.
- If you have the execution grit to build a vision into a legacy, we want to hear from you.
What We Offer
This is not standard corporate employment; it is a founding executive placement. The successful candidate will receive:
- A competitive executive compensation package structured for an early-stage enterprise.
- Significant performance-driven milestone incentives and long-term equity-alignment tracks matching the growth of the institution.
- The opportunity to shape a continental development platform from day one.
- A vehicle to build a legacy that directly redefines how African communities are developed for decades to come.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive portfolio, executive curriculum vitae, and a detailed cover letter explaining your specific track record in zero-to-one system building and why you are the right person to build Afrihood into a pan-African powerhouse to: [email protected] using "Executive Search: Chief Executive Officer — [Your Name]" as the subject of the mail.
