Job Category: Sales & Business Development This is a remote position. A CEO is required to become a co-founder of a promising spin-off within the area of chemical substance sorption working on a technology consisting of 3 portable and non-portable devices. Initially, you will be part of a 3-month program designed to validate the business potential of the technology being developed by the scientific team. During this period, you will work hand-in-hand with the researchers, leading the creation of a solid business and financial plan while validating a potential co-founder relationship. This will be supported by a structured program where you will have access to mentors, specialists, and industry key opinion leaders. At the end of this process, the spin-off will be incorporated, and you will become the CEO and co-founder of a new disruptive and IP-protected deep-tech spin-off.
✅ Key Responsibilities?
- Co-create the vision and purpose for the company with the scientific team.
- Explore and validate potential use cases for the technology.
- Identify potential niche markets and define potential business models.
- Lead the business approach to potential clients, partners, and investors.
- Design and seek out the first pilots with key industry leaders.
- Build a solid financial plan.
- Build a relationship with your potential co-founders.
- Manage the relationship with the institutions behind the project.
⚙️ Requirements
- You are an entrepreneur with previous experience founding or co-founding tech-based startups with real clients and traction.
- You are passionate about deep tech, possibly having led a chemical device focused start-up previously.
- Experience in team leadership and fundraising.
- You speak both Spanish and English
- You live in and have the right to work in Spain
- You can spend three months validating the fit with the team and the business before becoming a co-founder (expenses will be covered).
✨ Benefits
- Relevant equity as a co-founder.
- Opportunity to obtain a participative loan of up to 50K to finance the first phases of the project.
- Access to an extensive community of experts, mentors, and industrial partners.
- International exposure.
- Remote work plus office space in Barcelona depending on your location.