👋 Hey, We're Founders Factory 💪 The Opportunity We're looking for someone to join our Venture Design team, where we build new businesses from scratch. Venture Design, as we define it, is the process of identifying opportunities and using human centred design principles to shape those into new businesses. Our venture design process is not about creating an exact business blueprint. Instead our aim is to give the founding team a foundation to build upon, usually consisting of: 1. An opportunity: Identify market gap and unmet user need or desire. 2. A solution: A credible solution hypothesis on how to address that need. 3. A go to market approach: Clear differentiating factors and unfair advantage. To put it another way, if Founders Factory made TV shows, the Venture Design team would be responsible for the pilot episode. Companies designed by the team and built in the Venture Studio include: Nate, a universal shopping app which just raised $38m Karakuri, a food robotics businesses which has raised over $20m Tembo Money, a family bank for everyone which recently raised a £2.5m seed Byway, a slow travel business started in the depths of the pandemic The role As a Venture Designer, you will be teasing out problems, hypothesising solutions, testing, validating and developing the commercial foundations. This involves rapid experimentation, so we’re looking for individuals who walk the line between product design, product strategy and commercial rigour. Strong visual design and prototyping skills are a must - bringing ideas to life visually and sharing them with non-technical people is a critical part of the role. It’s likely that you have a curious and creative mind, eager to understand what makes people tick with the ability to apply a commercial lens to everything you do. Start-ups and the tech space in general is probably of deep interest to you; you should love building products that users rave about and are happy to work at pace across different projects with competing priorities You thrive in a startup environment and probably subscribe to lean methodologies and principles of product development. This role will put you at the forefront of fintech innovation. With deep expertise in the space and a finger on the pulse of industry trends, you'll join our team of fintech specialists to create venture-backable businesses with our partners in London and Milan. To Learn More, Check Out This (thoroughly incomplete) Venture Design Handbook: Link As our Venture Designer, you will be responsible for the following: Identifying market trends and opportunities, particularly in the fintech space Designing new products and services and bringing them to life visually Shaping product and business strategy Designing and building landing pages and prototypes Workshopping solutions with the wider Factory team Constantly experimenting with new technologies and tools to drive innovation and creativity Presenting new concepts to partners and other stakeholders As our Venture Designer, you possess the following skills and competencies: Have a deep understanding of what makes a great business Have a proven track record of taking ideas and bringing them to life across a range of industries Be organised, attentive to detail and an ability to balance detail with the big picture Have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal Have worked with a variety of products and industries in your career Have solid product / graphic design chops Be able to quickly throw up a landing page and know your way around a bit of code (or be proficient in low-code/no-code tools) Thrive in uncertainty Be a self-starter and comfortable working with little direction or oversight Deep interest and experience within fintech, and a finger on the pulse of current trends in the space Why work with us: We are guided by a set of core values that shape the way that we think and act. We hold ourselves accountable to these, and measure ourselves against them. We are looking for candidates that share these principles and can help Founders Factory to thrive: - Think big, act small, move fast - Value momentum over perfection - Embrace uncertainty and remain decisive - Suggest solutions, not problems. - Prioritize diversity to strengthen our collective intelligence - Be polite, generous and show empathy to others, always 📈 Benefits In addition to a competitive salary, you’ll also receive shares in the Founders Factory global portfolio. We provide all the excitement and freedom of an early stage startup but with the stability and resources of a large organisation. This is a rare chance to contribute towards the success of impactful ventures through hiring the right people, and to springboard your career or entrepreneurial ambitions. Share in our ventures’ success: Meaningful equity participation in the company, via an option scheme with market-standard 4 year vesting (with a 12 month cliff) Growth: Work with and meet exceptional talent. Learn faster than you ever have before. Access our large network of investors and customers. Grow your career like never before. We have many growth opportunities from taking a founder route in our studio, to cross functional movement to vertical growth in your domain, to global remit & expansion. It’s all there for the taking. Autonomy: Freedom to execute and build businesses, not just products. We encourage risk taking here. Knowledge sharing: Both internally and from our speaker series with talks from world-class founders within our network and our Monthly Show & Tell events and bi-annual away days Flexible working - the specifics to be decided by you and manager, but we also offer 5 weeks of remote working globally Time Off: 25 days annually plus bank holidays Health and Wellness: Statutory Pension Contribution and/or Private medical insurance with Vitality Family Support: Nursery salary sacrifice scheme with EnjoyBenefits Transport: EV salary sacrifice scheme with Elmo and Cycle to work scheme with CycleScheme Learning and Development: £200 learning benefit per year (available after your probationary period) Tools and (Home) Office Setup: Equipment for productive working at the office and at home-base (Macbook, headphones, screen etc.) Founders Factory is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where people can authentically be themselves and are free to challenge, take risks and think creatively. We recruit, develop, compensate and promote our team members based on merit. We know how important it is not only to include, but to actively seek out diversity of thought and experiences. We want to hear from you regardless of your race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics. The requirements shared in our job descriptions are guidelines. If your skills are transferable and you are in the ballpark with the number of years of experience we are looking for, please apply and we will consider you for the role. Please note: we have an overwhelming number of applications and will do our best to get back to you within two weeks if you fit the bill.