About the Role

Job Title: CEO, Nomad Africa

About Nomad Africa:

Nomad Africa is Kenya’s leading travel content and bookings business. Nomad creates inspirational content about Kenya’s top travel destinations, publishing through our magazine, website and other digital distribution channels. Our audience, Kenya's domestic travel enthusiasts, can also book trips with the help of Nomad’s travel experts. Nomad magazine has published over 40 issues and is widely distributed across Kenya; Nomad is also one of Kenya’s top digital travel brands. The Nomad Travel Club, the booking side of Nomad’s business, was established late last year; it has a small but growing footprint. Nomad is owned by Purple Elephant Ventures, a tourism & innovation focused venture studio based in Nairobi.

The Role:

You will become the CEO of Nomad Africa. You will inherit an amazing, all Kenyan and all women team of content creators and travel bookings experts. You will lead corporate strategy and company vision; you will complete the company’s transformation into a content-to-commerce business. You will lead fundraising activities and build conviction with customers and investors alike. You will manage all aspects of Nomad Africa - but with getting all the support you need from Purple Elephant Ventures to ensure the business is a huge success. Purple Elephant Ventures has developed the basic business roadmap, tested the market and has onboarded Nomad’s first bookings partners and clients. The incoming CEO will be expected to lead the business from where PEV has developed it. We expect the business scope and strategy to evolve under the new leadership. Very broadly, the CEO will take charge of the product roadmap, business model, operating plan, HR plan and all aspects of the business, including fundraising, board management and legal functions. The PEV team will support in the early going, but aims to slowly reduce its involvement until, approximately six months after the CEO is hired, it removes itself entirely. This is your opportunity to shape a company and make your mark on the future of African tourism.

What we are looking for:

● We are looking for an exceptional entrepreneur, specifically:

○ A leader who is smart enough to lead a start-up to success but humble enough to build a team around them that is smarter than they are;

○ A product manager who ensures that great technology is built;

○ A salesperson who can grow our customer base;

○ A social media marketer who can distribute our content far and wide;

○ A data analyst who can lead content-to-commerce sales conversions;

○ A manager who can build and manage a world-class team;

○ A hustler who will work day and night and never give up until successful.

● A commercially minded leader who will continue to refine our model.

● Someone to lead fundraising activities in the next 6 months

The position requires:

● There is no real experience requirement here - successful entrepreneurs have all sorts of backgrounds; young or old, experienced or not.

● However, entrepreneurs must be hungry, thrive in ambiguity, be great communicators, have a keen sense for talent, understand how to manage risk and have a psychological thirst to own their own work.

● Specifically for Nomad, ideally (but not necessarily) the CEO will have experience driving scale at a content-to-commerce business, plus experience in the travel and tourism industry.

● Regardless of all of the above, the successful candidate must have deep hunger to solve the problems of Africa’s tourism industry, in this case specifically to improve content and bookings for the domestic tourism market.

Expected Start Date: ● ASAP.

Job Location: ● Nairobi, Kenya. With some travel expected. Expected Remuneration:

● To begin, you will receive a small salary (that you will help determine as part of a business budgeting exercise) + a percentage of monthly profits generated by the business. In addition, at a later point and if warranted by the strategy you develop as the CEO, PEV would be open to the CEO earning a significant portion of equity in the business.

How to Apply:

● Send a cover letter and CV to: [email protected].