Technical Founding Team Member (CTO / CPO) - AI Enterprise Technology Venture

Are you motivated by applying breakthrough technologies to improve how companies work across industry verticals and transform industries? Do you want to be a core player in a venture that’s primed for scale, and are attracted to doing so in partnership with equally ambitious, entrepreneurial and dedicated sponsors? If so, you could be exactly who we are looking for.

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a venture that is ready to go on a growth curve, and to do so with unparalleled technology at your fingertips, plus the investment and wider support systems to accelerate your pathway to success.

We are on a journey to leverage cutting-edge technology and AI to enhance the productivity and profitability of traditional industries. This technology has been 4 years in production by top class experts and is currently being successfully piloted with highly regarded corporate players. 

As a Founding Team member, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of work and being at the forefront of innovation. You’ll guide the venture through the fast-paced AI and enterprise technology space and rapidly apply this into solutions that solve real business problems.

Currently we are building a high calibre Founding Team talent pipeline for technical leaders as we nail the optimum leadership flying formation. This includes CTO & CPO profiles.

**Please note, for this role you will ideally already be based in Singapore with the right to work. Shortlisting will commence early January**

About Rainmaking APAC Venture Studio

We are a Venture Build Studio with more than a decade's experience of working with some of the world’s largest and most influential companies. We’ve built and launched over 60 ventures and worked with 80 of the Fortune 500.

In partnership with Bain & Co, we combine the best of entrepreneurial capability and corporate assets to build high-impact and fast-scaling new ventures. Together with market-leading corporate partners and entrepreneurial founding teams, we build, launch and scale impactful new ventures.

How will you have impact?

• You’ll continue building and shaping the technical vision and execution strategy for this new venture in tandem with the evolving business model
• You’ll gain a deep understanding of the target customers; the needs, wants, pains and opportunities that underpin this venture and technology 
• You’ll champion user/customer interactions and data-driven decision-making
• You’l establish appraisal metrics and progress indicators that focus tightly on making progress towards even deeper product-market fit and scale 
• You’ll build your company’s product & technology team out and ensure strong connective tissue between the powerful work that’s been done to date, and what needs to be done to further move the needle 
• You’ll be proud to have built a game-changing product with ultimate stickiness and an unparalleled customer experience 

• Demonstrated experience as a Founder or Leadership Team member for a highly technical startup. You've experienced significant highs, lows and learnings as a technical entrepreneur
• Experience leading startups from early stage to scale, and through raising subsequent funding rounds. You can effectively translate your technical knowledge to bring all relevant parties on the journey with you
• Deep technical knowledge and domain insights, with a focus on cutting edge, breakthrough solutions including AI and NLP & LLMs 
• Experience of rapid product iteration through prototyping, build, launch and scale phases
• Strong experience of multiple programming languages, contemporary technology stacks, distributed systems, APIs, databases and software testing toolkits
• Belief in agile development practices and clean code, with a focus keeping final user performance front of mind
• Innate strength of leadership - ability to build, manage and inspire technical & entrepreneurial teams
• Exceptionally well organised, ruthless in prioritising allocation of time and resources in pursuit of a regular cadence of outcomes and progress
• Ideally bring a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Masters or PHD in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Deep Learning or Inference, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Model related field

You will report to the newly created Venture Board and will have an equity component to your compensation. Whilst you aren't employed by Rainmaking APAC, we will partner closely together on your founding journey and to set you up for success.

Our Promise:

Working with us will be energising. It will be challenging, entrepreneurial, sometimes scrappy, and deeply fulfilling. You will engage with passionate, ambitious, action-oriented people, enthused by building businesses and having a positive impact on the world. You will be valued, appreciated and believed in.

Values & Culture:

We strive to build and grow businesses that break new ground and unlock human potential through entrepreneurship. We want to deliver significant positive impact both for ourselves and to the world in which we live.

We're committed to being a place where a diverse mix of talented people thrive. If much of this role resonates with you but you don't think you tick all the boxes, please apply anyway! We recognise different people have different confidence levels during applications and we wouldn't want this to stop us meeting you.

We recruit, employ, train and compensate regardless of race, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status. We might not do everything perfectly just yet and would like to hear your feedback and suggestions if you think there are areas in which we could improve, or if you believe we have not provided you with a fair opportunity.