General Manager

FieldBase Angola is seeking an experienced, commercially driven General Manager to lead the restructuring, stabilization, and growth of its Angolan operations, formerly Direct Support Group.. The successful candidate will operate at country CEO level, with full responsibility for business performance, profit and loss (P&L), operational excellence, governance, and strategic growth.

The role involves aligning FieldBase Angola with FieldBase Group’s policies, processes, and reporting standards while ensuring compliance with Local Legal, Tax, Labour, and regulatory requirements. The General Manager will drive revenue growth across enterprise connectivity, maritime communications, energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, and government sectors, while strengthening customer relationships and building a capable, accountable local team.

The ideal candidate will have substantial senior leadership experience in Angola, a proven track record in business restructuring and commercial growth, strong financial management capabilities, and fluency in Portuguese. An MBA or relevant Master's degree is highly desirable.

The successful candidate will work closely with FieldBase leadership in the UK and Nigeria to establish a well-governed, profitable, and scalable operation that supports the FieldBase Services Limited long-term growth strategy.

Strategic Leadership and Business Management: Ability to lead FieldBase Angola at country CEO level, establish strategic priorities, make critical business decisions, and drive overall organizational performance in line with FieldBase Group's long-term objectives.

Business Restructuring and Turnaround Management: Proven ability to lead organizational restructuring, address operational inefficiencies, resolve structural challenges, establish clear reporting lines, and build a stable, scalable, and sustainable business operation.

Financial Management and P&L Ownership: Strong expertise in managing full profit and loss responsibility, developing budgets and financial forecasts, controlling operational costs, improving profit margins, and ensuring accurate financial reporting and accountability.

Business Development and Revenue Growth: Ability to develop and execute commercial strategies, identify new market opportunities, secure strategic accounts, and drive sustainable revenue growth across enterprise connectivity, maritime communications, oil and gas, energy, mining, infrastructure, and government sectors.

Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance: Ability to establish effective governance frameworks, strengthen internal controls, and ensure compliance with applicable Angolan legal, tax, labour, and regulatory requirements, while maintaining alignment with FieldBase Group standards.

Operational Management and Process Improvement: Ability to oversee daily business operations, improve operational efficiency, optimize resource utilization, and ensure the effective delivery of connectivity, engineering, and infrastructure services within agreed timelines and budgets.

Group Integration and Process Alignment: Ability to integrate FieldBase Angola into Group-wide systems, policies, and workflows, including finance, procurement, HR, performance management, HSE, project delivery, service management, and reporting, while coordinating effectively with FieldBase UK and Nigeria.

Team Leadership and Talent Development: Ability to recruit, lead, and develop a high-performing local management team across operations, finance, business development, and engineering, while establishing clear responsibilities, managing underperformance, and promoting accountability and professional growth.

Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Management: Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with enterprise customers, government institutions, regulators, port authorities, OEMs, telecommunications providers, and local business partners to support business growth and strengthen FieldBase Services Limited market position in Angola.

Portuguese Language and Communication Skills: Strong spoken and written Portuguese proficiency, with the ability to communicate effectively with local employees, customers, suppliers, government representatives, regulators, and other stakeholders in the Angolan business environment.

Risk Management and HSE Compliance: Ability to identify and manage financial, commercial, operational, and regulatory risks, enforce health, safety, and environmental standards, and ensure appropriate risk controls across projects, field operations, engineering teams, and subcontractor activities.

Performance Management and KPI Monitoring: Ability to establish measurable performance objectives, monitor key performance indicators, assess business and employee performance, prepare management reports, and implement corrective actions to improve productivity, profitability, and service delivery.

Commercial Negotiation and Contract Management: Strong commercial judgement and negotiation skills, with the ability to secure favourable customer and supplier agreements, manage strategic contracts, evaluate commercial opportunities, and protect business margins and profitability.

Customer Relationship Management and Market Development: Ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships, improve customer satisfaction and retention, grow existing accounts, identify and pursue new business opportunities, and increase recurring revenue to strengthen FieldBase Angola’s market position and support sustainable business growth.

Executive Reporting and Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Ability to communicate business performance, financial results, operational challenges, and strategic recommendations clearly to the Managing Director / Group CEO and other Group leaders, while coordinating effectively across the UK, Nigeria, and Angola.

Strategic Planning, Decision-Making, and Execution: Ability to translate business objectives into actionable plans, establish priorities, allocate resources effectively, make timely and informed decisions, manage competing demands, address performance challenges, and execute strategic initiatives that deliver measurable business results.

Market Analysis and Strategic Planning : Ability to assess market conditions in Angola, analyze competitor activity, identify emerging opportunities and commercial risks, and develop market-entry and growth strategies aligned with FieldBase overall objectives.

Business Continuity and Crisis Management: Ability to anticipate and manage business disruptions, develop contingency plans, respond effectively to operational or commercial crises, and maintain continuity of critical services while protecting employees, customers, assets, and business performance.

Change Management and Organizational Transformation: Ability to lead organizational change, communicate restructuring decisions effectively, manage stakeholder expectations, secure employee buy-in, and ensure the successful
implementation of new structures, processes, systems, and ways of working.

FieldBase Services Limited is an engineering-led connectivity and infrastructure solutions provider delivering enterprise connectivity, maritime communications, private wireless networks, satellite and terrestrial connectivity, data center solutions, and integrated engineering services. The company serves clients across banking and financial services, maritime, oil and gas, government, and infrastructure sectors, with operations across multiple African markets and the United Kingdom.

FieldBase Services Limited is committed to delivering reliable technology solutions that enhance connectivity, operational efficiency, and business continuity.