Founder Associate (MBA Graduate)

Retail Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to lead a fast-growing business

Work with an incredible team

Travel opportunities for conferences

Job summary

A dynamic start-up in the retail sector seeks a Founder Associate to run and grow the business. You will build and lead a world-class team while ensuring successful execution of conference strategies. Ideal candidates should have strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for business. Competitive opportunities await at the company's HQ in London with overseas travel prospects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in management consulting, investment banking, or high-paced environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and passion for business.
• UK, EU or US work permit required.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, build, and develop a high-performing team.
• Execute the strategy rapidly.
• Oversee planning and completion of conferences.
• Execute the strategy at a rapid pace.
• Develop the company’s brand as the go-to place for inspiration, knowledge and networking.
• Oversee conferences within timelines and budget constraints.
• Identify opportunities to expand business with existing clients and collaborate with BD teams for new client acquisition.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication abilities

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Team building

Education

Bachelor’s degree with outstanding results

MBA (preferred)

Job description

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

Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail 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 Founder Associate, you will run, grow and manage all aspects of Retail 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 Sloane Square), 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.

Requirement

• +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

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