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Renew Capital

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51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

Finance • Investment

Renew Capital is a company that connects global investors with high-growth potential startups in Africa. The company focuses on investing in businesses led by growth-oriented founders to stimulate private sector development across the continent. Renew Capital offers a platform for angel investors to create sustainable social change through impactful investments, fostering entrepreneurship and economic growth in Africa. They have engaged in numerous investments and created thousands of jobs while supporting women's employment substantially.

📋 Description

• 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities