Business Designer

Welcome to Polymath Ventures! The Venture Studio for Latin America.

We are a group of entrepreneurs building digital companies to empower the middle-class of Latin America. We do so by intentionally designing and building solutions from scratch that give fair access to quality services and better income-generating opportunities. We believe that this is the best way for sustainable economic development — and the most meaningful way to invest our talent and energy.

We are looking for BUSSINES DESIGNERS to be part of our company building team. We are looking for analytical, entrepreneurial, structured thinkers, who can turn a concept or initial idea into a viable business.

In order to create high impactful digital solutions from scratch, Business Designers need to: rapidly understand industry trends and users’ needs; build business models; and assess their viability, profitability, and scalability.

Business Designers work directly alongside Polymath leaders and Venture Founders to:

• Leverage your business experience to transform a concept into a viable business model
• Support the growth of one of our early-stage Polymath startups
• Design, validate, and/or accelerate new products, services, and ventures

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 3+ years of working experience in at least two of the following: investment or finance; management consulting; product, growth, marketing or data in startups
• Strong business understanding: capable of creating and assessing a business model and unit economic
• Creative mindset over complex problems. Deep and structured thinking
• Comfort with numbers, incredible analytical horsepower and problem-solving skills
• Flexible and versatile: willing to face challenges and situations that take them out of their comfort zone
• Really fast learner, understands quickly and does it with low oversight
• Hunger to be an entrepreneur and potential founder
• Entrepreneurial instincts: resourceful, proactive and hands-on
• Long-term commitment to build and scale a startup in Latam
• Stellar communication skills, written and verbal, in English and Spanish

To set yourself apart and get extra points:

• Real experience as an entrepreneur or in high-growth environments
• Leadership skills
• Accelerated growth in previous roles

WHY JOIN US?

• Be a potential founder. Build a career with a projection of becoming a founder of one of our ventures and steer the direction of the business surrounded by our best in class talent, advisors and current founders.
• Real hands-on experience and access to unique methodologies for building new ventures. You will gain exceptional experience designing and building great companies in different industries, markets and teams
• High impact entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Get to know one of the hottest startups regions, with emergent economies building a product or service that will positively impact LatAms middle class

Location: Colombia or México