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The Role
- We’re looking for a Lead Startup Scout, to build and manage our startup scouting team based in Cairo.
- As Lead Startup Scout you will be an essential part of creating and managing our global scouting team.
- You will work closely with key stakeholders from our offices around the world, manage the local team of scouts in Cairo and take the lead on sourcing high-potential startups for both our startup accelerators and corporate innovation projects around the world.
- You will report directly to Rainmaking’s Head of Scouting, based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Main Duties
- Work closely with key clients and stakeholders from all over the world
- Manage the Scouting Team in Cairo
- Be responsible for project planning and execution
- Take a key role in building and implementing global scouting processes
- Provide work-in-progress reports
- Scout the world for the best and most relevant startups
- Engage in due diligence to assess the top startups
- Coordinate with startups
- Optimize and iterate on our existing startup scouting processes
- Opportunity to work at the intersection of startups and corporates
- Join a team of talented and highly motivated colleagues
- You’ll get a lot of responsibility
- You’ll get a lot of freedom
- You’ll get to work across a global network of innovative startup ecosystems
- Shape your own work-day
- Join a small, super-dedicated group of very skilled and fun people
- A great office environment, at a co-working space surrounded by startups and ecosystem players
- Be a happy and whole person with flexible work environment so you can have time to carve out for your friends and family
Job Requirements
- Self-starter: You take charge and deliver on your own, acting both pro-actively and independently
- Able to take responsibility and work on projects autonomously
- Analytical: Data collection and analysis experience including interviews, surveys, market reports
- Credibility: 1-3 years full time of project management experience
- Demonstrable passion for startups and an understanding of the highly dynamic environment in which they operate
- Multi-tasker: Able to wear many hats, ambitious, superb organization, highly motivated and buzzing with energy
- Highly organized: You are able to manage time, ensuring that deadlines are met and operations run effectively and efficiently
- Metrics driven: Comfortable with lean testing, analysis, and optimization
- Digital citizen: Passionate about smart technologies, platforms, up to date and at ease with the latest online productivity tools
- A strong team player: able to work in a fluid, collaborative environment
- Troubleshooter: You are able to respond to crises with actionable plans
- Resourceful and logical
- You love people, are empathic and optimistic
Fluency in both spoken and written English is a must - Bonus points for: relevant experience as an analyst/scout in a venture capital firm, innovation team or accelerator
Our values - what impresses us at Rainmaking
- Being entrepreneurial
- Being impactful
- Being kind
