Artificial Intelligence jobs in South Africa
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Government Recruitment Service
Digital, Data, Innovation & AI Capability Lead
Government Recruitment Service
Co-Founder & COO - Psychology Tech & AI
Mind Friend
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Allica Bank Limited
Co-Founder & COO - Psychology Tech & AI
Job summary
A startup company is seeking a strategic partner for a Founder role in Manchester. This position requires an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to navigate complexity. Responsibilities include scaling the operational infrastructure, leading tech and AI strategy, and driving growth initiatives. Ideal candidates will have experience in high-growth startups as co-founders or senior leaders. Competitive compensation includes equity and a long-term leadership trajectory.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience as a co-founder or senior leader in a high-growth startup.
- Ability to manage complex and unstructured problems.
- Strong understanding of fundraising and capital management.
Responsibilities
- Scale core infrastructure for finance, accounting, and compliance.
- Align AI and product execution with business goals.
- Lead marketing, user acquisition, and partnerships.
Skills
We are not looking for a specialist. We are looking for a true generalist with Founder DNA—someone who can navigate ambiguity, operate at both strategic and execution levels, and help architect a global business from the ground up. This is a founder role, not an employee position. The Mission requires full entrepreneurial commitment (360° ownership) and is not structured around fixed working hours. Your objective is to translate vision into execution, building a functional, scalable, and profitable organisation. We are building a high-performance company and seek a partner who thrives in ownership, pace, accountability, and managing complexity.
- Operational Architecture: Scale core infrastructure for finance, accounting, legal, and compliance.
- Tech & AI Strategy: Collaborate with the technical team to align AI and product execution with business goals.
- Growth & Go-To-Market: Lead marketing, user acquisition, partnerships, and commercial strategy.
- Capital & Investment: Manage investor relations and oversee fundraising and capital planning.
- Talent & Culture: Create hiring plans and foster a high-performance culture.
- Full-Stack Leadership: Integrate efforts across product, technology, marketing, finance, hiring, and strategy.
- European Base with Global Mobility: You must be based in Europe and possess full flexibility to travel and relocate globally as business needs dictate.
- Co-Founder / Founder Experience or Senior Leadership: A Founder / Co-Founder, or a core member of a founding team, or held a senior leadership position (COO, VP, Head of Operations, Strategy, Fundraising, or similar) in a high-growth startup.
- The Generalist Edge: A working understanding of Cap tables & fundraising, P&Ls & financial planning, AI & product architecture, Growth & performance marketing, and Entrepreneurial mindset. Comfortable with the all-in nature of startups and solving complex, unstructured problems; bias for action.
- Equity
- Compensation
- Long-term strategic leadership position
- Exposure to world-class partners, investors, and institutions
- Opportunity to co-build a category-defining global company
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.