Ecosystem Lead Education Sector
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KCB Bank Kenya is hiring an Ecosystem Lead for the Education Sector in Nairobi to drive sector-specific strategy, financial solutions, and stakeholder engagement across learning institutions. The role focuses on revenue growth, risk management, digital innovation, and cross-business-unit coordination within the education ecosystem. Candidates need a bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience.
- Senior sector-focused role driving education ecosystem strategy and revenue growth
- Requires 6 years of sales, business development, and stakeholder management experience
- Experience in the education sector and credit/lending is required
- Focus on digital solutions, bundled financial products, and value-chain partnerships
- Based in Nairobi with cross-functional coordination across banking business units
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- Required6+ years of relevant experienceThe job post includes a minimum experience signal.
- RequiredEducation or certification mentioned in the postThe captured text mentions education, a diploma, certificate, or licence.
- PreferredPractical evidence in sales, retail, internshipThe tags and summary point to skills connected with this role.
- RequiredAvailability to work in NairobiThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Responsibilities
- Share market ecosystem trends, and competitive analysis data with the strategy office and Business units, aggregating this intelligence into a unified database for business consumption.
- Developing and executing a sector-specific strategy – Identifying opportunities for financial solutions that align with
Education
sector ecosystem needs.
Develop Sector specific CVPs – they will be responsible for developing the learning institutions CVP for adoption by Corporate and Retail divisions.
Enhancing relationships with key stakeholders – Engaging with government agencies, Universities ,Association of Public and Private schools and regulatory bodies to deepen KCB’s market position.
Driving revenue growth – Increasing learning institution sector lending, deposits, and transaction volumes through tailored financial products.
Strengthening risk management – Implementing credit structures that mitigate risks, such by trade credit insurance, and learning institution guarantees.
Supporting innovation – Collaborating with internal teams to develop digital and financing solutions that enhance service delivery within the learning institution ecosystem such as ERPs, LNK, Lipa KARO, embedded finance, payment gateways etc
Tailored Financial Solutions: lead and collaborate with product and IT teams to develop innovative, technology-driven financial solutions tailored to specific and unique needs of different ecosystem participants, with a focus on value-based pricing and rapid adoption
Coordinate with various business units for a unified sales approach within the
sector ecosystem.
Create and implement onboarding programs for seamless integration into the value chain ecosystem.
Lead sector and sub-segment ecosystem business planning and align strategies with Digital Financial Services (DFS) and Relationship Managers across Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Mortgage, Treasury and other product houses.
Coordinate product efforts across business units to offer bundled services within specific ecosystems beyond traditional banking.
Identify and explore new business opportunities within ecosystems and value chains, working with relationship managers to prospect for new clients and foster relationships with key stakeholders across various industries.
Work with business functions to design tailored financial solutions for different ecosystem participants including development of value-based pricing mechanisms, focusing on creating innovative solutions with quick adoption of technology-driven solutions and catalyzing utilization of these solutions
Coordinate with strategy division to define value chain KPIs and performance targets and develop revenue sharing or shadow P&L mechanism aligning with business units.
Coordinate with the Risk Function to develop value-chain approach in credit risk assessment and credit risk management, leveraging value chain data across origination, Ecosystem Wallet Share (EWS), and post drawdown monitoring to simplify and enhance credit process for value chain credit products
Work with the Marketing function in developing effective go-to-market strategies for the various products within the assigned ecosystem.
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION
Bachelor’s degree Bachelor’s degree in any relevant area RQ
Professional Qualifications Any relevant field AA
Master’s degree Any relevant field AA
Total Minimum No of Years’
sector 3 ES
Management reporting and presentation 3 ES
Project management 3 DE
Digital products solutioning 2 DE
Business (performance) analysis 2 ES
Financial analysis 2 ES
Credit/lending 2DE
Banking operations 2 DE
Requirements
Academic & Professional
Experience
- Required 6 years
- Detail Minimum No of Years Need Type[2]
- Sales and business development 6 ES
- Relationship and stakeholder management 6 ES
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