Venture Lead
Core
Build authentic enterprises from the ground up across Pet Circle's venture portfolio (Pharmacy, Bonnodog, Insurance) using an AI-native approach to serve pet parents.
Role type
Senior Venture Lead (IC)
Builds
Live P&L ventures, new business opportunities, and AI prototypes/MVPs
Domain
Pet care, e-commerce, digital products, and adjacent sectors (vet care, pharmacy, insurance)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Customer discovery and validation, P&L ownership, end-to-end venture execution, cross-functional influence without authority, AI prototyping and implementation, market screening and commercial case building
Preferred skills
Experience scaling ventures within large organizations, domain knowledge in pet care/vet/pharmacy/insurance, familiarity with US/UK market trends
Technologies
Claude Code, AI frameworks for prototyping
Responsibilities
Stress-test ideas via direct customer research and data analysis, run market screening processes, build commercial cases with P&L and milestones, take operating ownership of ventures, drive growth for proven models, collaborate across category/marketing/data/CX/supply chain/vet teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC