Junior Venture Builder

You will 

•       Cook up new ideas: You question the status quo and think out of the box, dream about potential new business models, stay abreast of sector and product developments and propose new venture ideas to the team  

•       Get stuff done: You are independent and a true self-starter, have a strong bias towards action and are obsessed with driving towards concrete results, do not hesitate to get your feet on the ground and your hands dirty, and exemplify a culture of high velocity venture building

•       Fail fast, fail often, learn and repeat: You optimize for speed of learning rather than perfection. You design and rapidly test new ideas in sprints, take risks, iterate and incorporate learnings quickly

•       Balance 30,000- and 10-feet views: You can think big picture impact and strategic business case drivers, but are also a data lover and can support the preparation of detailed business cases to support internal data-driven decision making  

•       Lead small scale operations: When ventures move to small scale operations, you will hire and train first employees, implement basic processes, drive and track progress against targets, and support recruiting a CEO / Co-Founder

•       Support co-founders of ventures: Depending on your functional area of expertise, you will provide targeted support to co-founders of Pyramidia’s venture portfolio in specific support areas such as fundraising, product development and management, data analytics, marketing and sales, finance & accounting, M&E

•       Continuously improve the Venture Building Process: You consolidate learnings to build out our core venture studio repeatable processes (“the Pyramidia Playbook”), continuously improving on our “serial entrepreneurship on steroids”  

You are

•       Deeply passionate about Pyramidia’s mission and aligned with Pyramidia’s values

•       Highly entrepreneurial: curious, autonomous, high energy, sleeves rolled up, ideally have experience in a fast-growing startup 

•       Obsessed with impact: social, environmental, and economical, all at the same time

•       Both an analytical and hands-on problem solver: you can think creatively about challenges and don’t take no for an answer

•       Resilient in the face of setbacks and failures: you appreciate the daily grind of building early-stage startups

•       A collaborative learner and are comfortable with being challenged

•       Comfortable self-managing multiple pilots and priorities and operating in a lean, resource-constrained start-up environment

•       Experienced in the agrifood and / or start-up sector (highly preferred)

Application details 

•       Apply via BrighterMonday before September 22nd 2024, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.  

•       Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience.  

•       We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Candidates from African countries and women are particularly encouraged to apply for this role.

•       This is not a remote position and therefore applicants have to be residing in Kenya.

•       For more info: AgFunderNews on Pyramidia Ventures, “Why-we-invested”-article from Mercy Corps Ventures on Stable Foods (a Pyramidia venture)

Working with Pyramidia Ventures provides a rare opportunity to team up with world-class thinkers, entrepreneurs, and creators in launching and building successful climate-smart agtech startups. This role offers the freedom and thrill of working on impactful early-stage venture building backed by seasoned expertise, investors, and operators in the sector. 

This is an excellent opportunity for exceptional individuals who want to work on Africa’s most imminent challenges of food security and climate change. Come build climate-resilient food systems in Africa today.