Role Overview:As a Builder-in-Residence, you'll plug directly into Shaper Capital's portfolio companies to tackle the most urgent, high-impact business priorities. Whether it's helping a founder stand up a new business vertical, scaling critical ops during a period of hypergrowth, exploring new M&A opportunities, or launching a zero-to-one product initiative, you'll be on the front lines of building. This role is designed as a rotational program-when one critical initiative is complete, you'll move to the next.
(Think: a rotational fellowship for the next generation of founders and operators.)
Over time, you'll have the opportunity to embed permanently within a portfolio company, or even start a Shaper-backed company of your own.
This is a unique opportunity for an exceptional, athletic generalist to accelerate their trajectory by working across multiple early-stage companies, getting direct exposure to top-tier founders, investors, and operators, and learning how great companies are built from the inside.
Key Responsibilities:- Embed with Portfolio Companies: Join a Shaper-backed startup for a high-priority tour of duty-owning special projects, stepping in during moments of scale, or helping unlock critical growth levers. You'll be deployed where your impact is most needed.
- Tackle Ambiguous, High-Leverage Work: Lead projects with unclear ownership and high business value-standing up new products, streamlining operations, building financial models, or testing go-to-market strategies.
- Cross-Company Exposure: Rotate across multiple portfolio companies to rapidly build pattern recognition and context around what makes early-stage startups succeed (or fail).
- Pressure Test and Scale Ideas: Work closely with founders and Shaper leadership to pressure test key initiatives, bring structure to chaos, and turn half-baked ideas into shippable outcomes.
- Explore the Frontier of Company Creation: Contribute to ideation and early diligence for potential new Shaper companies. If a new company idea emerges from your rotation, you may lead its development as a future founder or founding team member.
Key Qualifications:- Ideally, you have experience in a high-impact role at a high-growth, early-stage, technology company or have started a company of your own
- Generalist excellence: You pick things up quickly, execute ruthlessly, and learn even faster.
- Builder mindset: Your entrepreneurial, love zero-to-one environments, take ownership, and bring scrappy energy to your work.
- Structured thinker: You break down problems clearly and communicate actionable insights.
- High agency: You don't wait for permission; you see gaps and fill them.
- Strong operator: You can manage complex projects across stakeholders and disciplines.
- Highly adaptable: Thrives in a fast-paced, scrappy environment. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate effectively with limited direction.
- Low ego, high ownership: Willing to dive into the details while maintaining strategic oversight.
- Passion for data and startups: You're curious about the data economy and eager to work with founders solving novel problems in this space.
- Culture fit: Alignment with our motto of hiring people who are smart, nice, and get things done. Ability to work effectively in a remote-first, distributed team environment. Collaborative, proactive, and excited to work across multiple teams and industries. High integrity and a strong moral compass.
What We Offer:A rare opportunity to work across a portfolio of cutting-edge, venture-backed startups solving meaningful problems with data.
Fast-track career acceleration through high-ownership roles and proximity to exceptional founders and operators.
Founding opportunity potential-the chance to incubate your own idea and launch a Shaper company in the future.
Competitive compensation and benefits package.
A world-class peer group and the chance to join a tight-knit, ambitious, and collaborative team.
