VP, Africa & Middle East Practice

Role Overview Village Capital is hiring a Vice President to lead our Africa and the Middle East portfolio. This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension if Village Capital meets its funding targets. This is a senior, externally visible leadership role for an investment professional with a track record in fundraising and partnership relationship management. They'll be trusted by funders, investors, government partners, and foundation leaders, and will hold operational excellence and partnership growth as equally important, mutually reinforcing priorities. They'll bring a solid understanding of the investment landscape, including the tools, structures, and language of early-stage investment capital (equity, debt, hybrid), blended capital, and philanthropic capital, to complement their operational and business development leadership in-region. They will manage regionally distributed teams leading both investment transactions and direct entrepreneur support, and must be fluent enough to oversee and drive a strategy that mobilizes capital to entrepreneurs in the Africa and Middle East region. The Vice President will delegate with confidence, develop the people around them, and hold teams accountable without micromanaging. They are multidisciplinary, as comfortable in an investor meeting as in a program design session with a donor, and bring a systems-change approach to problem-solving in both settings. Candidate Profile The Vice President, Africa &