Gatsby Africa is hiring a Chief Portfolio Officer (CPO) to join their Nairobi office and play a pivotal role in shaping Gatsby Africa’s long-term strategy and driving economic transformation across East Africa.
In this executive leadership role, you’ll work closely with the Executive Director and Senior Management Team to guide our portfolio, programmes, strategic investments, partnerships and government engagement. You’ll help identify future opportunities, strengthen organisational performance, and ensure Gatsby Africa’s work delivers lasting, system-wide impact across the region.
Purpose of the Role
The Chief Portfolio Officer (CPO) is a member of Gatsby Africa’s Senior Management Team (SMT) and plays a critical role in shaping Gatsby Africa's future.
Working closely with the SMT, the CPO helps define the organisation's long-term strategic direction, ensuring Gatsby Africa remains positioned to achieve its long-term success and five-year strategic objectives.
The CPO ensures that Gatsby Africa's portfolio choices, programmes, strategic investments, partnerships, evidence generation and learning agenda work together to maximise sustainable impact and drive economic transformation.
Brings together strategic insight, portfolio leadership and organisational learning to identify future opportunities, guide investment decisions and continuously strengthen Gatsby Africa's contribution to systemic change.
Leads the Portfolio, Programmes, Partnerships, Investments, Impact/M&E, External Engagement and Government Engagement functions to drive coherence across interventions while fostering a culture of learning, innovation and strategic adaptation.
Translates evidence, economic analysis, government engagement and organisational learning into stronger portfolio choices, more effective programmes and greater influence on economic transformation agendas across the region.
Strengthens Gatsby Africa's external profile and thought leadership to actively contribute to national, regional and global debates on economic transformation and industrial development.
Acts as a strategic partner to the Executive Director to ensure Gatsby Africa remains focused on opportunities delivering high long-term impact for Africa's future.
Requirements and Qualifications
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND degree in a relevant field.
Extensive executive management and senior leadership experience.
Strong background in portfolio management, strategic investments, and program leadership.
Proven experience with government engagement and multi-stakeholder partnerships in East Africa.
