Chief Operating Officer-Kenya

What You Will Do

Operational Leadership

• Translate company and seasonal priorities into executable plans across teams, regions and farms.
  
• Identify operational bottlenecks, resolve cross-functional dependencies, and ensure issues are escalated and addressed quickly.
  
• Build scalable processes that allow FinAgra to grow across more REPs, farms and regions without losing execution quality.
  

Cross-Functional Execution

• Lead Agronomy, AgOps, and the REP Program, and ensure these functions operate as one integrated system.
  
• Coordinate execution across Operations, Procurement, Finance, Commercial, Product and Technology.
  
• Ensure operational requirements are clearly defined and communicated to supporting functions.
  
• Drive strong seasonal planning and alignment across functions.
  
• Establish management routines, KPIs, reporting and escalation processes that provide visibility into execution.
  

Standards, Safety & Culture

• Establish high standards of operational discipline, safety, ethics, transparency and accountability.
  
• Build and enforce clear SOPs, management standards and operational controls.
  
• Ensure strong standards around worker safety, machinery use, chemical handling and responsible farm operations.
  
• Develop local managers and create a culture of ownership, problem-solving and professional management.
  
• Build an organisation that can operate with increasing independence and consistency as FinAgra scales.
  

What We Are Looking For

• 7+ years of operational leadership experience, ideally as a COO, General Manager, Head of Operations, or similar.
  
• Strong experience managing complex, distributed or multi-site operations.
  
• Proven ability to build management systems, processes and operational discipline in a growing organisation.
  
• Experience leading multiple functions and coordinating execution across teams.
  
• Strong understanding of agriculture, and commercial farming operations.
  
• Sufficient understanding of agronomy, mechanisation, and irrigation to effectively lead specialists and make informed operational decisions.
  
• Sufficient experience in working with digital systems like ERP, farm management systems, etc.
  
• Strong people leadership, performance management, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Highly structured and execution-oriented, while able to operate at a strategic leadership level.
  
• High standards of integrity, accountability, and professionalism.
  
• Experience working across cultures, and in complex operating environments is highly desirable.
  
• Willingness to relocate to Kenya, and spend significant time across FinAgra’s operating regions and farms.