Director of Venture Studio

Director of Venture Studio

Find.co has recently launched a Venture Studio, designed to turn promising ideas into new businesses. The Director of New Ventures will be the architect and orchestrator of this process. This role owns the venture pipeline : organizing and filtering ideas, working with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiRs), validating opportunities, and launching MVPs that can scale into standalone ventures.You will ensure that strong ideas dont remain stuck in the backlog, but are systematically prioritized, tested, and brought to market. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances strategic oversight with operational discipline.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Ownership Maintain and further develop a structured venture funnel (intake, prioritization, governance).
• Entrepreneur Management Source, vet, and guide EiRs, pairing them with high-potential ideas.
• Governance & Stakeholder Management Prepare and present venture cases to the senior executive team, ensuring transparent decisions on advancing, pivoting, or shutting down opportunities.
• Venture Criteria Apply a clear framework for evaluating ideas, determining when to advance, pivot, or discontinue them, and continuously improve this framework based on experience.
• Ideas & MVP Development & Validation Oversee research, customer discovery, and MVP design with Product, Growth, and Engineering.
• Alignment Ensure new ventures leverage Find.cos strengths, assets, and strategic priorities.
• Portfolio Reporting Track KPIs, generate insights, and communicate progress to senior leadership.
• Team Leadership Manage a compact New Ventures team (e.g. Product Manager, Growth Marketing, etc.), fostering a culture of speed, experimentation, and accountability.

Requirements

Find.co is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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