Business Lead-Founder's Office

Job Role: Business Lead-Founder's Office

About the Role

The Founder's Office sits at the intersection of strategy, revenue, partnerships and execution. This role works directly with the Founder to identify growth opportunities, build new businesses and IPs, unlock strategic partnerships and drive high-impact initiatives across Collective Artists Network.

This isn't a traditional Chief of Staff role. It's an operator's role for someone who can move seamlessly between commercial strategy, client conversations, creative thinking and operational execution.

What You'll Own

Strategic Business Initiatives

• Partner closely with the Founder to drive high-priority business initiatives across the company.
• Identify new revenue opportunities, partnerships and business extensions.
• Build GTM strategies for new products, IPs and strategic launches.
• Lead special projects from ideation through execution.

Brand Partnerships & Business Development

• Develop integrated partnership solutions for brands across Collective's ecosystem.
• Structure commercial opportunities spanning creators, content, experiences and communities.
• Work directly with senior brand stakeholders to shape proposals and negotiate partnerships.
• Support new business pitches and commercial conversations.

IP & Community Building

• Build and scale original IPs from concept to execution.
• Develop monetization models around experiences and community-led businesses.
• Identify whitespace opportunities within culture, entertainment, wellness and luxury.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Drive alignment across Sales, Brand Solutions, Talent, Marketing, Finance, Legal and Operations.
• Ensure projects move efficiently across teams with clear ownership and timelines.
• Build repeatable processes, templates and operating systems that improve execution.

Commercial & Operational Ownership

• Track commercial performance across key initiatives.
• Support forecasting, resource planning and business reporting.
• Own end-to-end execution for founder-led initiatives requiring executive oversight.

What Success Looks Like

• High-impact strategic projects launched with minimal founder bandwidth.
• Strong commercial partnerships converted into revenue opportunities.
• New IPs and community businesses successfully built and scaled.
• Cross-functional teams operating with greater clarity and speed.
• Repeatable systems that improve execution across the Founder's Office.

Ideal Experience

• 5–8 years of experience in strategy, brand partnerships, consulting, business development or founder's office roles.
• Strong commercial thinking with experience building GTM strategies.
• Comfortable managing senior stakeholders across brands and internal teams.
• Exceptional project management and operational execution.
• Ability to work across ambiguity and independently drive outcomes.
• Strong presentation and storytelling skills.

Bonus if You've Worked On

• Creator economy or entertainment businesses.
• Consumer brands.
• Luxury, lifestyle or cultural experiences.
• Building communities or original IPs.

The Kind of Person Who Thrives Here

• Thinks like an owner rather than a coordinator.
• Can switch from boardroom strategy to execution without dropping quality.
• Comfortable leading conversations with CXOs one hour and working through deck details the next.
• Naturally organized, commercially sharp and relentlessly resourceful.