Expansion Associate Principal
Designer Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for people. It backs founding teams, particularly those with design backgrounds, across sectors like fintech, healthcare, climate tech, and developer tools.
About Designer Fund
Designer Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech companies leveraging design to drive positive outcomes in health, sustainability, and financial prosperity. Its portfolio spans a wide range of sectors including financial infrastructure (Stripe), preventative health (Omada), collaborative tools (Notion), developer tools (Netlify), product management (Linear), payroll and benefits (Gusto), design tools (Framer), and healthcare infrastructure (Commure), among dozens of other companies across fintech, climate tech, healthcare, EdTech, and AI. The firm also runs 'Designer Founders,' a community and platform highlighting designers who have gone on to found and lead companies, reflecting its focus on backing design-driven founders and design-centric startups from early stages through growth and acquisition.
Skills
About the Role
You will launch new Via markets around the world and ensure the success of the day-to-day management of partner deployments, gaining exposure to operations, entrepreneurship, product, and business development. You will take full ownership of every aspect of new deployments, contribute to strategic decision-making and rigorous project planning, and serve as the main point of contact for partners. You will manage product expectations and development, tap into Via's operational and marketing knowledge base, and interpret large volumes of proprietary data to generate insights and business recommendations. This role requires a willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.
Requirements
- Effective at managing multiple tasks simultaneously and comfortable taking on responsibility and working independently
- Meticulous and vigilant, with a high level of attention to detail
- Problem solver who looks for creative solutions
- Excellent communicator with a knack for finding the right tone
- Bachelor's Degree and a record of exceptional academic achievement (minimum GPA of 3.5-4.0)
- 3+ years of work experience
- Demonstrated record of entrepreneurial achievement and/or leadership a plus
- Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time
Responsibilities
- Launch new Via deployments and take full ownership in ensuring every aspect of new deployments is executed on time at the highest possible quality
- Contribute to the strategic decision-making, rigorous project planning, and entrepreneurial approach required to set up Via operations in a new market
- Serve as the main point of contact for partners, helping them develop and grow a fully operational on-demand transit system
- Manage product expectations and development, ensuring that the engineering team is getting the feedback they need to build the best product possible
- Tap Via's in-house operational and marketing knowledge base to help partners get the most out of the technology
- Interpret and utilize mass quantities of proprietary data to generate insights and make business recommendations
Benefits
- Free medical plans
- 401K matching