Sales & Business Development Manager – Clean Energy/ Renewable Energy/ Climate Impact/ Clean Technology/ Clean Cookstoves

Brightsmith is seeking a Sales & Business Development Manager for Clean Energy initiatives in Kano, Nigeria. The role involves expanding sales structures, developing partnerships, and promoting fuel-efficient cooking solutions for rural households. Candidates should have experience in sales operations within low-income markets, strong commercial acumen, and fluency in English, with local language skills as an advantage. This is a full-time position focused on climate impact and community engagement.
• Sales & Business Development Manager

– Clean Energy/ Renewable Energy/ Climate Impact/ Clean Technology/ Clean Cookstoves

Interested in using your sales and business development experience to deliver real climate and health impact across Nigeria?

As a Sales & Business Development Manager, you’ll take ownership of expanding multiple negative emissions/ clean energy initiatives, building scalable sales structures, developing high-impact partnerships, and driving adoption of affordable, fuel-efficient cooking solutions for rural and low-income households.

You’ll operate at the intersection of
• commercial growth, community engagement, and climate action

, shaping how one of Nigeria’s most impactful clean energy products reaches millions of families.
• The role:**
• You’ll lead sales growth across defined regions or nationally (depending on seniority), designing and executing strategies tailored to diverse local markets.
• The role combines
• hands-on field leadership

with strategic responsibility, including partnership development with distributors, microfinance institutions, NGOs, and community structures.
• Depending on experience, this role may be scoped as
• Regional Sales Manager*

or
• *Head of Sales (Nigeria)

.
• *What's on offer:**
• Meaningful Impact:

You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on climate chnage and rural development in Nigeria.
• Growth & Development:

Ongoing professional development in clean energy, energy access, and sustainable business models, with exposure to both commercial and impact-led leadership.
• Leadership & Ownership:

A senior leadership position within a growing, mission-driven organisation, with real autonomy to shape strategy and execution.
• Growth & Development:

Ongoing professional development and exposure within the rapidly expanding field of sustainable and clean energy solutions.
• *Ideally, you'll have a combination of:
• Experience building or managing sales operations in
• rural or low-income markets

, ideally in Nigeria.
• Strong commercial and strategic acumen, with the ability to adapt sales models to challenging environments.
• Experience working with
• distribution partners, microfinance institutions, or community-based sales structures

.
• Fluency in English, with proficiency in
• Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, or Fulfulde*

a strong advantage.
• A mission-driven mindset and resilience to thrive in a high-impact, resource-constrained environment.