Entrepreneur In Residence (MBA Graduate)

United Media; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A media start-up in London is seeking an Entrepreneur In Residence to drive growth and manage operations. This role involves leading a high-performing team, executing strategic objectives, and delivering successful conferences. Candidates should have 4+ years in a fast-paced environment, a strong academic background, and excellent communication skills. The position offers significant growth potential and opportunities to travel internationally.

Benefits

Travel opportunities

Opportunity to lead a growing business

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in a fast-paced environment like consulting or investment banking.
• Outstanding academic results, preferably with an MBA.
• Strong interpersonal skills and commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and develop a high-performing team.
• Execute the business strategy with tangible outcomes.
• Oversee planning and execution of conferences.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Team building

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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

United Media 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. (Insurtech Insights, Presidents Summit, Private Equity Insights, HRtechX, CFO insights, Retail Insights and SetSales)

The Opportunity.

As an Entrepreneur In Residence, you will run, grow and manage all aspects of United Media. 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

• 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.

Qualifications

• +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