Bilingual Venture Manager (French)
Rippleworks Foundation provides high-growth social ventures the practical support they need to improve more lives.
Rippleworks' programs directly support 200
fast growing, deeply impactful social ventures around the world.
Rippleworks Projects:
Rippleworks leads short-term, high-impact projects where social ventures tackle top operational priorities by working alongside industry-leading executives who bring deeply relevant entrepreneurial experience.
Rippleworks Leaders Studio:
Rippleworks designs and delivers expert-led learning programs designed specifically for social venture leaders.
Rippleworks partners with leading industry executives to run interactive, results-driven learning programs where social venture leaders gain the critical skills they need to deliver impact at scale.
Rippleworks Capital:
Rippleworks provides hard-to-find capital required for scale (grants and investments in the $1M-$3M range), and has distributed $50M
to scaling social ventures since 2018.
We are a 40
person team on a mission to help impactful ventures thrive.
We strive to create the best possible workplace for purpose-driven professionals to make an outsized difference in the world:
learning, growing, and having fun together along the way.
Rippleworks has been named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies (by Fast Company) and one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators (by Fast Company and Accenture).
We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rippleworks.
Candidates from racially underrepresented and marginalized groups (Black, Latinx, Native American or individuals with national origins from developing countries that reflect the communities we serve) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Rippleworks also complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email email protected .
The RoleThe Rippleworks Projects team is responsible for partnering with social impact ventures through short-term, high-impact projects to solve top operational challenges.
The Venture Manager will play a critical role on the team by shaping the portfolio of social ventures we work with and managing the ongoing relationships.
You will help build a balanced pipeline of social ventures and collaborate with the venture and Rippleworks teams to set up projects for success.
You will thrive in this role if you light up when you work directly with social entrepreneurs and you love working in a dynamic team environment where our collective work will support social ventures on their journey to improve lives.
RequirementsSpecifically, you will:
Work with social ventures to determine mutual fit for Rippleworks support Support our pipeline of opportunities to ensure high quality lead generation, venture and investor outreach, and monitor channel activity and pipeline health Identify projects in a venture-friendly process Work to develop and maintain relationships with industry partners to source high impact social ventures.
Work collaboratively with Rippleworks teammates to set up projects for success Monitor our portfolio and project performance to improve what we do Drive continuous learning by gathering customer feedback, identifying areas of improvement, and driving implementation Stay informed of trends across social impact sector and bring insights to inform and improve our workAbout You Business Insight:
You are familiar with the social impact ecosystem and have experience assessing and understanding diverse business needs and translating them into potential projects or solutions.
Decision Quality:
You are a strong critical thinker and make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
You are able to ask the right questions to gather limited information in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Situational Adaptability:
You adapt your approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
You pick up on situational cues and adjust in the moment.
You rapidly adapt personal, interpersonal, and leadership behavior.
You understand that different situations may call for different approaches and act differently depending on the circumstances.
Strategic Agility:
You develop a broad, big-picture view.
You paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods.
You anticipate and prepare for various outcomes.
You unearth critical information to get clarity on key decisions.
You can articulate your rationale for decisions you make.
Core competencies for all Rippleworks employees Customer Focus:
You have a customer-first mentality (both internal and external customers) and seek out opportunities to stay close to our customers to understand and meet their evolving needs.
Agile Learning:
You continuously and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as growth opportunities.
Interpersonal Skills:
You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
You use deep empathy to build relationships and work collaboratively in a team environment and are particularly attuned to different and at times competing stakeholder needs and requirements.
You treat everyone fairly and equitably.
Managing Ambiguity:
You're able to navigate dynamic, changing situations and make decisions or create a path forward with imperfect or incomplete information.
You Remain calm when things are up in the air; comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Driving for Meaningful Results:
You consistently and effectively deliver, and mobilize others to deliver, results as well as identify ways to improve that make a positive impact.
Qualifications 6
years business experience in an entrepreneurial environment, demonstrating deep operational experience at a fast-growth startup Strong track record of building and maintaining authentic relationships with key stakeholders Strong organizational skills, including demonstrated ability monitoring a portfolio Track record of executing and delivering results Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate organizations for specific criteria, such as social impact, business model viability, stage of growth, strength of team Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience interacting with executives Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to conduct business in French Note:
You might not be a fit for this role if your background is primarily in venture capital firms or financial services, unless you've built out a team's capability.
BenefitsWhat We Offer Don't take a pay cut to do good in the world! We offer a competitive salary of $155,000 with competitive
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short term
long term disability insurance, 401K
employer match, cell phone allowance, flexible PTO (non-accrued vacation), wellness/self-care stipends and more Be inspired by meaningful work:
You will see and feel the tangible impact of your work on a daily basis Travel the world:
Everyone at Rippleworks has the opportunity for at least one international working trip a year to see our impact in the field.
Our Study Abroad program funds personal learning experiences abroad for employees to better understand the different geographies, cultures, and sectors that we support.
And we know travel can be tiring! Our No Place Like Home policy encourages employees to take a day off after Rippleworks-related travel to catch up on sleep, do some laundry, or spend some extra time with your family.
Kickstart your lifelong journey of giving back:
Through our Community Grants program, employees have the opportunity to give a $50K grant to a local community nonprofit doing meaningful work in an area that the employee is passionate about.
We also provide a $2,500 charitable donation match for financial and volunteer hour contributions.
A culture that values professional & personal growth:
We provide an external professional coach for every team member who wants one and a learning budget to put towards professional development.
We also hold monthly Lunch & Learns, monthly team-building, regular team celebrations (birthdays, milestones, anniversaries, holidays).
A diverse and inclusive workplace that actively seeks and attracts people from different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives A flexible, remote-first work environment in which team members have flexible time off, set their own work hours, and decide whether to work remotely or in an office A team of friends:
We are a highly collaborative team that values learning together, recurring Slack jokes, and debating where to go to lunch (when we're in person together!) Recommended Skills Adaptability Agility Business Requirements Communication Coordinating Entrepreneurship Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Rippleworks' programs directly support 200
fast growing, deeply impactful social ventures around the world.
Rippleworks Projects:
Rippleworks leads short-term, high-impact projects where social ventures tackle top operational priorities by working alongside industry-leading executives who bring deeply relevant entrepreneurial experience.
Rippleworks Leaders Studio:
Rippleworks designs and delivers expert-led learning programs designed specifically for social venture leaders.
Rippleworks partners with leading industry executives to run interactive, results-driven learning programs where social venture leaders gain the critical skills they need to deliver impact at scale.
Rippleworks Capital:
Rippleworks provides hard-to-find capital required for scale (grants and investments in the $1M-$3M range), and has distributed $50M
to scaling social ventures since 2018.
We are a 40
person team on a mission to help impactful ventures thrive.
We strive to create the best possible workplace for purpose-driven professionals to make an outsized difference in the world:
learning, growing, and having fun together along the way.
Rippleworks has been named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies (by Fast Company) and one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators (by Fast Company and Accenture).
We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rippleworks.
Candidates from racially underrepresented and marginalized groups (Black, Latinx, Native American or individuals with national origins from developing countries that reflect the communities we serve) are strongly encouraged to apply.
Rippleworks also complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email email protected .
The RoleThe Rippleworks Projects team is responsible for partnering with social impact ventures through short-term, high-impact projects to solve top operational challenges.
The Venture Manager will play a critical role on the team by shaping the portfolio of social ventures we work with and managing the ongoing relationships.
You will help build a balanced pipeline of social ventures and collaborate with the venture and Rippleworks teams to set up projects for success.
You will thrive in this role if you light up when you work directly with social entrepreneurs and you love working in a dynamic team environment where our collective work will support social ventures on their journey to improve lives.
RequirementsSpecifically, you will:
Work with social ventures to determine mutual fit for Rippleworks support Support our pipeline of opportunities to ensure high quality lead generation, venture and investor outreach, and monitor channel activity and pipeline health Identify projects in a venture-friendly process Work to develop and maintain relationships with industry partners to source high impact social ventures.
Work collaboratively with Rippleworks teammates to set up projects for success Monitor our portfolio and project performance to improve what we do Drive continuous learning by gathering customer feedback, identifying areas of improvement, and driving implementation Stay informed of trends across social impact sector and bring insights to inform and improve our workAbout You Business Insight:
You are familiar with the social impact ecosystem and have experience assessing and understanding diverse business needs and translating them into potential projects or solutions.
Decision Quality:
You are a strong critical thinker and make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
You are able to ask the right questions to gather limited information in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Situational Adaptability:
You adapt your approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
You pick up on situational cues and adjust in the moment.
You rapidly adapt personal, interpersonal, and leadership behavior.
You understand that different situations may call for different approaches and act differently depending on the circumstances.
Strategic Agility:
You develop a broad, big-picture view.
You paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods.
You anticipate and prepare for various outcomes.
You unearth critical information to get clarity on key decisions.
You can articulate your rationale for decisions you make.
Core competencies for all Rippleworks employees Customer Focus:
You have a customer-first mentality (both internal and external customers) and seek out opportunities to stay close to our customers to understand and meet their evolving needs.
Agile Learning:
You continuously and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as growth opportunities.
Interpersonal Skills:
You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
You use deep empathy to build relationships and work collaboratively in a team environment and are particularly attuned to different and at times competing stakeholder needs and requirements.
You treat everyone fairly and equitably.
Managing Ambiguity:
You're able to navigate dynamic, changing situations and make decisions or create a path forward with imperfect or incomplete information.
You Remain calm when things are up in the air; comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Driving for Meaningful Results:
You consistently and effectively deliver, and mobilize others to deliver, results as well as identify ways to improve that make a positive impact.
Qualifications 6
years business experience in an entrepreneurial environment, demonstrating deep operational experience at a fast-growth startup Strong track record of building and maintaining authentic relationships with key stakeholders Strong organizational skills, including demonstrated ability monitoring a portfolio Track record of executing and delivering results Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate organizations for specific criteria, such as social impact, business model viability, stage of growth, strength of team Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience interacting with executives Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to conduct business in French Note:
You might not be a fit for this role if your background is primarily in venture capital firms or financial services, unless you've built out a team's capability.
BenefitsWhat We Offer Don't take a pay cut to do good in the world! We offer a competitive salary of $155,000 with competitive
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, life, and short term
long term disability insurance, 401K
employer match, cell phone allowance, flexible PTO (non-accrued vacation), wellness/self-care stipends and more Be inspired by meaningful work:
You will see and feel the tangible impact of your work on a daily basis Travel the world:
Everyone at Rippleworks has the opportunity for at least one international working trip a year to see our impact in the field.
Our Study Abroad program funds personal learning experiences abroad for employees to better understand the different geographies, cultures, and sectors that we support.
And we know travel can be tiring! Our No Place Like Home policy encourages employees to take a day off after Rippleworks-related travel to catch up on sleep, do some laundry, or spend some extra time with your family.
Kickstart your lifelong journey of giving back:
Through our Community Grants program, employees have the opportunity to give a $50K grant to a local community nonprofit doing meaningful work in an area that the employee is passionate about.
We also provide a $2,500 charitable donation match for financial and volunteer hour contributions.
A culture that values professional & personal growth:
We provide an external professional coach for every team member who wants one and a learning budget to put towards professional development.
We also hold monthly Lunch & Learns, monthly team-building, regular team celebrations (birthdays, milestones, anniversaries, holidays).
A diverse and inclusive workplace that actively seeks and attracts people from different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives A flexible, remote-first work environment in which team members have flexible time off, set their own work hours, and decide whether to work remotely or in an office A team of friends:
We are a highly collaborative team that values learning together, recurring Slack jokes, and debating where to go to lunch (when we're in person together!) Recommended Skills Adaptability Agility Business Requirements Communication Coordinating Entrepreneurship Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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