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Job Title: Head of Growth (Chief of Staff + Head of Platform duties)

Location: Flatiron, Manhattan (In-Person, 5 Days a Week)

Hiring: Immediate start

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: Base Salary: $65,000 with significant performance-based incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, and carry opportunities.

Daring Ventures is an emerging early-stage venture fund investing in a new era of American entrepreneurship by fostering innovation in overlooked founders and overlooked places.

It’s an exciting time at Daring Ventures and we’re looking to make our first key hire! The Head of Growth is a full-time position, serving as a hybrid Chief of Staff and Head of Platform, and playing a critical role in everything from fund operations to community engagement to strategic initiatives as well as serving as a trusted advisor to our GPs.

We are looking for someone who inspires and pushes us as much as we inspire and push them. Expect this to be a demanding but rewarding opportunity with significant growth potential. Showing up with an ownership mentality can translate to actual partnership.

Key Responsibilities

Build and implement systems to support fund-level operations and define success metrics to track performance
Develop and execute a community engagement strategy to foster venture ecosystem partnerships
Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the co-founders, contributing to strategic decision-making
Anything and everything else, including things we haven’t thought of that you come up with

What We Are Looking For

Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-paced startup environment and can work efficiently with no supervision
Demonstrated success in a position with a similar level of responsibility (a lot) and oversight (not much)
Experience developing & implementing operational processes & KPIs for an organization
Advanced knowledge of Notion / Airtable / Asana / similar software specifically for project management
Strong writing ability and a knack for storytelling
5 days a week, in-person NYC availability

Must Have Intangibles

Curiosity, authenticity, and grit
A “say / do” ratio of one
Absolutely, completely, entirely unquestionable integrity

If this job description excites you, shoot us an email at hello[at]daringventures[dot]vc to introduce yourself!

This is a paid, full-time, and in-person position.

Daring Ventures is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected status.

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