Founder & CEO (Seattle) Job at Madrona Venture Labs, Seattle, WA

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  • Madrona Venture Labs
  • Seattle, WA

Job Description

Full-time / Greater Seattle Area / Hybrid

Company

GenAI is spurring enterprises to rethink their innovation development processes. Lower experimentation costs and more accessible and generalized capabilities appeal to both pro developers and citizen developers in these companies, but existing enterprise cultures, procedures, and infrastructure hinder innovation.

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) is incubating a new startup that will help companies speed up safe innovation within the enterprise by applying a software-driven, holistic approach that streamlines development and deployment processes and resource allocation for both Gen AI and traditional applications.

The Founder-in-Residence/CEO position with our team at MVL is designed to match successful entrepreneurs with business ideas that have the potential to be industry-changing. We now have an opening for a visionary leader to help us launch this new company.

Responsibilities

  • Leadership & Vision: Develop and communicate a compelling vision for the New Company. Lead the team with inspiration and direction, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
  • Strategic Planning: Work closely with the leadership group to refine and execute the go-to-market strategy. Drive the development and execution of business plans, ensuring alignment with company goals.
  • Team Building & Management: Recruit, lead, and mentor a high-performing, cross-functional team. Foster a positive and inclusive work environment, encouraging creativity and initiative.
  • Product Development & Launch: Collaborate with the technical team to understand engineering workflows, ensuring a deep comprehension of the technology behind the product. Translate technical concepts into strategic business objectives and vice versa.
  • Raising Capital & Managing Finances: Lead fundraising initiatives to secure capital for the organization's operations, expansions, or strategic projects. Develop and execute comprehensive financial strategies aligned with the company's business objectives.
  • Investor Relations: Act as the primary point of contact for investors, communicating the company's financial performance, strategy, and critical developments. Develop and deliver compelling presentations to potential investors.
  • Market Analysis & Customer Engagement: Conduct market research to identify trends, opportunities, and potential challenges. Engage with customers to understand their needs, gather feedback, and iterate on the product accordingly.

Qualifications & Attributes

  • A tech-savvy visionary who can work comfortably with product and engineering customers to solve challenges within engineering operations.
  • Fluent in the enterprise software development lifecycle (SDLC), with a strong understanding of the intersection between infrastructure, data estates, access management and controls, compliance, and enterprise applications.
  • Understands the challenges companies face when experimenting with and deploying GenAI applications.
  • Experience leading infrastructure-to-application innovation initiatives for engineering teams.
  • An effective communicator skilled at distilling complex concepts into easily digestible insights, especially for non-technical audiences, such as customers, coworkers, and investors.
  • Passionate about the app development experience for developers.
  • Experience with open-source products is a plus.
  • Has led and recruited at least small-to-medium-sized teams (10+ members), including product, engineering, and go-to-market functions.
  • Excited about recruiting, growing, and mentoring a team. Experience building teams from scratch is preferred but not required.
  • Entrepreneurial acumen. Comfortable in ambiguous situations and excited about early-stage development and diverse responsibilities.
  • Located in or willing to move to the Seattle area.

We are an equal opportunity employer and highly value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Job Tags

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