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About the job
As a Co-founder CEO, your role will involve co-building the startup with the OSS Ventures team and your co-founder CTO, based in our Paris office. Your mission includes:
- Understanding the pain points of industrial clients and maintaining strong relationships with them.
- Leading the company’s overall activities to achieve strategic and financial objectives.
- Aiming to reach €500k ARR within the first 6 months.
- Leading the fundraising efforts for an 18-month runway, with guidance, connections, and feedback provided by OSS.
- Creating the company culture, structure, and vision.
- Recruiting, training, and managing a talented team to support the company’s growth.
- Identifying and capitalizing on market opportunities.
- Building and nurturing strong relationships with investors, partners, and clients.
- Ensuring transparent and effective communication with all stakeholders.
Architect and develop the technical backbone of the product, ensuring it is robust, scalable, and ready to meet market demands. You’ll be hands-on in coding, setting the technical direction, and making key decisions that drive the product forward.
About you
Required skills:
As a Co-founder CTO, your role will involve co-building the startup with the OSS Ventures team and your co-founder CEO, based in our Paris office.
Your mission includes:
- Understanding the pain points of industrial clients and maintaining strong relationships with them.
- Leading the company’s overall activities to achieve strategic and financial objectives.
- Aiming to reach €500k ARR within the first 6 months.
- Creating the company culture, structure, and vision.
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing technical team. You will build a culture of excellence, innovation, and accountability, ensuring that the technical team is aligned with the company's broader mission and goals.
- Identifying and capitalizing on market opportunities.
- Building and nurturing strong relationships with investors, partners, and clients.
- Ensuring transparent and effective communication with all stakeholders.
Required Skills
Technical Leadership and Vision: 5-7 years in a senior technical role (e.g., CTO, Lead Engineer) with experience leading product development from concept to launch. Proven ability to set and execute a technical strategy aligned with business goals.
Hands-on Development: 5-7 years of hands-on coding experience with relevant technologies (e.g., SaaS, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, AI/ML). Comfortable with coding, code review, and establishing engineering best practices.
Team Building and Management: 3-5 years of experience in recruiting and managing technical teams. Skilled at mentoring engineers and fostering a high-performance culture, with a track record of scaling teams in startups.
Product Development and Strategy: 4-6 years of end-to-end product development experience, including architecture, design, and deployment. Ability to translate market needs into technical specifications and product roadmaps.
Budget and Fundraising: 2-4 years managing technical budgets and participating in fundraising activities. Comfortable engaging with investors and supporting the fundraising process with technical insights.
Startup and Scale-up Experience: 3-5 years in fast-paced startup environments, ideally as a co-founder or key team member, navigating the challenges of early-stage growth, pivoting, and scaling.
Problem Solving and Systemic Thinking: 3-5 years of experience in solving complex problems and thinking systemically. Capable of designing scalable and sustainable solutions.
Language Proficiency: Fluent in English with strong communication skills; proficiency in French is a plus.
Entrepreneurial Mindset: Proactive and adaptable, with a passion for technology and innovation. Eager to take on the challenges of building a startup and making a significant impact.
Working Conditions
Regular presence in our Paris office (République) is required for the first 9 months of the startup's launch. You'll work closely with a dedicated team of experts in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Interview Process:
