Venture Success Partner

Summary

Join Rippleworks Foundation, a 50+ person team dedicated to supporting social ventures, as a Venture Success Partner. You will be the primary point of contact for a portfolio of at least 40 ventures, building strong relationships and providing strategic coaching. Responsibilities include relationship management, strategic coaching, feedback gathering, program engagement, cross-team collaboration, and contributing to team growth. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in social ventures, strong relationship-building skills, and experience in a fast-paced environment. The role requires availability during East Africa and India business hours. Rippleworks offers competitive compensation, robust benefits, and a flexible remote-first environment.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in or advising social ventures (nonprofit and/or for-profit)
• Experience in operations, growth/expansion, strategy, or equivalent in a mission driven organization
• Strong track record of building trust with diverse stakeholders across cultures and geographies
• Energized by building long-term relationships’—you’re a natural coach and advocate, you build rapport quickly
• An operator at heart and in practice: you have worked in fast-moving, collaborative, resource-constrained environments and understand how organizations grow
• Organized and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of follow-through
• Excellent communication skills—clear, empathetic, and proactive
• Applying knowledge of social ventures and the broader ecosystem to advance Rippleworks' goals
• You gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity; able to follow through on commitments and are seen as direct and truthful
• You are a strong critical thinker and make good and timely decisions that keep the organization and your workflows moving forward
• Developing and delivering appropriate communications, conveying a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences
• Deeply understands venture needs in order to design and deliver exceptional value to our venture partners through the experts who support them
• Continuously and actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as growth opportunities
• Engages our global community with curiosity and kindness across roles and levels, backgrounds, and geographies to cultivate trust, inclusivity, belonging, and collaborative success rooted in both empathy and fairness
• Navigates dynamic, changing situations and makes decisions or creates a path forward even with imperfect or incomplete information
• Reliably executes and takes initiative to deliver high-quality work and impact with care and tenacity. Evolves solutions that best serves ventures, Rippleworks, and the broader team

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for a portfolio of at least 40 ventures, building deep, trust-based relationships with leadership teams
• Be responsible for timely and effective follow ups
• Provide thought partnership and tailored guidance to help ventures clarify goals, navigate challenges, and make the most of their partnership with Rippleworks
• Actively collect and synthesize venture feedback surface emerging venture needs and inform program development
• Ensure ventures understand, access, and effectively use Rippleworks’ programs, tools, and resources to support their growth and increase their impact
• Work closely with internal teams to navigate venture requests through the organization, share venture insights, and advocate for venture needs while balancing organizational resources
• Contribute to growth, practices, and culture of the Venture Success team as we build and evolve this new function

Benefits

• Earn a salary of $165,000 with robust benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, 401(k) + employer match, holidays, flexible PTO, wellness, and remote-work stipends
• Travel opportunities to connect with the social impact ecosystem and experience Rippleworks' impact firsthand
• Extend work trips through our Study Abroad Program for regional exploration
• Participate in our Community Grants program, awarding $50K to a nonprofit of your choice, plus a $2,500 charitable donation match for financial or volunteer contributions
• Access professional coaching, a generous learning budget, and regular team learning events to support personal and professional development
• Join a globally diverse team that values varied backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives
• Enjoy flexible work hours, remote-first stipends, and meaningful virtual and in-person connections through Core Collaboration Weeks (2–3 times per year)
• After five years, take four weeks off for rest, travel, or personal exploration to refresh and re energize