Key skills
CGoLeadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Own and scale Aqovia’s Guinea business, with full P&L accountability.
- Drive revenue growth across fintech, digital banking, BaaS, and financial services transformation initiatives.
- Build strategic partnerships with banks, fintechs, regulators, government entities, SOEs, and development partners.
- Lead country strategy, go-to-market execution, and high-value commercial negotiations.
- Represent Aqovia at C-suite, ministerial, and regulatory levels.
- Build and lead a high-performing local team while ensuring regulatory and operational compliance.
Requirements
- 10+ years in senior leadership, country management, or general management roles.
- Direct operating experience in Fintech, Digital Banking, Payments, BaaS, or Financial Services technology (priority requirement).
- Proven success scaling businesses in Guinea, West Africa, or comparable frontier markets.
- Strong understanding of financial regulation and regulated technology environments.
- Track record of closing complex, high-value enterprise or public-sector deals.
- Strong regional network across financial institutions, regulators, government, and enterprise.
- Fluent in English; French and Arabic at business level required.
Benefits
- Competitive executive package and long-term growth opportunity