Jobs at Dragnet Nigeria

The Opportunity

• The Board is seeking an experienced Managing Director to lead this transformation and establish the organisation as a recognised leader within the facilities management industry.
• This is a build-and-grow leadership mandate.
• The successful candidate will inherit an operational business with an established portfolio and proven track record while leading its evolution into a scalable, commercially successful facilities management enterprise.
• The role requires a leader capable of strengthening operational systems, enhancing service quality, building organisational capability, and driving commercial growth through the acquisition and retention of third-party mandates.
• Success will be measured not only by operational excellence but by the ability to position the business as a trusted facilities management partner capable of competing with the industry's leading operators.

The Managing Director will be responsible for delivering four strategic outcomes:
Operational Excellence:

• Strengthen service delivery frameworks, maintenance systems, governance processes, and quality standards across all managed assets.

Commercial Growth:

• Develop and execute a strategy that expands the business beyond its existing portfolio and secures sustainable third-party revenue streams.

Client Experience & Asset Value Preservation:

• Ensure facilities are managed to the highest standards while improving resident satisfaction and protecting long-term asset value.

Organisational Development:

• Build a high-performing, technology-enabled organisation capable of supporting future growth.

Key Deliverables
The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Deliver sustainable revenue growth and profitability.
• Secure new facilities management mandates from third-party clients.
• Improve operational efficiency and service quality across all managed properties.
• Implement scalable systems, processes, and performance management frameworks.
• Strengthen client retention and satisfaction.
• Build a strong leadership team and succession pipeline.
• Drive innovation and technology adoption across operations.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the organisation.
• Lead business development and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Oversee operational performance across all managed sites.
• Ensure sound financial management and budgetary control.
• Foster a culture of accountability, professionalism, and customer focus.
• Maintain strong relationships with property owners, developers, regulators, and key stakeholders.
• Report regularly to the Board on business performance and strategic initiatives.

Candidate Profile:

• The ideal candidate will be a commercially minded executive with a strong blend of operational, strategic, and business development experience.

They will possess:

• Demonstrated leadership experience within facilities management, property services, engineering, real estate operations, or related sectors.
• Proven ability to scale operations and drive business growth.
• Strong commercial and financial management capability.
• Experience managing multi-site operations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
• Strong communication and executive presence.
• A track record of building high-performing teams and delivering organisational transformation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Estate Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification (MBA, MSc, or equivalent) preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years' relevant experience, including senior leadership responsibility.
• Experience within facilities management, property operations, engineering services, or related industries.
• Professional certifications within facilities management or related disciplines will be an advantage.

Why Join?

• This represents a rare opportunity to lead the transformation of an established facilities management business with a strong foundation, existing portfolio, and clear shareholder ambition.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape strategy, influence growth, build capability, and create lasting enterprise value within a business positioned for significant expansion.

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Role Overview

• Our client is seeking an exceptional Growth & Partnerships Lead to serve as the Group's principal commercial driver, responsible for converting relationships and engagements into signed mandates across government advisory, investment banking, and SaaS technologies. 
• The role engages presidents, ministers, MDA chief executives, governors, central bank governors, commissioners of finance, DFIs, MDBs, pension fund administrators, and corporate principals.
• A number of these relationships are already established through the Group's founders and partners; the incumbent will be expected to assume responsibility for them, deepen them, and grow them, while also cultivating new relationships independently. Central to the role is the ability to identify a client's underlying need and determine which part of the Group, or which combination, is best positioned to address it.
• This is not a transactional  sales function. It is a relationship-led, advisory-oriented role suited to a professional who can secure commercial outcomes through trust and credibility rather than overt selling, and who is equally capable of developing a proposal or pitch deck as presenting it.

Responsibilities & Key Result Areas

• Relationship Management & Growth
• Listening & Solutioning
• Pipeline & Cross-Sell
• Proposals, Presentations & Deal Closure
• Discretion & Confidentiality
• Team Development

Requirements
What We Are Looking For:

• Educational Background: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, International Development, Public Policy, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: 5–8 years' experience in business development, strategic partnerships, investment banking, management consulting, or senior government and institutional relations, ideally with exposure to more than one of: the public sector, capital markets and financial services, or the technology ecosystem.
• Track Record: Demonstrated success in closing meaningful B2G or B2B transactions, including advisory engagements, capital raises, partnerships, or technology deployments.
• Network: Established relationships with public officials, DFIs/MDBs, financial institutions, or corporate decision-makers across Africa and/or the Middle East, or a demonstrable capacity to build such relationships rapidly.
• Range: Ability to operate credibly across public finance, capital markets, and technology discussions, without requiring deep technical expertise in any single domain.
• Discretion: A trustworthy professional who treats deal details, client relationships, and sensitive information as confidential as a matter of course; this is a firm requirement of the role.
• Interpersonal Skills: Strong relationship-building capability, with the presence and credibility to engage senior stakeholders and conclude commercial discussions in a manner consistent with the Group's advisory positioning.
• Operating Style: A self-directed professional capable of managing mandates independently, with equal competence in proposal development and client presentation.
• Desirable, not required: Familiarity with government procurement processes (tenders, expressions of interest, public bidding), and additional language proficiency such as French, Portuguese, or Arabic, given the Group's engagement across African and Middle Eastern markets.

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Job Summary

• The Executive Operations Assistant serves as the critical strategic enablement anchor for the Managing Director (MD), Partners, and the broader Group delivery engine. Far beyond traditional administrative support, this high-impact role functions as a protective filter, a high-EQ stakeholder liaison, and an operational coordinator.
• The ideal candidate possesses predictive problem-solving capabilities, flawless narrative delivery, and the agility to manage complex global logistics and special corporate initiatives seamlessly within a fast-paced consulting environment.

Responsibilities & Key Result Areas

• Calendar, Travel & Office Operations
• Strategic Meeting Capture & Follow-Through
• Stakeholder Coordination, Internal & External
• Executive Communication & Representation
• Financial Modelling & Commercial Support
• Information Systems & Working Smart

Requirements
What We Are Looking For:

• Educational Background: A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Law, International Relations, or another rigorous, analytical field.
• Professional Experience: 3–6 years of hands-on experience supporting C-suite executives, managing partners, or senior officials — in consulting, investment banking, government advisory, or another fast-moving professional environment.
• Real exposure to government institutions, regulators, or DFI counterparts, and a track record that shows people have trusted you with their confidence and let you represent them externally.
• Listening & Synthesis: Can sit through a dense, fast-moving discussion and afterwards tell someone exactly what was decided and what happens next.
• Versatility / Range: Moves easily between a financial conversation, a government meeting, and a technical discussion in the same day, without losing footing in any of them.
• Influence Without Authority: Gets people moving — across teams and outside the organisation — without needing formal authority over them.
• Communication & Personal Presence: Writes and speaks well, carries a presence that earns trust quickly, and treats confidential information as exactly that.
• Cross-Cultural Adaptability: Comfortable working across cultures and, ideally, languages; the  work spans Nigeria, Namibia, and other markets, often in the same week.