MANAGING DIRECTOR AT QTR HR SERVICES | MANAGING DIRECTOR JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

QTR HR Services is a recruitment and HR Services company registered in Nigeria to support organisation in recruitment of quality talent for the achievement of the company's goal.

Job Description:

• The MD is the founding operating executive responsible for turning an early-stage idea and a platform-in development into a licensed, fundable, and scaling fintech business.
• This is a hands-on, generalist leadership role: the Managing Director (“MD”) shall provide strategic, operational, and regulatory leadership for the Company, a regulated digital investment platform operating within Nigeria’s capital markets ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership:

• Provide executive oversight of day-to-day business operations.
• Ensure the development and implementation of scalable operational processes and controls.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across legal, compliance, technology, operations, fi nance, and business teams.

Regulatory, Licensing & Compliance:

• Lead the application for the SEC Nigeria sub-broker (digital) license, targeting 2027.
• Stand up AML / CFT, KYC, and NDPC data-protection compliance functions.
• Establish corporate governance, board processes, and internal controls. 1
• Manage and strengthen relationships with the Company’s sponsoring broker/dealer and other strategic partners.

Product & Technology Oversight:

• Own the product roadmap and oversee the engineering/product team building the platform.
• Make build-vs-buy and infrastructure decisions (payments rails, market-data and brokerage integrations, security).
• Translate between investors, regulators, and engineers.

Finance & Operations:

• Manage runway, burn rate, budgeting, and financial controls.
• Track and improve unit economics (CAC, LTV, take rate, transaction margins).
• Set the operating cadence and build core processes from near-zero.

Growth & Go-to-Market:

• Drive business development initiatives and strategic partnerships.
• Oversee customer growth, product adoption, and revenue generation.
• Monitor business performance against approved targets and key performance indicators.

People & Culture Leadership:

• Hire, retain, and lead early talent on a constrained budget through culture, and organisation culture
• Build and lead a high-performing team aligned with the Company’s values and objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

Non-negotiable (must demonstrate at a high level):

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification
• A minimum of ten (10) years post-qualification experience in banking, finance,capital markets, financial services, fintech, investment management, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience within regulated financial services environments.
• Strong understanding of Nigerian capital markets and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience engaging with regulators, institutional stakeholders, investors, or financial market participants.
• Enough product/technology fluency to lead delivery of a digital platform.
• Proven leadership experience with responsibility for teams, projects, business units, or strategic initiatives.

Strongly preferred:

• Prior experience in a fintech, brokerage, or capital-markets business. • Financial management and unit- economics fluency.
• Early-stage / start-up operating experience (0-to-1).
• Credible with investors, regulators, and technical teams alike.

Compensation and Benefits

• Performance bonus tied to agreed KPIs and company milestones
• Flexible working arrangements.

Salary

Application Closing Date: 31st July, 2026

Application Instructions:

Interested candidates should send their CV to: olajumsie@yahoo.com using the Job Title as subject of the email.