Venture Manager
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About the Role
Sanabil Studio seeks a Venture Manager to lead new ventures from idea to execution. You will identify opportunities, validate business models, and manage cross-functional teams to launch and scale startups.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end development of new ventures from opportunity identification through launch and early stage scaling
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize high potential venture opportunities aligned with strategic priorities
- Lead customer discovery, market research, competitive analysis, and validation efforts
- Develop venture strategies, business models, monetization approaches, and go to market strategies
- Partner with Product, Technology, Growth, Legal, Finance, and Operations teams to drive execution
- Define and track venture KPIs, growth metrics, unit economics, and experimentation outcomes
- Prepare investment materials, business cases, and executive level updates
- Manage venture timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and execution plans
- Build and manage strategic partnerships, pilot programs, and commercial collaborations
- Mentor and support Venture Architects and cross functional venture teams
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with excellent academic performance from a top university; MBA or Master's is a plus
- 8+ years of experience in venture building, startups, strategy consulting, venture capital, product, or innovation focused roles
- Experience leading zero to one initiatives and launching products or ventures
- Highly analytical with ability to build business cases, financial models, and strategic recommendations
- Understanding of lean startup and agile methodologies
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
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About Sanabil Studio
- Sanabil Studio brings together top tier talent, experienced founders, and strong capital to help startups reach their full potential.
- We identify high potential opportunities, validate them rapidly, and build ventures from zero to launch.
The Role
- Lead the end to end development of new ventures, from opportunity identification and validation through prototype launch, go to market execution, and early stage scaling.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize high potential venture opportunities aligned with the studio’s strategic priorities, market trends, and investment thesis.
- Lead customer discovery, market research, competitive analysis, and validation efforts to assess problem solution fit and commercial viability.
- Develop venture strategies, business models, monetization approaches, operating plans, and scalable go to market strategies.
- Partner closely with Product, Technology, Growth, Legal, Finance, and Operations teams to drive venture execution and remove operational bottlenecks.
- Define and track venture KPIs, growth metrics, unit economics, and experimentation outcomes to support data driven decision making.
- Prepare investment materials, business cases, strategic recommendations, and executive level updates for internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage venture timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and execution plans across multiple parallel initiatives.
- Build and manage strategic partnerships, pilot programs, and commercial collaborations to accelerate venture growth and market access.
- Mentor and support Venture Architects and cross functional venture teams, fostering a high ownership and execution focused environment.
- Make data driven recommendations to pivot, accelerate, pause, or sunset ventures based on market signals, customer insights, and performance outcomes.
The Profile
- You hold a bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance from a top university; an MBA or Master’s degree is a plus.
- You have 8+ years of experience across venture building, startups, strategy consulting, venture capital, product, or innovation focused roles.
- You have experience leading zero to one initiatives, launching products or ventures, and operating in fast paced and ambiguous environments.
- You have experience at a venture backed startup, top tier consulting firm, venture capital fund, or venture studio environment.
- You are highly analytical and comfortable building business cases, financial models, operating plans, and strategic recommendations.
- You understand lean startup and agile methodologies and can apply them in real operating environments.
- You are highly execution oriented and can balance strategic thinking with hands on delivery.
- You have strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience engaging senior leadership and cross functional teams.
- Bonus: Background in product management, growth, venture investing, or founder experience.
What You Get From Us
- Competitive pay: A package that reflects your experience and the market.
- Premium gear, day one: Apple laptop and phone, fully set up before your first day.
- Mentorship that matters: Learn from people who have built and scaled ventures.
- Global mobility: Opportunities to work across international markets and offices.
- Venture upside: The chance to join spin off teams as they grow and be recognized for what you helped build.
- An accelerated curve: You’ll learn more here in 12 months than most roles offer in three years.
The Environment
- You Are the Founder: Our venture teams are small and independent. You will not be supporting a CxO; you will be acting as one, with full ownership of your workstream from day one.
- Multi Venture, Multi Market Exposure: You will work across ventures at different stages, with teams and partners spanning the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
- Fast Cycles, Real Learning: Typical venture cycles run between 3 and 10 months. You will move fast, learn quickly, and build a track record that most roles cannot offer.
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