Senior Venture Lead

About the role

This position is for a Venture Lead who will act as a seasoned architect of our growth, owning the journey from initial insight to global scale for our next generation of products. You will incubate and launch ventures that transform validated opportunities into "Unicorn-level" market pilots, securing signed lighthouse clients and executive-approved business models. The role requires you to build the "machine" that launches new business lines such as Cashback, establishing the strategic foundation for massive market expansions. You will fully own the venture P&L and ROI, making extreme ownership and initiative core to your accountability from concept to scale. This is a rare environment where you will work with ambitious, high-speed, high-ownership people who push harder to accelerate their careers.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Incubate & Launch Ventures: Transform validated opportunities into "Unicorn-level" market pilots, securing signed lighthouse clients and executive-approved business models.
• Establish Venture Operating Models: Architect the governance, funding, and decision frameworks that empower R&D squads to ship milestones autonomously without executive escalations.
• Forge Strategic Partnerships: Negotiate and integrate flagship advertiser partnerships into the core product experience to elevate Almedia's global market positioning.
• Scale High-Performance Teams: Build a world-class venture organization by hiring and mentoring key leaders, setting extreme quality bars, and coaching managers to deliver outcomes independently.
• Drive P&L & Playbook Excellence: Take full ownership of venture business impact by running recurring data reviews and codifying playbooks that prioritize our highest-leverage bets.
• Architect Analytics Systems: Deep understanding of architecting analytics systems (LTV/CAC, retention, incrementality) while ensuring privacy and compliance readiness.
• Represent Enterprise Interests: Negotiate complex commercial terms and represent the company effectively with clients, investors, and stakeholders to secure favorable outcomes.
• Integrate Product Experience: Seamlessly integrate rewarded user acquisition flows and fintech offerings into the core product to elevate engagement and retention.

Requirements

• Venture Building Track Record: Proven experience owning a multi-venture thesis in a hyper-growth environment, with a history of making disciplined scale/kill decisions.
• Operational Architecture Mastery: Expertise in building high-velocity delivery engines that translate high-level strategy into weekly execution plans using Lean Startup and Design Thinking.
• AdTech & Growth Fluency: Deep understanding of architecting analytics systems (LTV/CAC, retention, incrementality) while ensuring privacy and compliance readiness.
• Enterprise Leadership: Experience negotiating complex commercial terms and representing the company effectively with clients, investors, and stakeholders.
• Full Commitment to Intensity: You thrive on the intensity of the build, making fast, evidence-based decisions at high velocity to maximize venture value and speed-to-impact.
• Model Extreme Ownership: You model extreme ownership and initiative, taking full accountability for the venture P&L and ROI from initial concept to global scale.
• Raise the Bar Consistently: You are a natural problem-solver who standardizes excellence through playbooks, removing blockers hands-on to elevate the entire organization's standards.
• Thrive in a 5-Day Office: You are fully present as we're 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need.

Nice to have

• Success in launching or scaling a major product in the Rewarded User Acquisition or Fintech landscape.

Practical notes

• Salary range: €140,000-180,000/annum.
• We are an equal opportunity employer who embraces and celebrates diversity, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
• Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
• Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and other benefits are provided.
• Almedia is already Europe's #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000) and is aiming to become Germany's second bootstrapped unicorn.
• We own our growth here; all Berlin-based employees are offered equity in Almedia.
• Growth is supported by profitability, as we have been profitable from day one.
• The role requires a high level of intensity and ownership, with fast, evidence-based decision-making at high velocity.
• You will be part of a rare environment filled with ambitious people who want to push harder and accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else.