Portfolio Venture Execution Lead

Birg; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contractor engagement paid in USD

Job summary

Birg, a holding company that builds and operates multiple ventures, seeks an operator to own venture execution across the portfolio. You will manage end-to-end governance, gates, and cadence, coordinating ventures and launching initiatives on schedule while maintaining a scalable operating system.

You will recruit venture leadership, build an AI-enabled operating layer, and drive the portfolio toward ~10 live ventures by 2027, reporting signals and risks early and ensuring disciplined execution

Qualifications

• 6+ years operating in startups, venture building, or general management across multiple companies.
• Fractional/portfolio COO capability with multi-product or multi-line oversight.
• Owned at least one company or product from zero to launch.
• Elite operating discipline with structured cadence and blockers escalated early.
• Signal judgment to distinguish signal from noise in entrepreneurial contexts.
• AI-native approach using agentic workflows to replace routine work.

Responsibilities

• Own the Machine: learn and codify the group’s operating system across ventures and gates.
• Own Venture Execution: plan and stage multiple ventures from readiness to launch on schedule.
• Recruit & Motivate Venture Leadership: attract and hire Venture CEOs and build compensation structures.
• Run the Control Center: establish cadence and use ClickUp to coordinate leadership calendars.
• Build the Team & the AI Layer: integrate AI tools to enable overseeing many ventures with lean teams.
• Success Metrics: surface risk early and report signals, not busy work.

Skills

Startup operations

Venture building

General management

AI tools usage

Tools

ClickUp

Job description

Birg, a holding company that builds and operates multiple ventures, seeks an operator to own venture execution across the portfolio. You will manage end-to-end governance, gates, and cadence, coordinating ventures and launching initiatives on schedule while maintaining a scalable operating system.

You will recruit venture leadership, build an AI-enabled operating layer, and drive the portfolio toward ~10 live ventures by 2027, reporting signals and risks early and ensuring disciplined execution