VP, Americas & Europe Practice

Village Capital•Washington, DC

1d•$120,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

Village Capital is hiring a Vice President to lead its Americas and Europe portfolio. This senior, externally visible leadership role has an anticipated duration of 12 months, based on funding availability, and reports to the Chief Executive Officer. The Vice President leads regional strategy and operations, balancing operational excellence with partnership growth and fundraising. The role requires a strong understanding of early-stage investment tools and structures, including equity, debt, hybrid, blended, and philanthropic capital. The Vice President oversees geographically distributed teams working on investment transactions and direct entrepreneur support, delegates effectively, develops staff, and maintains accountability without micromanaging. They represent Village Capital with funders, investors, government partners, and foundation leaders, and work across functions to mobilize capital and support entrepreneurs across diverse regions. Village Capital is a US-domiciled 501(c)(3) that delivers entrepreneur support programs and manages blended pools of investment capital. Since 2009, it has supported more than 2,000 startups, which have raised over $9 billion in follow-on investment capital.

Requirements

At least 8 years of investment experience in banking, entrepreneurship, impact investing, or international development.
A track record of building and running complex, multi-stakeholder lines of business to a high standard.
Demonstrated business development experience, including developing fundraising strategy, shaping proposals, and stewarding multi-year funder commitments.
Experience managing and developing distributed teams across cultures and geographies.
Understanding of early-stage investment, including the tools, structures, and language of venture, blended, and philanthropic capital.
Experience in the investment space from either the entrepreneur or investor perspective.
Cultural fluency and a day-to-day commitment to equity.
Ability to operate strategically while staying close enough to identify risks early.

Nice To Haves

Experience in entrepreneur support and ecosystem development.
Experience in impact investing, venture capital, private credit, or development finance institutions (DFIs).

Responsibilities

Drive integrated strategy across the United States, oversee delivery teams across regions, align investment and entrepreneur support approaches, and connect regional priorities with Village Capital’s global strategy.
Identify and advance strategic funding and financing opportunities, and provide insights and recommendations as a member of organizational leadership.
Coordinate with regional and functional teams and leadership on resource allocation, strategy, and shared learning, supporting seamless integration and organizational objectives.
Serve as Village Capital’s senior representative for the regional portfolio, internally and externally.
Partner with communications, business development, finance, data and impact, and other regional teams to support integrated, high-quality execution.
Stay current on regional trends in entrepreneurship, venture capital, innovative finance, philanthropic capital, and blended finance.
Lead strategic stakeholder engagement and business development in collaboration with the Business Development team.
Cultivate and steward relationships with investors, foundations, corporations, governments, and funders.
Partner on proposal development and donor reporting, provide strategic and budget input on proposals, and collaborate on pitch materials and case studies.
Co-develop regional and sectoral fundraising strategy, maintain a fundraising roadmap, and support efforts to secure long-term commitments and expand revenue across the portfolio.
Own end-to-end delivery of concurrent entrepreneur support programs and investment initiatives, ensuring they are designed and executed to a high standard.
Oversee program and investment quality, review delivery standards, support direct reports with outputs management, and ensure work meets organizational and funder expectations.
Oversee investment transaction execution, guide investment decisions and transaction structuring, and improve due diligence processes and investment frameworks as needed.
Ensure flexible and efficient resource allocation as initiative priorities and needs change.
Evaluate investment strategy and entrepreneur support effectiveness, and contribute to organization-wide learning.
Own budgets and expenditure priorities for key operational areas.
Collaborate with delivery teams and internal working groups to keep curricula relevant to the regions.
Manage and support geographically distributed entrepreneur support staff, investment staff, and contractors.
Coach and develop direct reports, hold regular one-to-one check-ins and performance conversations, and delegate in line with staff capacity, priorities, and development goals.
Build a culture of learning, accountability, and leadership development.
Maintain strategic oversight of ecosystem engagement, including alumni and portfolio networks, investor relationships, and expert collaborator networks.
Represent Village Capital at relevant ecosystem convenings and working groups.
Oversee thought leadership content for the portfolio, providing direction and final review.
Lead development and review of region-specific funder and stakeholder reports, providing oversight and quality assurance.
Ensure reporting has appropriate people and tools, addressing capacity gaps as needed through outside consultants and third-party platform management.