Chief of Staff, Venture Creation

1 month ago


Montréal QC, Canada Diagram Ventures Full time

**Who we are**:
Diagram is a venture builder and early-stage investor in Fintech, Web3, AI, and ClimateTech. We've designed a unique platform for entrepreneurs who have a proven track-record and domain expertise to start their next business by combining access to venture capital investment, hands-on support, and access to a vast network of partners. Since 2016, Diagram has raised over $400M and launched and invested into 25+ companies. Our ecosystem is home to 200+ angel investors, an extended global network of corporate partners, investors, and builders. Diagram is part of Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative investment platform.
**What we are looking for**:
We are looking for a Chief of Staff to help the Venture Creation team function at top velocity and quality. You’ll work directly within the Venture Creation team to support our goal of launching 10+ companies a year across our 3 pods (Fintech, Web3 and AI, and ClimateTech). You’ll be a resource for the team at key steps in the process of creating a company, primarily helping them source customers/experts and source founders with the right tactics, tools and vendors. You’ll also own communications and KPI/budget tracking for the team. You’ll be an integral part of the team and interact on a daily basis with our ~12 idea leads as well as Partners and Principals leading each of the pods.
You’ll report directly to Amelie Foz-Couture, Partner and co-lead of Diagram’s ClimateTech Fund, who has been leading Venture Creation at Diagram for the last 5+ years.
This is a unique opportunity to join Diagram in a key role and learn how we create companies from scratch We are looking for you to stay in this role for 18-24 months and then train your replacement as you move on to another role within Diagram or our broader ecosystem.
**What you’ll be doing**:

- Tracking metrics, evaluating new tools and vendors and collecting internal and external best practices to drive continuous improvement
- Writing newsletters, updates and presentations about what the team is working on for a range of internal and external audiences to drive talent and commercial referrals from our ecosystem
- Managing projects and acting as a “quarterback” for key steps in our Venture Creation process

**You’ll thrive in this role if you**:

- Are extremely organized, proactive, and detail-oriented
- Like wearing many hats
- Enjoy being the “glue” for the team, helping others, and constantly interacting with people (and don’t mind being pinged on slack every 5 minutes)
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills with an eye for storytelling and marketing
- Thrive in a very fast-paced environment and want to work with ambitious entrepreneurial people on a bold mission

**You should have**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, or a related field
- A track record of outstanding performance
- 1-3 years of work experience in a fast-paced, high performance environment
- Proven entrepreneurial and self-starter mindset
- Proven organizational skills, ability to prioritize and multitask
- A positive attitude and an optimistic outlook

**What we offer**:

- Work alongside our Venture Creation team and its leaders, and have an opportunity to directly have an impact on something big, meaningful and different
- The opportunity to push yourself, learn quickly, and have ownership of various projects
- A unique high-growth startup environment and the opportunity to learn from the best in the venture capital industry
- Be a part of an ambitious and supportive team that will help you grow, and have a great experience
- Sponsorship and mentorship for career development

Strengths to listen for in Topgrading (based on role-specific skillset):

- Extremely organized and attention to detail (can they anticipate potential issues ahead of time, think about logistics / details, once something is on the to do list it never falls through the cracks)
- Communication: strong writer and communicator, is able to clearly explain ideas, can represent Diagram externally
- Self-starter: displays ownership and initiative, is independent, able to manage themselves
- Client service mentality: willing to do what’s necessary for the team, work hard and long hours, be able to respond to requests quickly
- Potential to be a culture carrier and gel well with the team



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