Posted over 1 year ago

Who We Are

Rippleworks Foundation provides high-growth social ventures the practical support they need to improve more lives. Rippleworks’ programs directly support 200+ of the fastest growing, most impactful social ventures around the world through three core initiatives:

Rippleworks Projects: Rippleworks leads short-term, high-impact projects where social ventures tackle top operational priorities by working alongside industry-leading executives who bring deeply relevant entrepreneurial experience.

Rippleworks Leaders Studio: Rippleworks designs and delivers expert-led learning programs designed specifically for social venture leaders. Rippleworks partners with leading industry executives to run interactive, results-driven learning programs where social venture leaders gain the critical skills they need to deliver impact at scale.

Rippleworks Capital: Rippleworks provides hard-to-find capital required for scale (grants and investments in the $1M-$3M range), and has distributed $50M+ to scaling social ventures since 2018.

We are a 30+ person team on a mission to help impactful ventures thrive. We strive to create the best possible workplace for purpose-driven professionals to make an outsized difference in the world: learning, growing, and having fun together along the way. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our work. It’s a key part of our 5-year strategy and shows up every day in the way our team partners and collaborates. We seek individuals to join our team who are equally as committed.

Rippleworks has been named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (by Fast Company) and one of the world’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (by Fast Company and Accenture). Learn more on our Careers Page.

Requirements

The Rippleworks Projects team is responsible for partnering social impact ventures through short-term, high-impact projects to solve top operational challenges. The Venture Manager will play a critical role on the team by shaping the portfolio of social ventures we work with and managing the ongoing relationships. You will help build a balanced pipeline of social ventures and collaborate with the venture and Rippleworks teams to set up projects for success.

You will thrive in this role if you light up when you work directly with social entrepreneurs, knowing that each situation is unique. That you love working in a dynamic team environment where our collective work will support social ventures on their journey to improve lives.

Specifically, you will:

• Work with social ventures to determine mutual fit for Rippleworks support
• Support our pipeline of opportunities to ensure high quality lead generation, venture and investor outreach, and monitor channel activity and pipeline health
• Support Venture Directors to identify projects in a venture-friendly process
• Work with Venture Directors to develop and maintain relationships with industry partners to source high impact social ventures.
• Work collaboratively with Rippleworks teammates to set up projects for success
• Monitor our portfolio and project performance to improve what we do
• Drive continuous learning by gathering customer feedback, identifying areas of improvement, and driving implementation

• Stay informed of trends across social impact sector and bring insights to inform and improve our work

About You

• Business Insight: You are familiar with the social impact ecosystem and have experience assessing and understanding diverse business needs and translating them into potential projects or solutions.
• Decision Quality: You are a strong critical thinker and make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. You are able to ask the right questions to gather limited information in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
• Drive for meaningful results: You consistently and effectively deliver results, while mobilizing others to do the same. You identify ways to improve that make a positive impact.
• Managing Ambiguity: You effectively cope with change and can shift gears comfortably; you decide and act without needing to have the total picture or fully baked plan with all of the details; you remain calm when things are up in the air and comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Agile Learning: You are insatiably curious. You are comfortable to learn through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as growth opportunities. You are resilient; when you encounter inevitable setbacks, you demonstrate tenacity and positivity. You demonstrate a growth mindset and value feedback.
• Interpersonal Skills: You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. You use deep empathy to build relationships and work collaboratively in a team environment. You contribute to a work climate where differences are valued and supported. You seek to understand different contexts, cultures, experiences, and perspectives and consider them to get results. You are sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating.
• Situational Adaptability: You adapt your approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. You pick up on situational cues and adjust in the moment. You rapidly adapt personal, interpersonal, and leadership behavior. You understand that different situations may call for different approaches and act differently depending on the circumstances.
• Strategic Ability: You develop a broad, big-picture view. You paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods. You anticipate and prepare for various outcomes. You unearth critical information to get clarity on key decisions. You can articulate your rationale for decisions you make.

Specifically, you have the following experience & skills

• 6+ years business experience in an entrepreneurial environment, demonstrating deep operational experience at a fast-growth startup
• Strong track record of building and maintaining authentic relationships with key stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills, including demonstrated ability monitoring a portfolio
• Track record of executing and delivering results

• Demonstrated ability to understand and evaluate organizations for specific criteria, such as social impact, business model viability, stage of growth, strength of team

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience interacting with executives
• Preferred/desired: in addition to English, demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to conduct business in French

Note: You might not be a fit for this role if your background is primarily in venture capital firms or financial services, unless you’ve built out a team’s capability.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Don't take a pay cut to do good in the world! We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience, with competitive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, and short term + long term disability insurance, 401K + employer match, parking & commuter allowance, flexible PTO (non-accrued vacation), wellness/self-care stipends, Spotify premium accounts, and more
• Be inspired by meaningful work: You will see and feel the tangible impact of your work on a daily basis
• Travel the world: Everyone at Rippleworks has the opportunity for at least one international working trip a year to see our impact in the field. Our Study Abroad program funds personal learning experiences abroad for employees to better understand the different geographies, cultures, and sectors that we support. And we know travel can be tiring! Our No Place Like Home policy encourages employees to take a day off after Rippleworks-related travel to catch up on sleep, do some laundry, or spend some extra time with your family.
• Kickstart your lifelong journey of giving back: Through our Community Grants program, employees have the opportunity to give a $50K grant to a local community nonprofit doing meaningful work in an area that the employee is passionate about. We also provide a $2,500 charitable donation match for financial and volunteer hour contributions.
• A culture that values professional & personal growth: We provide an external professional coach for every team member who wants one and a learning budget to put towards professional development. We also hold monthly Lunch & Learns, monthly team-building, regular team celebrations (birthdays, milestones, anniversaries, holidays).
• A diverse and inclusive workplace that actively seeks and attracts people from different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives
• A flexible, hybrid remote work environment in which team members have flexible time off, set their own work hours, and decide whether to work remotely or in an officeA team of friends: We are a highly collaborative team that values learning together, recurring Slack jokes, and debating where to go to lunch (when we’re in person together!)