Venture Builder / Chairman's Specialist
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Proten International is hiring a Venture Builder / Chairman's Specialist in Lagos, Nigeria. The role involves working directly with the Executive Chairman to develop new ventures, conduct market research, validate commercial opportunities, and support execution across multiple business areas. This is a full-time position requiring strong analytical and execution skills.
- Work directly with the Executive Chairman on new ventures and strategic initiatives
- Full-time position based in Lagos, Nigeria
- Hands-on role covering market research, financial modelling, and pilot development
- Opportunities span managed offices, workspace products, manufacturing, and supply chain
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Venture Builder / Chairman's Specialist at Proten International
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Proten International is an award-winning and leading international Human Resource and Management Consulting firm that provides a range of Advisory and Transformation solutions. Our focus is to align every organisation’s activities relating to People, Process and Technology closely with its business strategy and vision. Founded in 2011 in the United Kingdom, we have since expanded across Europe and Africa, serving clients across the public and private sectors and various industries including Banking, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Information Technology, Real Estate, Energy, FMCG, Manufacturing and many more. In 2015, we launched our Africa office in Lagos, Nigeria and have since provided a range of tailored solutions to various organisations. Our bespoke and innovative solutions cut across: Learning and Development, Recruitment and Talent Acquisition, Outsourcing / Managed Staffing, Enterprise Transformation, HR Advisory, and HR Technology
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Venture Builder / Chairman's Specialist
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
This is a hands-on venture-building role requiring the ability to move comfortably between analysis, strategic thinking and execution, while operating independently in highly ambiguous situations.
We are seeking a highly analytical, commercially minded and execution-oriented Venture Builder / Chairman’s Specialist to work directly with the Executive Chairman on new ventures, strategic initiatives and capital allocation.
The role will take new business opportunities from initial idea through market research, commercial validation, financial modelling, pilot development and, where appropriate, launch.
The successful candidate will work across opportunities spanning managed offices, workspace products, manufacturing and supply chain, new markets, strategic partnerships and other adjacent businesses.
Key Accountabilities
- New Venture Development:
- Evaluate new business and investment opportunities identified by the Executive Chairman.
- Conduct market sizing, customer research and competitive analysis to assess commercial viability.
- Design and execute low-cost experiments and pilots to validate key business assumptions.
- Assess whether opportunities should be pursued, modified or discontinued based on evidence and commercial viability.
- Develop go-to-market and commercialization strategies for validated opportunities.
- Support new ventures through early-stage development and launch before transitioning them to dedicated operating leadership.
- Develop business cases covering market opportunity, customer demand, competitive landscape, business model, unit economics, capital requirements and expected returns.
- Strategic & Commercial Analysis:
- Build financial models covering unit economics, cash flow, working capital, ROIC and scenario analysis.
- Evaluate strategic alternatives including build, buy, partner, lease and manufacture options.
- Prepare concise investment recommendations and decision materials for Chairman-level review.
- Conduct industry benchmarking and commercial analysis to identify growth opportunities and risks.
- Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Conduct pre-mortems and identify key commercial, operational and financial risks.
- Capital Allocation & Investment:
- Develop investment cases comparing opportunities based on expected returns, capital requirements, cash generation, scalability and risk.
- Monitor the performance of strategic investments and recommend whether additional capital should be deployed, an initiative modified or an investment discontinued.
- Track approved investments against their original investment thesis, milestones and expected outcomes.
- Support the evaluation of major uses of Group capital across existing businesses, new ventures and strategic investments.
- Strategic Projects:
- Take ownership of high-priority strategic projects from definition through completion.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders required to execute approved initiatives.
- Monitor project performance and provide concise progress updates to the Executive Chairman.
- Develop project plans, milestones, deliverables and measurable outcomes.
- Identify and resolve execution roadblocks independently, escalating only matters requiring senior-level decisions.
- Ensure agreed decisions and strategic initiatives are translated into timely execution.
- Partnerships & Business Development:
- Develop partnership structures, commercial proposals and business cases.
- Identify potential strategic partners, suppliers, manufacturers, investors and other relevant counterparties.
- Build and maintain relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
- Support commercial negotiations, due diligence and partnership execution.
- Support Chairman-level business development activities relating to strategic ventures and partnerships.
- Chairman Decision Support:
- Challenge assumptions and provide independent, evidence-based recommendations rather than simply validating existing views.
- Research and structure complex strategic questions for the Executive Chairman.
- Prepare concise decision memos covering recommendations, supporting evidence, economics, risks and alternatives.
- Maintain visibility across the Chairman’s portfolio of strategic initiatives.
- Follow through on Chairman-level decisions to ensure agreed actions are executed.
- Initial Areas of Focus:
- The role will initially support initiatives across areas such as:
- New Markets: Assessing expansion opportunities across Nigeria, Africa and selected international markets.
- Strategic Investments: Evaluating opportunities to deploy Group and shareholder capital into new growth engines.
- Workspace Products: Commercialization, manufacturing strategy, economics and scaling of new workspace products.
- Vertical Integration: Evaluating manufacturing, procurement, sourcing and other opportunities to strengthen the value chain.
- Managed Offices / Workspace: Developing and scaling recurring managed-office and workspace models.
- The portfolio will evolve as opportunities are validated, launched, modified or discontinued.
Requirements
- Experience & Qualifications
- Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred:
- Real estate investment/development
- Investment banking
- Product management
- Startup operations
- Private equity or venture capital
- Corporate strategy
- Venture building
- Entrepreneurship
- Management consulting
- 6–10 years of relevant professional experience
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- Proven experience developing financial models and commercial business cases.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects, launching new initiatives or developing new business opportunities.
- Strong undergraduate degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering or a related discipline.
- MBA, finance qualification or relevant postgraduate degree is an advantage but not mandatory.
- Demonstrated experience taking ambiguous business problems from analysis through execution.
- What This Role Is Not:
- The role does not replace the Managing Director or assume responsibility for the day-to-day operations and P&L of the existing Projects business.
- The role does not involve managing the Executive Chairman’s calendar, travel or routine administration.
- The primary focus is on new ventures, strategic investments, capital allocation and Chairman-level strategic initiatives.
- This is not an Executive Assistant, administrative or routine project-coordination role.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:
- recruitment@protenintl.com
- using ''VENTURE BUILDER / CHAIRMAN’S SPECIALIST'' as the subject of the email.
- Note:
- Only qualified candidates would be contacted.
- Application Deadline:
- 15th October, 2026.
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