Digital Business Lead

Location: Lagos

Company Overview: Our client is a hotel development and management company with shareholdings in leading hotels in Nigeria.

Job Objective: The Digital Business Lead role is ideal for someone who has the right mix of leadership, passion, energy, and experience to build new digital businesses in the hotel and hospitality sector. The ideal candidate is business savvy, has an entrepreneurial spirit and innovative nature, and a vast network in the hospitality industry and startup ecosystem.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
 The ideal candidate will have the primary responsibility for leading the operations of the digital business from concept to implementation which will include the overall growth strategy, leadership of the team, external communications, and marketing and sales efforts.
 He/she will also be responsible for the development and delivering on of the short term and long-term vision of the organization digital business as well as the development of the sales and marketing strategy.
 The ideal candidate will have been successful in startup companies (or will have learned from previous failures) focused on the wants and needs of consumers in the hotel and hospitality and real-estate industry.
 In addition, the candidate must demonstrate a track record in, and sound understanding of, the broader technology ecosystem, customer acquisition & retention and developing strategic partnership.

Job Requirements
 University degree, preferably MBA in the field of business administration and finance
 Prior experience in sales and/or leadership efforts in a startup company, preferably with a background in financial services.
 Excellent leadership, negotiation, management, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
 Ability to work strategically, but also hands-on problem solving.
 Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
 Track record of building innovative, creative, and collaborative teams.
 Strong desire to lead from a strategic and tactical perspective in all aspects of day-to-day operations on the Digital Business