The Disruptors Den

• Oversee the design of new programs, ensuring learning experiences are practical, scalable, and industry-relevant • Ensure curricula and assessments embody our learning design principles and align with the desired competencies • Collaborate with industry subject matter experts and institutions to co-create cutting-edge program content • Lead and coach Learning Experience Designers, providing feedback and professional development in instructional design, media integration, and data-informed storytelling • Manage design workflows, sprints, and retrospectives to ensure smooth delivery • Oversee staffing allocations, project plans, and delivery calendars • Establish strong review processes for content quality, accessibility, and pedagogical rigour • Ensure alignment with codified learning principles and institutional standards • Incorporate learner, facilitator, and partner feedback into design iterations • Experiment with new tools, technologies, and media formats (including AI) to enhance learner engagement and outcomes • Drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across the design team • Codify best practices, frameworks, and tools into playbooks and templates that enable consistent, high-quality design across programs • Use learner performance data, completion metrics, and feedback to iteratively improve course design and delivery • Develop dashboards or reporting frameworks in partnership with the data team to track learning effectiveness, engagement, and assessment validity • Advocate for evidence-based decision-making in program and content iterations.

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the COO’s office. • Managing calendars, scheduling meetings, and resolving calendar conflicts. • Coordinating internal and external meetings, including agendas, materials, logistics, and follow-ups. • Preparing briefing packs, meeting documents, and supporting materials. • Supporting travel planning, itineraries, accommodation, and logistics where needed. • Managing expense submissions, reimbursements, procurement requests, and basic administrative processes. • Supporting document organisation, file management, and information retrieval. • Ensuring the COO is prepared for key meetings and commitments. • Maintaining project trackers, timelines, milestone updates, and status documents. • Following up with project owners on deliverables and deadlines. • Helping organise project meetings, workshops, retrospectives, and planning sessions. • Drafting emails, meeting notes, reminders, and internal updates. • Coordinating communications between the COO's office and functional & regional teams. • Supporting the overall effectiveness, organisation, and rhythm of the Office of the COO.

• Lead or support cross-functional projects across ALX. • Translate strategic priorities into clear project plans, owners, milestones, risks, and decision points. • Drive execution of special projects that cut across multiple teams or regions. • Identify bottlenecks, escalate risks, and ensure timely resolution. • Prepare project updates, decision memos, and executive briefings. • Ensure priority initiatives maintain momentum and do not get stuck between functions. • Support the design and management of org-level dashboards, operating reviews, and performance routines. • Track progress against key strategic priorities and surface risks early. • Coordinate follow-ups from leadership meetings and ensure clear ownership of next steps. • Help teams move from discussion to decision to delivery. • Support quarterly and sprint planning, retrospectives, and execution reviews. • Support workstreams connected to fundraising, partnerships, Corporate Training and other emerging revenue priorities. • Coordinate cross-functional inputs needed to unlock revenue opportunities. • Prepare materials for internal decision-making, partner conversations, and funder engagement. • Track execution against priority revenue initiatives and ensure dependencies are clear. • Prepare briefing notes, talking points, leadership updates, and presentation materials. • Synthesise complex information into clear recommendations. • Conduct research, analysis, and problem-solving on ambiguous business questions. • Help the COO prepare for key internal and external meetings. • Capture decisions and ensure follow-through after leadership discussions. • Build strong relationships with functional and regional leaders. • Facilitate alignment across teams with different priorities, constraints, and timelines. • Clarify roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths. • Support sensitive or high-priority initiatives that require discretion, judgment, and strong stakeholder management.

• Design and assemble illustrations, either for static end-use or layered for later animation. • Design infographics and data visualizations for learning material. • Develop interactive designs, interfaces and animations for learning. • Design new and correctly utilize existing templates for client CI elements, such as presentations, documents, and email collaterals. • Design new and utilize existing motion graphic elements, such as video branding templates and kinetic typography overlays. • Storyboard and animate 2D vector graphics, including character animation. • Edit video and audio footage into cohesive and engaging learning material. • Re-brand existing graphics, videos, and animations into new styles. • Adhere to brand guidelines and ensure brand consistency in all your work. • Perform strict quality control checks on your own and other team members’ work. • Enact changes to your work based on the provided feedback. • Demonstrate strong communication skills, the ability to work to strict deadlines and the ability to think and work independently. • Act as a team player, providing support and feedback to peers, as well as contributing to the processes and ways of work of the team. • Manage your time efficiently, and prioritize effectively when working on multiple tasks and/or projects.

• Serve as the main point of contact for alumni in your assigned region, providing personalised guidance and support. • Conduct one-on-one calls and group sessions to assess alumni needs, track career progress, and identify opportunities for growth or re-enrolment. • Capture insights and feedback from alumni interactions to inform product, data, and program teams. • Collaborate closely with Community Managers, General Managers, and the central Relationship Management team to ensure a consistent alumni experience. • Manage CRM records diligently, ensuring data accuracy on alumni profiles, call outcomes, and employment updates. • Support job-readiness, re-enrolment, and community activation initiatives within your assigned city or region. • Act as an ambassador for the ALX brand — demonstrating empathy, professionalism, and a deep understanding of our mission to empower young African talent. • Communicate effectively in both English and French to engage alumni, employers, and institutional partners across linguistic regions.

• Lead centralized rollout of the FA cohorts, including onboarding, live sessions, milestone management, and grading. • Ensure seamless communication and coordination across content, platform, and city support teams. • Work closely with curriculum and ecosystem stakeholders to continuously improve Founder Academy's structure and outcomes. • Manage recruitment and onboarding of mentors, reviewers, and session facilitators. • Coordinate decentralized delivery of the incubator program across cities, providing central support tools and frameworks. • Track incubator progress across cohorts and hubs, aligning cities to shared standards and timelines. • Support planning and execution of final showcase events, including coordinating city inputs and participant selection. • Manage the Learning Management System (LMS) and Community Platform for FA and Incubator, ensuring smooth learner access and milestone tracking. • Coordinate with the technical team to monitor learner progress and engagement using analytics dashboards. • Oversee grading workflows, learner support escalation, and implementation of program updates. • Define and track cohort-level KPIs: show-up, activation, milestone completion, graduation, and learner quality.

• Lead company secretarial functions across African and international entities. • Structure, negotiate, and oversee major corporate transactions (including M&A, financing, or restructuring). • Draft and negotiate key commercial agreements (NDAs, vendor, employment, MSA and partnership contracts). • Design scalable governance systems, including playbooks, approval matrices, and compliance workflows. • Advise senior leadership and the board on complex legal matters. • Guide market entry and entity structuring across diverse African regions. • Build relationships with regulators, auditors, external counsel, and internal teams.

• Support the management of daily operations for the Community function, ensuring smooth execution across multiple cities. • Assist in the development and maintenance of playbooks, templates, frameworks, and operational guidelines for Community initiatives. • Track and report on key Community metrics such as engagement, retention, performance across markets, and relationship-building outcomes. • Contribute to the design and integration of AI-powered tools that enable efficient tracking, reporting, knowledge sharing, storytelling, and collaboration. • Facilitate communication and collaboration across markets, ensuring consistent documentation and sharing of stories, best practices, and lessons learned. • Own the strategy and execution of Community communications, including managing the newsletter to maximise engagement, overseeing community platforms like the eHub, and flagging key member concerns to relevant teams to ensure timely resolution and continuous improvement. • Support continuous improvement of community processes by identifying gaps and recommending solutions. • Document processes and support the training and onboarding of community managers on tools and processes.

• Lead the design and development of high-impact enterprise learning solutions across online, hybrid, and in-person formats. • Work closely with subject matter experts, facilitators, program managers, and cross-functional stakeholders. • Translate business needs and expert insight into practical, engaging, and commercially strong learning experiences. • Design learning journeys that go beyond content delivery to build real capability, measurable skill acquisition, and on-the-job application.

• Support the development and management of fundraising and partnerships pipelines across philanthropy, corporate, and strategic stakeholder channels • Conduct research on prospective funders, partners, and influential individuals; synthesize findings into clear, decision-useful briefing notes • Prepare high-quality first drafts of concept notes, proposals, donor updates, outreach emails, meeting briefs, and other external materials • Help manage the full lifecycle of opportunities, from initial research and qualification through follow-up, proposal development, submission, and stewardship • Maintain clear and up-to-date pipeline tracking in CRM and related systems, ensuring next steps, timelines, and owners are visible • Coordinate proposal development across internal teams by gathering inputs, tracking deadlines, and ensuring submissions are polished and on time • Prepare senior leaders for meetings with tailored background notes, talking points, and follow-up drafts • Support donor stewardship and relationship management through strong organization, timely communication, and consistent follow-through • Improve internal processes that strengthen fundraising discipline, visibility, and conversion