Venture Builder

**Venture Builder**

REWEAVE PROGRAM, ENVIU

FULL-TIME BANGALORE, INDIA

Hi We are Enviu, a social impact venture-building studio headquartered in the Netherlands. We are looking for a **Venture Builder** with expertise in **Business Design in India,** who can join us on our crazy mission to build social impact ventures and drive systemic change. You will do so by using your passion for building businesses, combined with your conceptual skills of a consultant, the creative ideation skills of a product designer, and the structuring skills of a project manager. If this has got you excited, read on.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

The venture builder will contribute to Enviu’s Reweave program in India. Reweave is an initiative to close the loop on têxtile waste in which we have developed key interventions to fill gaps in the têxtile value chain in India, Kenya, and soon Bangladesh. As an example, this has led to the start-up UpTex (one of its kind sorting center for têxtile waste). What we do at Enviu is not easy, with changing systems, building ventures, and developing markets. Nevertheless, our ambition is big, and we will continue to build circular business models in the têxtile value chain.

You will work closely with the venture-building team and the human-centric design expert in the Netherlands. In the process of creating sustainable business solutions, you will fulfil a key role in extensive analysis and ideation, developing innovative business and bringing prospective customers into the process, and leveraging human-centered design.

**HOW YOUR DAYS LOOK LIKE**
- Perform in-depth primary and secondary research and root cause analysis into the issues we are targeting
- Exercise all aspects of Design Thinking, including research, interviewing, requirements gathering, empathy mapping, brainstorming, storyboarding, and continuous consumer feedback loops.
- Articulate pain points and opportunities, and uncover insights that can be mapped back to business value.
- Use design concepts and methodologies to design and build scalable game-changing business ideas, leveraging technological innovation.
- Map out assumptions, define metrics for success and quickly prototype and test different business models or assumptions with the target group based on the lean start-up methodology.
- Define and test the “market-value proposition-product” triangle.
- Design, build, and set up usability tests for service and product prototypes, working from sketches into quick prototypes that can be iterated with feedback, eventually leading into the pilot and build phase
- Engage and work together with partners, both large and small organizations, commercial and non-commercial.
- Conduct research across the various forms including review of têxtile industry reports, previous experiments undertaken by various experts, and other stakeholders in the sector— to uncover industry insights & venture opportunities
- Frame key questions, create research plans, conduct research, and synthesize the findings into meaningful, actionable insights to create impact business models
- Plan and budget for your project, as needed.
- Analyse and control revenues, costs, and margins.
- Collaborate with the international team on strategy, finance, marketing, etc.

**WHO YOU ARE**

You’d be perfect for the role if you have:

- A proven track record of at least 5 years, with solid experience in developing products and services that are innovative and scalable.
- Substantial experience in start-up processes and methodology (Lean Startup, Design Thinking)
- A Bachelor’s degree in innovation, product/service design, or similar areas.
- Experience in executing new product rollout, multi-stakeholder project management, and building a startup.
- The ability to think conceptually and act pragmatically.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills.
- The right attitude to work with people with all kinds of backgrounds, from waste workers to investors or CEOs of multinationals.
- Experience in building partnerships with commercial partners (investors, corporates, NGOs, and governments).
- Experience in the fields of circular business and/or têxtiles is an added advantage.

**THE PERKS**

**Salary indication**: Between €25k
- 32k p/y (Rs 22 lakh - 28 lakh per annum CTC), depending on the level of experience.

What else we can offer in return:

- Competitive package with the opportunity to develop yourself in a truly unique and challenging international environment.
- A job as venture builder, with purpose and societal impact.
- The opportunity to build social enterprises.
- Working with a group of talented, passionate, and fun colleagues who share the ambition to change the world.

**WHO IS ENVIU**

Enviu is an international not-for-profit organization headquartered in The Netherlands. We are an impact venture-building studio, taking a programmatic approach to build ventures in fashion, retail, food and logistics sectors. Founded in 2004, Enviu became