Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Our product is a smart chatbot making it possible for anyone to access the information and opportunities they need from the organizations they trust over any mobile phone. With Arifu, people seeking to learn can freely chat with Arifu using interactive SMS or smartphone chat apps to master new skills, discover a world of free educational content, and earn rewards from our partners whether or not they have internet or airtime. The Arifu chatbot delivers personalized content designed in-house in close collaboration with our partners such as financial service providers, mobile operators, agribusinesses and NGOs. Our partners use Arifu to engage, train, and capture data on mass market and hard-to-reach people across their value chains, especially low-income customers and informal retailers and suppliers. Currently serving over 1,000,000 learners in Africa together with clients such as Mastercard, Safaricom, KCB, and the UN, Arifu has demonstrated results increasing people’s income and access to impactful products and services while creating shared value for partners. .

Job Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the overall vision and goals of Arifu together with leadership;
• Lead the functional teams of Business Development and Marketing;
• Set and track KPIs for your functional teams;
• Design and implement sales strategies and initiatives to achieve strong commercial growth in key sectors including financial services, agriculture, humanitarian, health, energy and others in a way that is aligned to our impact framework improving outcomes such as financial inclusion, smallholder livelihoods, micro-enterprise growth, youth employment, and health and safety;
• Design and implement marketing strategies with campaigns that establish Arifu as a leading brand among key audiences (learners, clients, investors, team);
• Design and oversee the development of a sales and marketing workforce capable of expanding partnerships and platform regionally in Sub Saharan Africa and globally as we enter Asia, Latin America, and MENA;

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Job Qualifications:
• Master-level degree in Business Administration or a related category of study;
• Experience leading business development teams within organizations that have over 40 employees;
• 15+ years of relevant professional experience with a solid understanding of B2B sales, strategic partnership development, sales operations, tech/mobile industry, market entry, and marketing;
• Demonstrated results driving product sales and strategic partnerships with large firms and iNGOs;
• Ability to guide complex research and analysis that will fuel growth and expansion strategies for the entire company across multiple sectors;
• Local market knowledge and connections in Sub Saharan Africa, preferably including East Africa;
• Experience structuring teams and upskilling talent;

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
Send your CV to talent@arifu.com  with “CCO" in the subject and tell us what excites you about this role. If we see a good fit, we’ll get back to you to set up a first conversation.

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