Talent Investor - Venture Studio
Role Summary
Join Founders Factory as a Talent Investor to identify and recruit exceptional founders for new ventures, influencing the future of startup creation.
About the Organisation
Founders Factory is a venture studio and accelerator. We build technology companies from scratch, working with leading corporate partners to identify opportunities, develop new products and businesses, and build the founding teams that turn them into independent companies.
Unlike a traditional VC, we don't just invest in companies that already exist. We help create them. That means our approach to talent is different too. We believe the right founder can fundamentally change the trajectory of a company.
As a Talent Investor, you'll sit at the intersection of venture, talent and company building, helping us identify the exceptional people who will build our next generation of companies.
Our ventures often start with a problem or opportunity, rather than a founder. Your job is to find the person who can turn that opportunity into an excellent business.
You'll work closely with our Venture Builders, Studio Leads and founders to:
This isn't traditional recruitment. You won't be given a list of vacancies to fill. You'll be given venture theses and asked to work out who could build them.
You'll have significant autonomy to experiment with how we identify, assess and attract exceptional people, and your work will directly influence the quality and trajectory of the companies we build.
At your core, you're obsessed with exceptional people and curious about how great companies are built.
You might come from VC, executive search, strategy consulting, investment banking, a high-growth startup, venture building or talent. You don't need to have worked in venture before.
- Identify exceptional founders across our global network and beyond.
- Build talent maps and develop a point of view on where the best founders and operators sit.
- Assess individuals for founder-market fit, looking beyond CVs and conventional credentials to understand their potential to build a company.
- Build relationships with exceptional people who aren't necessarily looking for their next role.
- Convince them to take the leap into entrepreneurship and build with Founders Factory.
- Help founders identify and recruit their early founding team across product, technology, commercial and growth.
- Develop our approach to founder sourcing, assessment and talent intelligence as we build more ventures.
Working Conditions
Founders Factory is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where people can authentically be themselves, challenge assumptions, take risks and think creatively.
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- Competitive salary
- Shares in the Founders Factory global portfolio
- Hybrid working — typically Tuesdays and Thursdays in the London office
- Up to 5 weeks working abroad each year
- 25 days annual leave
- 1 additional mental health day per quarter
- Monthly calendar freedom day
- Travel opportunities across our global Founders Factory offices
- Access to our network of founders, investors, operators and corporate partners
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