Country Manager at CoffeeChat

Role Descriptions

• The Country Manager position is an opportunity to join a fast-growing start-up with the potential for promotion to a regional management role based on performance.
• Our new cohort of Country Managers will spearhead CoffeeChat’s efforts in building brand awareness and growing our pool of freelance coaches, experts and speakers in their local country markets.
• The role will encompass a wide range of responsibilities as the sole representative of the company in Nigeria, including the need to engage a variety of potential freelancers as well as young professionals, entrepreneurs and enterprises seeking their services on our platform.
• These efforts will be supported by the founders and technical development team based remotely across Africa.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the CoffeeChat Brand in Nigeria (and surrounding region)
• Attend conferences and events in an official capacity.
• Conduct localized network outreach.
• Organize awareness initiatives.
• Drive User Growth of the CoffeeChat Platform
• Attract initial 250+ coaches and experts in your country.
• Support freelancers on our platform secure and grow their client base.
• Identify and sign up enterprise clients to use CoffeeChat as their freelance consultant recruitment portal.
• Monitor engagement metrics to ensure high levels of satisfaction amongst users from your market.
• Collaborate with Pan-African Team and Report Directly to CEO
• Weekly calls with geographically-distributed leadership team spread across Africa.
• Submit weekly KPIs and activity report.
• Share feedback from your local market on how to improve platform design and features to better suit user needs.
• Support with online customer engagement when needed.

Requirements

• Sales & Marketing Guru: Proven track record in professional networking, online customer service, public speaking, and business development in your country market.
• Start-Up Mindset: Previous experience working in early-stage start-up environment strongly preferred, and willingness to work with limited resources to achieve high business growth.
• Academic Background: At least a Bachelor's from a reputable university in a relevant field such as Business, Human Resources or Education.
• CoffeeChat Values: Alignment with CoffeeChat’s mission to make 1-on-1 coaching more accessible, affordable and contextualized.