About Maiyan Residences

Maiyan Residences is the residential development platform behind two distinct and growing lifestyle brands in Laikipia:

? Maiyan – an award-winning luxury destination offering premium residences and hospitality experiences within a unique lifestyle ecosystem.

? Swara Ranch – a value-driven residential and lifestyle brand focused on apartments, bungalows, serviced plots, and villas designed around recreation, accessibility, and nature.

The residential division focuses specifically on the development, commercialization, sales, and estate management of residential real estate products and operates separately from the hospitality operations of Maiyan Luxury Resort and Swara Ranch Hospitality.

Together, these platforms are redefining integrated lifestyle living by combining residential development, hospitality, sustainability, recreation, and destination experiences within one of Kenya’s most exciting frontier growth locations.

We are seeking an experienced, commercially astute, and entrepreneurial General Manager to lead the next phase of growth of this business.

The Role

The General Manager – Maiyan Residences will have overall responsibility for the residential development and sales business across the Maiyan and Swara Ranch brands.

This is a senior leadership role focused on:

? Residential development execution

? Commercial performance

? Product development

? Sales and marketing oversight

? Estate standards and customer experience

? Financial performance and profitability

? Team leadership and operational oversight

The successful candidate will oversee the various functional heads responsible for development, project execution, sales, marketing, estate operations, and customer engagement.

While the role will work closely with the hospitality leadership teams to ensure alignment of the broader ecosystem and customer journey, this is not a hospitality operations role.

The role offers the opportunity to help scale an integrated residential and lifestyle development platform across multiple product categories in one of Kenya’s most unique and internationally recognized destinations.

? The role is based in Nanyuki / Laikipia.

Key Responsibilities

Business & P&L Leadership

? Lead and grow the Maiyan Residences business unit.

? Take overall responsibility for the commercial and financial performance of the residential business.

? Drive profitability, inventory conversion, collections, and return on investment.

? Prepare and oversee business plans, project feasibility assessments, budgets, and performance reporting.

Development Leadership

? Oversee the end-to-end delivery of residential and infrastructure projects from concept to completion.

? Coordinate consultants, contractors, project managers, architects, engineers, and technical teams.

? Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.

? Monitor development budgets, timelines, project risks, approvals, and implementation progress.

Financing & Capital Engagement

? Engage with banks, financial institutions, investors, and other funding partners on project financing and capital structuring.

? Support the preparation of development appraisals, financing proposals, and project investment cases.

? Oversee project cash flow management and development funding requirements.

Commercial Oversight

? Provide leadership and oversight to the sales and marketing functions responsible for:

▫️ Lead generation

▫️ Customer acquisition

▫️ Client engagement

▫️ Inventory conversion

▫️ Broker and channel partnerships

? Drive the commercialization and monetization of residential developments across multiple product categories.

? Continuously monitor market trends, pricing, customer demand, and competitive positioning.

Product Development & Innovation

? Lead the conceptualization and refinement of residential products including:

▫️ Apartments

▫️ Bungalows

▫️ Luxury villas

▫️ Serviced plots

▫️ Lifestyle amenities

? Ensure products remain aligned with evolving market demand and customer preferences.

? Work closely with technical and commercial teams to optimize product-market fit and customer experience.

Estate & Customer Experience Oversight

? Oversee estate standards, customer experience, and long-term value preservation across the residential developments.

? Ensure developments maintain strong community standards and a high-quality living environment.

? Support homeowner engagement and long-term estate value enhancement.

Cross-Functional Coordination

? Work closely with the General Managers of Maiyan Luxury Resort and Swara Ranch Hospitality to ensure alignment between the residential and hospitality ecosystems.

? Support integrated lifestyle offerings while maintaining clear operational distinction between the residential and hospitality businesses.

Team Leadership

? Lead and manage multidisciplinary teams across development, commercial, estate, and customer engagement functions.

? Build a culture of accountability, execution excellence, and customer focus.

Qualifications & Experience

? Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or a related field.

? A Master’s degree or relevant professional qualification will be an added advantage.

? Minimum of 10 years’ experience in residential real estate development or property development.

? Proven experience having successfully delivered residential developments from concept to completion.

? Demonstrated P&L management experience within a real estate or development business.

? Experience engaging with financial institutions and investors to secure development financing.

? Strong technical understanding of residential development and construction processes.

? Strong commercial acumen and understanding of development economics.

? Demonstrated experience in the commercialization and monetization of residential developments, including sales strategy, inventory conversion, and customer engagement.

? Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and departments.

? Experience in integrated lifestyle, mixed-use, hospitality-adjacent, or destination developments will be an added advantage.

? International sales or international real estate marketing experience will be an added advantage, given the global profile and award-winning positioning of the destination.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is:

? Commercially driven and technically astute

? Experienced in delivering residential developments

? Strong in both project execution and business management

? Entrepreneurial, hands-on, and execution-oriented

? Customer-focused with strong stakeholder management capability

? Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment

? Capable of balancing technical, commercial, operational, and stakeholder management requirements

? Excited by the opportunity to help shape a major lifestyle and residential platform in Laikipia

The ideal candidate must combine strategic leadership with strong execution capability and a hands-on approach to problem solving and value creation.

• Lead and grow the Maiyan Residences business unit.
• Take overall responsibility for the commercial and financial performance of the residential business.
• Drive profitability, inventory conversion, collections, and return on investment.
• Prepare and oversee business plans, project feasibility assessments, budgets, and performance reporting.
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of residential and infrastructure projects from concept to completion.
• Coordinate consultants, contractors, project managers, architects, engineers, and technical teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Monitor development budgets, timelines, project risks, approvals, and implementation progress.
• Engage with banks, financial institutions, investors, and other funding partners on project financing and capital structuring.
• Support the preparation of development appraisals, financing proposals, and project investment cases.
• Oversee project cash flow management and development funding requirements.
• Provide leadership and oversight to the sales and marketing functions responsible for lead generation, customer acquisition, client engagement, inventory conversion, and broker and channel partnerships.
• Drive the commercialization and monetization of residential developments across multiple product categories.
• Continuously monitor market trends, pricing, customer demand, and competitive positioning.
• Lead the conceptualization and refinement of residential products including apartments, bungalows, luxury villas, serviced plots, and lifestyle amenities.
• Ensure products remain aligned with evolving market demand and customer preferences.
• Work closely with technical and commercial teams to optimize product-market fit and customer experience.
• Oversee estate standards, customer experience, and long-term value preservation across the residential developments.
• Ensure developments maintain strong community standards and a high-quality living environment.
• Support homeowner engagement and long-term estate value enhancement.
• Work closely with the General Managers of Maiyan Luxury Resort and Swara Ranch Hospitality to ensure alignment between the residential and hospitality ecosystems.
• Support integrated lifestyle offerings while maintaining clear operational distinction between the residential and hospitality businesses.
• Lead and manage multidisciplinary teams across development, commercial, estate, and customer engagement functions.
• Build a culture of accountability, execution excellence, and customer focus.

• Commercially driven
• Technically astute
• Project execution
• Business management
• Entrepreneurial
• Hands-on approach
• Execution-oriented
• Customer-focused
• Stakeholder management
• Ability to balance technical, commercial, operational, and stakeholder management requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree or relevant professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in residential real estate development or property development.
• Proven experience having successfully delivered residential developments from concept to completion.
• Demonstrated P&L management experience within a real estate or development business.
• Experience engaging with financial institutions and investors to secure development financing.
• Strong technical understanding of residential development and construction processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of development economics.
• Demonstrated experience in the commercialization and monetization of residential developments, including sales strategy, inventory conversion, and customer engagement.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and departments.
• Experience in integrated lifestyle, mixed-use, hospitality-adjacent, or destination developments will be an added advantage.
• International sales or international real estate marketing experience will be an added advantage, given the global profile and award-winning positioning of the destination.