Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) Job at Unlimit Ventures, San Diego, CA

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  • Unlimit Ventures
  • San Diego, CA

Job Description

Role Summary

The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) will be responsible for providing guidance and support to entrepreneurs and startup companies. The EIR will work closely with the CEO and other executive team members to provide advice on business strategy, product development, and marketing. The EIR will also be responsible for identifying new business opportunities and developing relationships with potential partners. The EIR will be a key member of the executive team and will play a vital role in the success of the company.

Job Type: Contract opportunity with full-time potential. 

Values

  • Prudent optimism …glass-half-full, with a dose of caution to challenge our assumptions.
  • Intrinsic motivation …driven by autonomy, goal clarity and regular feedback.
  • Commit to desired outcomes …define desired outcomes and achieve them vigorously.
  • No egos, no jerks …no joke.

Responsibilities

  • Growth Strategy & Execution: Develop and implement innovative strategies that accelerate revenue growth, market share, and brand positioning for our portfolio companies.
  • Go-to-Market Excellence: Partner with founders to build and refine go-to-market strategies, ensuring product-market fit, targeted positioning, and impactful market launches.
  • Leadership & Mentorship: Provide visionary leadership and hands-on mentorship to founders, helping them navigate the challenges of scaling a high-growth business.
  • Operational Excellence: Establish frameworks and processes that enhance operational efficiency, team performance, and accountability.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with our internal teams and external partners to identify growth opportunities and support new initiatives that drive hypergrowth and market expansion.
  • Strategic Consulting: Act as a strategic advisor to portfolio companies, providing insights and best practices across all aspects of business growth, from financial management to customer acquisition.

Basic Qualifications

  • Deep knowledge of problem-solution fit as well as product-market fit with experience that reflects successful mastery of these challenges.
  • Proven ability to take a product and business from 0 - 1, leading go-to-market activities that result in high customer retention.
  • Proven ability to hire, build, and retain a world-class team.
  • 7+ years in growth-focused roles, ideally within high-growth startups or scaling ventures.
  • Proven success in growing products with a superb go-to-market strategy and operational excellence.
  • A natural leader with a collaborative spirit, passionate about mentoring teams and fostering an environment of accountability and innovation.
  • Skilled in leveraging data and metrics to drive decisions, optimize strategies, and improve operational efficiency.

Preferred Skills & Experience

  • Experience as founder or C-Level in startups, including involvement in fundraising.
  • 10+ years of experience leading teams with a demonstrated track record of facilitating teams to apply lean startup thinking, design-thinking and agile development methodologies, including strong experience of customer research.
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced, fluid environment.
  • Avid multitasker who is a quick thinker and problem solver. 

Unlimit Ventures is a venture studio that formulates, de-risks and launches new companies. We are a diverse team of innovators, builders and entrepreneurs, developing advanced technologies for practical use in robotics & automation, climate impact, and health & wellness… to name a few.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work

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