Join Haskè Health+ (HH+), a venture studio building innovation within the health sector in Francophone Africa. We are looking for experienced and ambitious Senior Venture Architects to join our team in Dakar. As a Senior Venture Architect, you will take on a content leadership role in our team. You will be responsible for developing critical elements of a business vision and strategy for our ventures, including building the complete business model, developing the marketing and pricing approach, and designing an operational model for the new company. You will collaborate with team members from multiple disciplines to create exciting value propositions that are attractive in the market. You will work across disciplines to determine the fastest path to test, learn, and succeed. Your analytical strength will be vital in developing data-based insights and building ventures’ first go-to-market and commercialization plans.

As a Senior Venture Architect, you will have the opportunity to expand your leadership skills by taking an entrepreneurial leadership role for our cross-functional venture teams and ventures, from the very first idea all the way to going live in the market. You will also be drawing together the team's insights and progress into pitches for future investors. Finally, if you find yourself leading a venture that is perfect for you, you may even transition to running one of these ventures in the market.

OBJECTIVES OF THIS ROLE

• Lead the exploration and testing of new business ideas and opportunities within the health sector

• Lead the design and execution of ventures by defining their operational and commercial structures and strategies

• Guide the development of ventures with the team and partners (corporates, academia, development partners, etc.) and communicate with different stakeholders

• Mentor Junior Venture Architects by inspiring, coaching, and supporting them

DAILY AND MONTHLY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a cross-functional team to build and launch new ventures

• Help team to find agile ways of eliminating waste of time and resources

• Scan for novel business insights within the health sector and turn them into attractive business concepts

• Define & concretize the field of opportunity

• Develop the core value proposition of the new business

• Translate discovery concepts into commercial and operational blueprints of new businesses

• Contribute to the building of a comprehensive business perspective

• Collect and prioritize critical business and risk assumptions

• Develop early feedback loops for continuous feedback, learning, and iteration for ventures, balancing value creation with the quality of products and services

• Create go-to-market strategies

• Manage relationships with critical commercial stakeholders - outlining investment paths to product market fit

• Pitch new ventures to future investors, technical and commercial partners

• Find, train, and grow a local team to strengthen the venture-building team

• Assist in the management of operational aspects of new ventures under Haskè Ventures

• Source, analyze and evaluate health ideas/prototypes/companies

• Explore and map patient journeys/needs/behaviours

• Generate insights that will lead to the creation of impactful health products

• Build business cases (i.e., pitch decks and financial plans) for new ventures

• Create new and/or reinforce partner relationships

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Highly entrepreneurial mindset

• 5 - 10 years of experience in strategy development, business planning, projections, economic modelling, design

  or product development expertise, product prototyping, and testing

• Specific healthcare-related experience in business development, or product management, or scientific research and clinical trials

• Experience in a high-pressure start-up environment with exposure to multidisciplinary teams and/or involvement with a top-tier consulting firm

• Previous experience with high exposure to entrepreneurship such as start-up, venture capital or start-up accelerator roles. Personal experience as a founder and entrepreneur is a plus

• Proven ability to implement successful solutions or products in an early-stage start-up environment

• Experience launching and managing large projects and businesses in corporate environments. Relevant

  experience in corporate structure, governance, and the legal side of building a business

• Knowledge of Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, and Agile Development principles in the health sector

• Familiarity with some of the following fields is welcome since cross-functional communication is key to our success: Service Design, Software Development, Interaction Design, Performance Marketing, Change Management, and Product Management

• Bilingualism is a plus (English & French)

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your CV and cover letter to recrutement@haskeventures.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted about the following steps of the recruitment procedure.

MORE ABOUT HASKE VENTURES & HASKÈ HEALTH+

Francophone Africa is ripe with high-potential business opportunities. Haskè Ventures aim to create and support entrepreneurs in this region by bridging the gap between ideas and growth-stage ventures. Start-ups are supported with seed capital and venture building, including strategy, talent, and operational support. Read more through our website at www.haskeventures.com.

Haskè Health+ is a rapidly growing venture builder, within Haskè Ventures, focusing on innovation in healthcare in Francophone Africa. Haskè Health+ works with healthcare providers, biopharmaceutical manufacturers, and health sciences universities to find, select and scale promising projects. We build innovative and cost-effective solutions that can address both under-served healthcare needs and local buying power. Our mission is to create and fine-tune sustainable business models that can improve market access to healthcare.