Board Member - Industrial Technology & Supply Chain : Advisory Board

Graphora; Charlotte (NC); Teletrabalho; USD 30 000 - 70 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Remote engagement

Resumo da oferta

Graphora seeks experienced advisory board members to guide growth in industrial tech, logistics, and advanced hardware. You will connect founders with customers, manufacturing and sector partners, and help shape market strategy and commercial opportunities.

Engagements are primarily remote, with 2–4 hours monthly and up to 40 hours for broader advisory and board roles. Compensation may include cash, equity or carried interest; details are agreed in writing before engagement begins.

Qualificações

• Significant experience in freight and logistics, semiconductors, advanced materials, AI computing hardware, defense technology or industrial robotics.
• Proven record as an executive, founder, senior technical or commercial leader, operator, advisor or investor.
• Practical understanding of customer buying decisions, technology commercialization and partnerships.

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic guidance on Graphora’s growth, market development and opportunities within your specialty.
• Identify and introduce relevant customers, partners, and industry experts.
• Support founders with market entry, product positioning, and customer needs.
• Participate in advisory discussions and regional initiatives as agreed.

Conhecimentos

Freight & logistics

Semiconductors

Advanced materials

AI computing hardware

Defense technology

Industrial robotics

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About the role

We are seeking supply-chain executives, semiconductor and advanced-hardware leaders, and specialists in materials, AI computing and defense or industrial robotics. This specialty addresses the distinct commercial and operating needs of businesses whose growth depends on physical systems, logistics networks or advanced technology. Advisors connect founders with relevant customers, manufacturing and technical partners, and sector-aligned strategic relationships.

This is a distinct specialty because industrial customers and advanced-hardware companies need more than general software advice. Your experience should help identify the right buyers and partners, explain industry requirements and move a relevant commercial conversation forward.

Responsibilities

Strategy, company evaluation & founder support

• Provide strategic guidance on Graphora’s growth, market development and the opportunities within your specialty.
• Share industry insight and help evaluate companies, markets, emerging technologies and commercial opportunities.
• Support founders and company leaders with practical advice on market entry, product positioning, customer needs and execution.
• Identify and introduce relevant customer decision-makers, commercial partners, industry experts and sector-aligned capital relationships through Graphora’s agreed process.
• Participate in selected advisory discussions, founder conversations, events and regional initiatives appropriate to your expertise and agreed commitment.

Your specialty

• Advise on industrial customer requirements, commercialization, procurement and partnership strategy.
• Introduce suitable shippers, carriers, freight operators and supply-chain leaders for logistics-related opportunities.
• Help identify semiconductor, advanced-materials and manufacturing partners where relevant to the technology.
• Connect AI-computing and advanced-hardware businesses with infrastructure buyers, computing partners and commercialization expertise.
• Contribute appropriate defense-procurement, robotics and industrial operating relationships within an agreed scope.
• Help founders prepare for customer and technical-partner discussions and understand practical adoption requirements.
• Identify relevant industry investors and strategic corporate partners through Graphora’s agreed process, coordinating with the enterprise and infrastructure specialties where useful.

Relationships you can bring

Logistics and supply chain

Shippers, carriers, freight operators, supply-chain executives and organizations responsible for industrial movement and distribution.

Advanced technology

Semiconductor manufacturers, materials specialists, AI-infrastructure buyers, computing partners and advanced-hardware customers.

Industrial and defense systems

Industrial operators, robotics partners, appropriate procurement professionals and sector-focused corporate or investment teams.

Preferred experience

• Significant experience in at least one of freight and logistics, semiconductors, advanced materials, AI computing hardware, defense technology or industrial robotics.
• A record of contribution as an executive, founder, senior technical or commercial leader, operator, advisor or investor.
• Practical understanding of customer buying decisions, technology commercialization or manufacturing and supply-chain partnerships.
• Relevant professional relationships and examples of customer, technical or operating outcomes.
• Depth in one industrial specialty is sufficient; applicants are not expected to cover every area in this track.

Your regional contribution

This application focuses on the Charlotte, NC professional ecosystem. Contribute local market knowledge, help identify relevant founders, customers, operating leaders and partners, and support relationships that can benefit companies nationally.

Meaningful professional experience or relationships in this market are valuable. You can indicate openness to other cities without submitting a separate application to every market.

Commitment & compensation

Advisory engagements start at 2–4 hours per month and may increase to 40 hours per month for advisory and board engagements, depending on the agreed scope. Work is primarily remote, with any local meetings or hybrid participation agreed separately. The city identifies the professional market you can support; it does not imply a Graphora office or a fixed in-person schedule.

Role-specific compensation

Compensation varies by role and engagement. Venture scouting, capital formation support, portfolio-company advisory, board and operational engagements have different arrangements. Depending on the separately agreed engagement, compensation may include cash, carried-interest or equity participation; no universal hourly rate, award or participation amount is promised by this listing. Scope, compensation, any vesting and other terms are agreed in writing before the engagement begins.

Other engagement types

Separate Operating Partner engagements with certain portfolio companies may require 10–40 hours per week. Venture scouting, capital formation support, company advisory, board and operating opportunities are separately scoped. Applying here is for the named advisory specialty and does not appoint you to a company board or an operating position.

Work alongside founders, investors, customers and experienced operating leaders to help promising businesses access the relationships and expertise they need. This is an opportunity to contribute to an AI-native private-capital ecosystem, share your experience with emerging companies and build relevant professional relationships.

No investment, paid subscription or purchase is required for advisory consideration. This is an Advisory Board Member opportunity, not a fiduciary Board of Directors appointment or a full-time employee position. Professional contribution and role needs guide selection; applying does not guarantee an appointment.

Graphora welcomes qualified applicants from all backgrounds.