New Business Lead

• Discover the opportunity: get deep with customers and agents in-market, frame the problem worth solving, and size the prize.
• Own the model: define the commercial strategy and unit economics, and be accountable for whether the business is viable.
• Build and lead: stand up operations and a local team, and grow both as the business scales.
• Work across MOPO: partner with finance, technology, and manufacturing teams to turn ideas into reality.

This role directly enables renewable energy access in underserved markets, eliminating fossil fuel use and enabling livelihoods for thousands of homes and small businesses across Africa.

• Analytical, structured, rigorous, and well-reasoned approach to solving problems.
• High attention to detail and strong sense of personal agency and ownership.
• Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty, ability to generate forward momentum despite limited infrastructure.
• Willingness to travel extensively and spend extended periods in African markets; openness to relocating.

Founder-style role with C-suite visibility; opportunity to shape long-term strategy; backed by Octopus Energy, British International Investment, and Norfund. Compensation details not specified.

MOPO is on a mission to enable renewable energy access in underserved markets, operating solar power stations in Nigeria, DRC, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, powering homes and small businesses through proprietary MOPO Batteries managed by local agents.