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Overview
The Chief Operating Partner / CxO will lead market opportunity discovery, value proposition definition, product / service launches, and interim leadership until external leadership is hired. This role involves working across ventures to drive strategic initiatives, operational execution, and growth.
Responsibilities
- Discover attractive market opportunities, Jobs To Be Done / customer pain points, and business models for new high-margin digital-first companies. Define the problems to be solved, target customers, rationale, and market size.
- Define value proposition, go-to-market strategy, roadmap, and financial model. Include unit economics, scaling levers and success metrics for 1-3 years.
- Launch and iterate on the Minimum Lovable Product / Service (MLP / S) using low / no code tools. Measure the KPIs that matter.
- Lead as an interim founder until external leadership is hired. Help recruit. Support existing ventures when needed.
- Rinse and repeat .
Requirements
Bias for action . Move with urgency and focus. You’re pragmatic, push forward when risks are low, and unblock yourself by finding answers and deciding fast. Understand one-way door vs revolving door decisions.Courage under fire . You want a high-ownership role and are willing to get hands dirty, handling the full cycle from idea triage through pitching recommendations to Founding Partners.No work is beneath you . You take initiative with a get-things-done attitude and a proactive, problem-solving approach.Strong opinions, loosely held . You love numbers and back decisions with data. You research topics, track KPIs, and may manually clean, crunch, and enrich data to support evidence-based decisions.Optimism as an Operating System . Maintain a positive, composed approach under pressure, offer candid feedback, and foster repeat collaboration with colleagues.Benefits
Work directly with the Founding Partners who have a track record of three exits and eight companies to date.Low to no bureaucracy.Accelerate your personal and career growth.Work remotely on CET times.Seniority level
ExecutiveEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
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