Venture Builder at Founders Factory Africa (FFA)

Responsibilities

• Identifying market trends and creating theses about what opportunities we should pursue
• Brainstorming, designing, and testing new business concepts
• Conducting qualitative research using methods such as qualitative interviews, experience mapping, service blueprints, and user journeys
• Conducting quantitative validation studies such as smoke tests
• Running workshops with the wider Factory team and entrepreneurs
• Collaborating with our corporate partners to leverage their expertise and assets as part of the Venture Design process
• Constantly experimenting with new technologies and tools to drive innovation and creativity
• Presenting new concepts to partners and other stakeholders
• Working with the rest of the design and product teams to act as thought leaders and to establish a POV for Venture Design at Founders Factory Africa

Requirements

• Have a deep understanding of what makes a great business and how to commercialise opportunities
• Have extensive experience developing new products, services, and businesses models
• Be able to identify opportunities by looking at user needs and broader market trends
• Have a proven track record of taking ideas and bringing them to life across a range of industries
• Have a sense of how to identify key risks and validate hypotheses
• Have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Have worked with a variety of products and industries in your career
• Thrive in uncertainty
• Be a self-starter and comfortable working with little direction or oversight.