Responsibilities

• Lead development of proprietary models for assessing SMEs and startups.
• Build a scalable data infrastructure to collect, aggregate and analyze data across pipeline and portfolio companies.
• Develop tools and APIs to strengthen data capabilities across portfolio companies.
• Partner with leadership to align data products with investment strategy.
• Evaluate pipeline and portfolio companies on data quality, systems and technical capacity.
• Advise, coach and support portfolio founders to strengthen their data management systems.
• Oversee tech stack, architecture and data governance across Renew Capital’s innovation agenda.
• Ensure repeatable, transparent and compliant models that support scaling investments across Africa.
• Represent Renew Capital externally as a thought leader in data science and innovation.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years in data science, ML/AI, or fintech, with experience in modeling, scoring or analytics.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing tech teams.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (CS, Statistics, Math, Engineering, Economics) preferred.
• Hands-on with Python, SQL, R, ML frameworks and cloud data platforms.
• Track record building production-grade ML models (credit scoring, fraud detection, risk analysis, etc.).
• Understanding of African (or similar markets) fintech and SME ecosystems.
• Strong communicator able to translate technical models into business outcomes.