# Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) | Contractor **Company:** [Birg](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/iB6BFj4tCw2AeS6Z5QZ54S.md) **Location:** Remote **Workplace:** remote **Employment type:** Other [Apply for this job](https://jobs.workable.com/view/1d907c94-6af5-4a1c-9818-9845767f9728) ## Description **ABOUT THE ROLE**  We are a venture studio. We research and validate ideas in-house, then bring in an **Entrepreneur in Residence** to turn the strongest of them into real companies. Each venture starts with a clear thesis, a budget and a small team already in place.  As **EIR**, you lead one venture from early build to a standalone business. You work with a small  cross-functional team across product, growth, sales and engineering, test quickly with real customers, form the company, and hand it to a long-term CEO once it is ready to raise.  You are the single accountable owner from start to handover. This is a hands-on operating role, not  an advisory one. You push forward when the evidence supports the venture and recommend  stopping early when it doesn't.  **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**  **Build**  - Take a validated concept and start executing from week one  - Lead the product build with a small cross-functional team  - Use AI and no-code tools to ship product, research and assets quickly  - Set clear owners, deadlines and weekly milestones for every workstream  **Validate**  - Launch an MVP and measure real behaviour: usage, conversion, payment and retention;Run short test-and-learn cycles and drop what the data doesn't support  - Build the evidence case for continued investment  - Recommend stopping the venture early if traction isn't there  **External Relationships**  - Lead conversations with partners, early customers, suppliers and service providers - Drive early business development and first commercial deals  - Manage contractors and specialists who don't report to you directly  - Keep leadership and investors informed with regular, concise updates  **Company Formation**  - Set up the legal entity, payments and core operating systems  - Put basic finance, legal and reporting processes in place  - Recruit the venture's first hires  - Document decisions, systems and metrics so the business can run without you  **Transition**  - Help recruit the venture's long-term CEO  - Hand over the business cleanly and on schedule  - Flag risks early to studio leadership before they cost time or money  - Share lessons learned to improve how the studio builds future ventures  **SUCCESS METRICS**  - MVP live with paying or active users within the first 90 days. - Clear traction evidence that supports further investment, or an early, well-reasoned stop  recommendation  - Consistent weekly delivery across all work streams  - Entity, payments and first hires in place on schedule  - Long-term CEO hired and handover completed within the agreed timeline MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE  - Built or led a venture from zero as a founder, early operator or EIR  - A track record of fast, disciplined execution against a plan  - Daily, practical use of AI tools to build, research and ship  - Led small cross-functional teams, including contractors and external partners — Made the call to stop or pivot a product when the data required it    **CORE COMPETENCIES**  **Execution**  Speed with structure  End-to-end ownership of outcomes  **Judgement**  Decides on data, not opinion  Comfortable making hard calls early  **Leadership & Communication**  Leads without formal authority  Clear, proactive written communication ## Requirements - 6+ years of experience in startup operations, venture building, general management, or a comparable operating role, ideally spanning more than one company. - Direct, hands-on experience taking at least one company from zero to launch, not just supporting someone else's launch, but owning it. - Strong working knowledge of AI tools and agentic workflows, with a track record of using them to replace team-based work, not just accelerate individual productivity. - Experience designing or operating a structured process for de-risking new initiatives—stage gates, funnel management, or comparable venture-building systems. - Hands-on experience managing execution across multiple work streams, products, or business lines simultaneously without relying on a large team. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide concise, honest assessments of portfolio or business health. - Comfortable operating as an independent contractor, with compensation aligned to scope and impact rather than a traditional salary ladder. ### WHAT GREAT LOOKS LIKE - Starts shipping in the first week  - Brings evidence, not opinions  - Every work stream has an owner and a deadline  - Surfaces problems before they grow  - Stops a venture early when the data says so  - Hands over a business that runs without them  ### CANDIDATE SNAPSHOT - A former founder or early operator who has taken a product from zero to paying customers — Builds with AI tools every day and ships before polishing  - Comfortable leading people they don't directly employ  - Wants to build multiple companies, not just one  - Motivated by results, not titles ## Benefits - Fully remote. No office, no commute, just you, the operating system, and wherever you do your best work. - This isn't about inheriting an established company. It's about building and continuously evolving the operating system that future ventures will run on. - Core collaboration hours: **9:00 AM–12:00 PM PST**, ensuring consistent overlap with the founding team. - Contractor engagement, paid in **USD**. - Full compensation details will be shared directly with shortlisted candidates.