Venture Manager

Sanabil Studio brings together top-tier talent, experienced founders, and strong capital to help startups reach their full potential. We identify high-potential opportunities, validate them rapidly, and build ventures from zero to launch alongside experienced operators, investors, and builders. We combine industry insight, operational expertise, and entrepreneurial execution to transform bold ideas into scalable businesses. When a venture proves its potential, we back it with seed funding and hands-on support to help it scale across Saudi Arabia and beyond. We are looking for a Venture Architect Manager to lead the development of new ventures from idea to execution, operating as a founding business leader within a venture while managing cross-functional teams, strategic direction, and venture performance. THE ROLE What you'll own here. - Lead the end-to-end development of new ventures, from opportunity identification and validation through prototype launch, go-to-market execution, and early-stage scaling. - Identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-potential venture opportunities aligned with the studio’s strategic priorities, market trends, and investment thesis. - Lead customer discovery, market research, competitive analysis, and validation efforts to assess problem-solution fit and commercial viability. - Develop venture strategies, business models, monetization approaches, operating plans, and scalable go-to-market strategies. - Partner closely with Product, Technology, Growth, Legal, Finance, and Operations teams to drive venture execution and remove operational bottlenecks. - Define and track venture KPIs, growth metrics, unit economics, and experimentation outcomes to support data-driven decision-making. - Prepare investment materials, business cases, strategic recommendations, and executive-level updates for internal and external stakeholders. - Manage venture timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and execution plans across multiple parallel initiatives. - Build and manage strategic partnerships, pilot programs, and commercial collaborations to accelerate venture growth and market access. - Mentor and support Venture Architects and cross-functional venture teams, fostering a high-ownership and execution-focused environment. - Make data-driven recommendations to pivot, accelerate, pause, or sunset ventures based on market signals, customer insights, and performance outcomes. THE PROFILE You're probably a fit if… - You hold a bachelor’s degree with excellent academic performance from a top university; an MBA or Master’s degree is a plus. - You have 8+ years of experience across venture building, startups, strategy consulting, venture capital, product, or innovation-focused roles. - You have experience leading zero-to-one initiatives, launching products or ventures, and operating in fast-paced and ambiguous environments. - You have experience at a venture-backed startup, top-tier consulting firm, venture capital fund, or venture studio environment. - You are highly analytical and comfortable building business cases, financial models, operating plans, and strategic recommendations. - You understand lean startup and agile methodologies and can apply them in real operating environments. - You are highly execution-oriented and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. - You have strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience engaging senior leadership and cross-functional teams. - Bonus: Background in product management, growth, venture investing, or founder experience. THE ENVIRONMENT: What working here actually looks like. - You Are the Founder: Our venture teams are small and independent. You will not be supporting a CxO; you will be acting as one, with full ownership of your workstream from day one. - Multi-Venture, Multi-Market Exposure: You will work across ventures at different stages, with teams and partners spanning the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia. - Fast Cycles, Real Learning: Typical venture cycles run between 3 and 10 months. You will move fast, learn quickly, and build a track record that most roles cannot offer What You Get From Us - Competitive pay: A package that reflects your experience and the market. - Premium gear, day one: Apple laptop and phone, fully set up before your first day. - Mentorship that matters: Learn from people who have built and scaled ventures. - Global mobility: Opportunities to work across international markets and offices. - Venture upside: The chance to join spin-off teams as they grow and be recognized for what you helped build. - An accelerated curve: You’ll learn more here in 12 months than most roles offer in three years.