Program Manager (Acceleration) at Hazon Holdings

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About The Role

• The Program Manager Business Acceleration will be responsible for the strategic identification and scaling of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to growth, building them into enterprises.
• The focus is to help drive companies from early stage to rapid growth and transform them into enterprises.

Job Description

• Identifying relevant & viable businesses through an in-house selection platform to be created.
• Project managing the value chain process of acceleration including strong stakeholder management for maximum visibility and business success.
• Contribute to development, planning of our venture support programs and formats
• Design and supervise learning platform and curricula for business development
• Drive and ensure business start-ups meets and deliver their set business objectives
• Project-manage their activities all year round to ensure they meet their marketing, sales & revenue targets.
• Organizing and coordinating in-house activities (workshops, networking, lunch and learns, movie nights, outings, etc) aimed at growing the community and adding value to our members and their businesses.
• Develop business plans and present to management quarterly
• Conduct local and global venture scouting with both private & public partners
• Manage our acceleration calls for applications, shortlisting & interviews
• Manage stakeholders that relate to our acceleration activities
• Manage government, public & social sector projects

Job Requirements and Personality Traits

• 3+ years post-graduate experience in business development, management & support or other relevant positions
• You love working with start-ups or even started one.
• Excellent track records of meeting and exceeding Project management KPIs
• You have good knowledge of startup methodologies (Lean startup,BMC, rapid prototyping etc)
• The ideal candidate MUST have experience in business development and a developing knowledge of accelerator programmes.
• A self-motivated team player, a dynamic, entrepreneurial person with a keen passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. Adept at managing multiple projects at once, very detail-oriented and organized, learn quickly, and have a track record of being adaptable in a fluid, high-growth environment.

Leadership and Growth Behaviors:

• Act like An Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders.
• Develop self and others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential.
• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions / recommendations.
• Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends, best practices or ideas.
• Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her / his peers.
• Fast / Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.