Co-Founder

Summary

Join Heretic Ventures as a co-founder and CEO to launch consumer-facing, creator-focused ventures. With advisory, financial, and product development support from the Heretic team, you'll refine concepts, develop brand and go-to-market strategy, and lead the venture as CEO.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience including as a founder, business unit leader, product leader, management consultant, or investment banker
• Knowledge of consumer-facing business models, revenue drivers, and key performance metrics
• Experience with early stage prototyping, testing, and launch
• Experience building and managing a variety of internal and external stakeholders, with a willingness to ‘sell’ a vision to and communicate with large audiences
• Experience with P&L ownership and management; strong financial acumen required
• An outstanding communicator, clear and persuasive written and verbal communication
• Experience as an entrepreneur preferred, even if the company didn’t succeed
• MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate a clear, compelling, and consistent vision
• Design and execute product prototypes and tests in partnership with the Heretic team
• Make key investment tradeoffs to ensure cost-effective testing and stage-gates
• Drive launch schedule and development roadmap
• Own product development and strategy to ensure product-market fit, initial traction, and growth
• Refine current learnings and customer insights into an actionable go-to-market strategy
• Refine a financial model and projections in support of the go-to-market strategy
• Own core business operations, including P&L and legal management
• Build a world-class team environment and culture while overseeing hiring, training, and other general management activities