Head of Growth (Marketing, Partnerships & Sales)

Kenkeputa is building a multi-product commerce and services ecosystem spanning Africa and North America, including fintech, e-commerce, and Artificial Intelligence. They are seeking a Growth Leader to own marketing, adoption, partnerships, and sales across all products and the brand itself, working directly with the CEO and core leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute Kenkeputa’s global growth strategy
• Own acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and expansion
• Balance short-term traction with long-term platform growth
• Build a repeatable growth playbook that works across products and regions
• Own the Kenkeputa master brand and all product brands including: performance marketing, content & social, influencer & community growth, product marketing & positioning
• Ensure consistent storytelling across Africa and North America
• Drive strategic partnerships: vendors, merchants, creators, enterprise partners, payment, logistics, distribution, and ecosystem partners
• Design win-win partnership models that unlock distribution and revenue
• Support enterprise and platform-level deals where needed
• Own growth-driven sales strategy (B2C, B2B, and marketplace-led)
• Work with Operations to ensure strong conversion and fulfillment
• Help define pricing, promotions, and monetization experiments
• Manage user migration from existing products
• Define incentives, messaging, and rollout sequencing
• Ensure minimal churn and maximum excitement during transition
• Work daily with Engineering and Operations leadership
• Translate growth insights into product and technical priorities
• Build and manage a lean, high-output growth team over time
• Operate with strong metrics, dashboards, and accountability

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience in growth, marketing, partnerships, or revenue leadership
• Proven experience growing consumer or marketplace products
• Strong understanding of African markets, especially Nigeria
• Data-driven decision making with strong execution bias
• 28 years or younger
• Ability to operate at both strategy and hands-on execution levels
• Excellent communication, ownership, and leadership skills
• Prior experience at leading African tech startups (e.g. large marketplaces, fintechs, developer platforms, or payments companies)
• Experience launching or scaling multi-product platforms
• Exposure to cross-border growth (Africa ↔ North America)
• Experience working with AI-driven or platform products