Opportunities

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in operations or programme delivery, including 2+ years in a fast-paced startup or founder-led business and responsibility for several concurrent workstreams.
• Education: Degree in business, operations or a related discipline, or equivalent delivery experience. A relevant MA, MSc or MBA is welcomed.
• Evidence of improving delivery, with measurable gains in turnaround time, cost, reliability or capacity. Explain the starting position and your contribution.
• Ability to turn priorities into sequenced work plans, assign ownership, allocate resources, track budgets and manage dependencies across teams and external specialists.
• Experience coordinating planning sessions, clarifying decision rights and providing concise progress and exception reporting; surface risks early and present practical options.
• Strong partner management, quality control and documentation discipline; maintain continuity when priorities or contributors change.
• Trusted handling of sensitive information, candid communication and consistent follow-through in direct support of a founder or principal.

Ideal profile

A hands-on operator who creates order without unnecessary bureaucracy. Anticipates what others may miss, resolves bottlenecks and keeps the Principal informed at the right level of detail.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Process mapping, capacity planning, dependency analysis and exception reporting, supported by a practical operating dashboard.
• Demonstrated workflow automation using Make, n8n, Zapier or equivalent, with clear permissions, error handling and human approval at consequential steps.
• Use ChatGPT or Claude to accelerate synthesis and workflow design; show a reviewed, repeatable process that improves delivery while protecting confidential information.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years in management consulting, strategic advisory or complex operating roles, including 3+ years leading client-facing workstreams and experience in fast-paced founder-led environments.
• Education: MA, MSc or MBA in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional achievement supported by exceptional analytical work and demonstrable client outcomes.
• Rigorous problem-solving: structure ambiguous questions, develop and test hypotheses, reconcile financial and operational evidence, and identify the decisions that matter.
• Demonstrated commercial analysis: assess business models and value propositions, build financial models and test market potential, scenarios and investment cases relevant to your specialism.
• Evidence of independently leading complex workstreams from diagnosis to implementation, with clear ownership, stakeholder alignment and quantified results.
• Experience advising private principals, family offices or senior executives on consequential decisions; mature judgement about discretion, conflicts, professional boundaries and escalation.
• Exceptional written and spoken English: prepare concise recommendations and reporting for leadership, investors or boards, with defensible reasoning and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Strong knowledge of at least one target region and relevant market language skills; reliable coordination across time zones and changing priorities.

Ideal profile

An experienced advisor who earns the confidence of demanding private clients through intellectual rigour, commercial perspective and discretion. Anticipates the implications of a decision, communicates with precision and takes responsibility through delivery.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Produce decision-ready business cases, financial and operational models, stakeholder maps and implementation plans with traceable assumptions and quality assurance.
• Demonstrate analytical depth appropriate to your specialism: valuation, unit economics, market sizing, operating-model design or commercial due diligence. Use SQL, Python or business-intelligence platforms where they improve the analysis.
• Show a repeatable workflow using ChatGPT or Claude for structured analysis and Perplexity for research discovery, with original-source verification, checked calculations and independent conclusions.
• Work within approved access and data-handling arrangements; protect confidential client information and retain personal accountability for recommendations and final outputs.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in consultative B2B sales, partnerships or professional services development, with personal ownership of origination, negotiation and closing.
• Education: Degree in business, economics or a related discipline, or equivalent commercial achievement. A relevant MA or MBA is welcomed.
• A substantiated record of winning high-value service engagements. Provide contract values, sales cycles, conversion rates and your individual contribution.
• Ability to identify ideal clients, qualify strategic fit and reach founders, investors, family offices or senior decision-makers through credible relationships.
• Strong discovery and commercial judgement: diagnose the underlying need, sharpen positioning and develop proposals and supporting materials that communicate value while protecting scope and margin.
• Experience navigating several stakeholders, negotiating fees and terms, and coordinating a clear handover from agreement to delivery.
• Disciplined pipeline forecasting: identify stalled opportunities, agree next steps and maintain visibility over conversion and likely revenue; judge which opportunities to pursue and when to decline.

Ideal profile

A credible relationship builder with the patience and judgement required for selective advisory work. Listens closely, communicates precisely and earns access through relevance and trust.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Account intelligence, stakeholder mapping, qualification frameworks and pipeline analysis that inform a focused commercial strategy.
• Use Sales Navigator, Clay and a CRM such as HubSpot or Salesforce to develop relevant account insights, maintain data quality and assess conversion and forecast accuracy.
• Apply ChatGPT or Claude to verified account research and tailored proposals, with human judgement over positioning, outreach and commercially sensitive information.

Requirements

• Experience: 2+ years in business research, market intelligence, consulting research or analytical support. Substantive academic or independent research may demonstrate equivalent experience.
• Education: Degree in economics, business, social sciences or another research-intensive discipline, or equivalent research achievement. Relevant postgraduate study is welcomed.
• Strong research design: frame questions, prioritise hypotheses and select methods appropriate to the decision and available evidence.
• Ability to track markets, competitors and stakeholders, and assess emerging opportunities using primary documents and credible data; reconcile conflicting findings and flag material changes.
• Sound quantitative reasoning, including transparent assumptions, calculations and sensitivity checks where estimates are required.
• Excellent written English: distinguish findings, inference and uncertainty, and connect research to specific decisions, commercial implications and practical next steps.
• Maintain a traceable source record, handle sensitive material carefully and deliver accurate briefs to demanding timelines.

Ideal profile

An intellectually curious researcher with commercial awareness and exacting standards of evidence. Pursues the question that matters, challenges weak assumptions and makes complex findings easy to use.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Source triangulation, market sizing, company and stakeholder analysis, and reproducible research logs with clear citations.
• Confident handling of structured datasets; demonstrate data cleaning, comparison and visual analysis. SQL or Python is an advantage where it materially improves the work.
• Use Perplexity for discovery and ChatGPT or Claude for synthesis; check original sources, dates and calculations, and demonstrate how AI improves the research process without weakening its evidence.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in event venue or experiential-event sales, with direct ownership of revenue targets, high-ticket closing and agency or corporate relationships.
• Education: Relevant qualification in business, marketing or event management, or equivalent sales experience supported by measurable results.
• Required: proven closing of five-figure venue or event contracts. Demonstrate average deal value, conversion, target attainment and personally generated revenue.
• An active network in Georgia across corporate buyers, event agencies, planners and producers, with evidence of generating qualified referrals.
• Strong discovery and qualification: establish budget, buying authority, objectives, timing and technical or production requirements.
• Ability to conduct compelling venue tours, create tailored proposals, manage objections and negotiate pricing, scope, deposits and cancellation terms while protecting margin.
• Disciplined pipeline and booking forecasts; coordinate dates, venue capabilities and delivery requirements accurately before committing to a client.
• Available for venue tours and client meetings in Georgia, USA; able to develop repeat accounts and partnerships after the first event.

Ideal profile

A commercially accountable closer who understands both the buyer’s ambition and the realities of event delivery. Creates confidence, follows through and builds relationships that produce recurring business.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Account planning, proposal economics and conversion analysis, including booking lead times, revenue per event and forecast accuracy.
• Use venue sales and booking platforms alongside a CRM to manage availability, proposal follow-up, contracted revenue and delivery handovers.
• Use ChatGPT or Claude for verified account research and proposal preparation; keep negotiation, relationship judgement and delivery commitments under personal ownership.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years in beverage or consumer packaged goods, including direct leadership of an emerging brand through launch and scale.
• Education: Relevant degree in business, food science or a related discipline, or equivalent sector leadership. A relevant MA, MSc or MBA is welcomed.
• A direct role in scaling at least one beverage or CPG business to US$2–5 million or more in annual revenue. State the starting point, timeframe, channels and your contribution.
• Experience with at least one completed consumer-brand acquisition or exit; explain your role in preparation, due diligence or the transaction.
• At least one product taken from pilot batches to repeat commercial production, with measurable launch, distribution or repeat-purchase results.
• Practical factory and co-manufacturer expertise: qualification, production minimums, capacity, landed costs, quality controls, packaging and supply continuity.
• Working knowledge of food safety, shelf-life validation, traceability, labelling and claims compliance in relevant markets; coordinate qualified technical and regulatory specialists.
• Strong command of retail, distributor and direct-to-consumer economics: gross-to-net revenue, trade spend, channel margins, inventory and working capital.
• Useful relationships with manufacturers, distributors and commercial partners, supported by evidence of successful introductions and execution.

Ideal profile

A founder or senior operator with demonstrated scale and transaction experience. Offers practical judgement, challenges weak economics early and helps a lean venture sequence decisions without losing momentum.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Build and challenge unit economics, channel profitability, production scenarios and cash requirements; translate analysis into clear launch and scale decisions.
• Use relevant category and retail intelligence, such as NIQ or SPINS where appropriate, alongside distributor and customer evidence to test demand and commercial assumptions.
• Apply ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity to research and scenario development; verify source data and obtain qualified review of technical or regulatory conclusions.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in startup or innovation funding, including hands-on preparation of German funding applications and a verifiable record of successful decisions. State the programmes, amounts awarded and your contribution.
• Education: Degree in business, finance, economics, public policy, science or a related discipline, or equivalent funding expertise. A relevant MA, MSc or MBA is welcomed.
• Demonstrated German funding expertise: distinguish grants, development-bank loans and investment programmes, and match each route to company stage, sector, location and project readiness.
• Assess eligibility, eligible costs, own-funding requirements, subsidy cumulation and application timing before commitments are made; consult current programme rules and relevant specialists where needed.
• Build a coherent business and innovation case with milestones, work packages, credible budgets, forecasts and evidence of market need.
• Coordinate founders, technical contributors, financing partners and programme bodies; manage submissions, clarification requests and decision deadlines.
• Experience with post-award reporting, expenditure evidence and project changes, with an organised audit trail.
• Excellent written German, at C1 level or equivalent, and professional English; able to turn complex technical and commercial material into a clear application.

Ideal profile

A funding strategist who combines persuasive writing with financial and technical discipline. Recognises genuine programme fit, surfaces constraints early and takes ownership of the application through its subsequent obligations.

Specialist capabilities & AI

• Programme screening, eligibility matrices, funding calendars and application portals, backed by current official guidance and a documented funding strategy.
• Project-cost modelling, co-financing scenarios, milestone planning and reporting systems that connect the application to delivery.
• Use ChatGPT or Claude for structured drafting and review; independently verify eligibility, figures and claims, preserve source records and protect unpublished client information.