Entrepreneur In Residence (MBA Graduate)

Private Equity Insights IVS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading private equity media company in London is seeking an Entrepreneur In Residence to run and grow its business. This role involves building a high-performing team, overseeing conferences, and driving company strategy. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of experience in fast-paced environments, a bachelor's degree, and exceptional leadership skills. This position offers travel opportunities and the chance to work in a dynamic setting.

Benefits

Opportunity for significant career growth

Work with an exceptional team

Travel opportunities to conferences overseas

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in high-speed environments like management consulting or investment banking.
• Strong passion for business and ability to inspire teams.
• UK, EU or US work permit required.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and develop a high-performing team.
• Oversee execution of conferences within budget and timelines.
• Develop the company's brand in the sector.
• Collaborate for new client acquisition.
• Provide detailed performance feedback.
• Identify opportunities to expand business.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Ambition

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA (preferable)

Job description

Overview

London, United Kingdom

Are you ready to unleash your entrepreneurial spirit and be a part of an exciting start-up revolution as the main driver for its growth and success?

About us

Private Equity Insights is the world's leading Private Equity community. We connect and develop more than 240,000 investment professionals across the world, through our platforms, which include conferences, webinars, magazines and news reports.

For more than 10 years, PEI has helped Investors, Fund Managers and CXOs rethink what it takes to fundraise, invest, operate and exit in Private Equity, and does so via online engagement and cutting edge conferences in Singapore, UK, France, Poland & CEE, Benelux, Switzerland, Iberia, Germany, Italy, Nordics and DACH.

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

The Opportunity

As a Entrepreneur In Residence, you will run, grow and manage all aspects of Private Equity Insights. You will be responsible for building and leading a world-class team, ensuring the successful execution of the conference and strategy of the brand.

You’ll want this job if you possess strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, highly ambitious, forward-thinking and driven to inspire and lead a team. You are someone who is thrilled to work in a fast-paced environment and wants to scale the company rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, build and develop a high-performing team.
• Build an ecosystem and deliver outstanding products.
• Set clear expectations, establish goals, and provide ongoing detailed feedback and performance evaluations.
• Execute the strategy at a rapid pace.
• Develop the company’s brand as the go-to place for inspiration, knowledge and networking.
• Oversee planning, execution, and completion of conferences within the designated timelines and budget constraints.
• Assign tasks to team members in each department, monitor progress, and ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to expand business with existing clients and collaborate with business development teams for new client acquisition.

What we offer you

You’ll be working in person at our HQ in London (next to Victoria Station), constantly pushing you out of your comfort zone to ensure a never-ending growth curve for you and the business. We provide you with the following:

• The opportunity to lead, run and develop a fast-growing business, where your work and the results are highly tangible and make all the difference.
• Work with an incredible team with a track record of developing and growing businesses.
• Travel opportunity: You will be joining our conferences overseas.

Requirements

• +4 years’ experience from an institution with high speed and work ethic e.g. management consulting, investment banking, top-tier corporate or start-up.
• Bachelor’s degree with outstanding results, maybe followed by an MBA
• Strong commercial awareness and a passion for business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• UK, EU or US work permit