Job Summary
We are a Sudan-based venture studio focused on building and scaling high-impact businesses in the country's most critical sectors. Partnering side-by-side with dedicated founders and teams, we validate venture ideas from scratch, build strong operational foundations, and drive them to scale
As the Venture Co-Builder & Operations Coordinator, you will lead the Venture Studio’s on-the-ground market validation and local execution. While the Venture Studio Lead will oversee overall business strategy, financial modelling, and investor engagement, you will be responsible for generating the market insights and field-level evidence needed to validate and develop new venture opportunities. and coordinating local partnerships.
Responsibilities
Field Research, Interviews & Data Analysis
- Customer & Market Discovery: Independently schedule, lead, and document structured interviews with target customers, business owners, suppliers, and industry experts.
- Field Data Collection: Gather operational data, market prices, supply chain costs, and local benchmarks required to evaluate business opportunities.
- Synthesis & Insights: Analyze interview findings and field observations, translating raw data into clear summaries and recommendations for the studio team.
Local Execution & Partnership Management:
- On-the-Ground Coordination: Act as the primary local representative for the Venture Studio in Khartoum and Gedaref, managing relationships with partner hubs, local businesses, and service providers.
- Site Visits & Field Sprints: Organize, coordinate, and lead field visits, stakeholder meetings, and local research activities.
- Pilot Execution: Lead the practical logistics for running early-stage product or service pilot tests in target markets.
Project Coordination & Tracking
- Milestone Management: Track weekly validation tasks, keeping studio timelines, documentation, and research findings strictly on schedule.
- Field Operations: Help onboard, coordinate, and supervise local field testers or temporary research assistants when needed during pilot phases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, economics,
- entrepreneurship, agricultural economics, development studies, project management, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of relevant experience in business research, consulting, project management, startup operations, business development, market research, or a related area.
- Demonstrated experience conducting field research, customer interviews, stakeholder interviews, or market research.
- Strong ability to collect, analyze, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative information.
- Good understanding of business models, markets, customers, and commercial value chains.
- Strong local knowledge of the Sudanese business environment, particularly the markets and value chains relevant to the role.
- Ability to operate directly across Khartoum and Gedaref and undertake field visits when required.
- Professional fluency in Arabic, both spoken and written.
- Strong working proficiency in English.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently in fast-changing and ambiguous environments.
- Strong organizational and project-coordination skills.
- Ability to turn field observations and research findings into clear, actionable insights.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, particularly Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides.
- Genuine interest in entrepreneurship, venture building, startups, and emerging markets.
Nice to have
- Experience working with a venture studio, accelerator, incubator, investment firm, startup, or consulting company.
- Experience in customer discovery, product validation, business model validation, or market-entry research.
- Experience conducting market sizing, competitor analysis, feasibility studies, or value-chain mapping.
- Experience supporting investment decisions, due diligence, or portfolio companies.
- Existing networks among Sudanese businesses, entrepreneurs, farmers, suppliers, customers, or ecosystem organizations.
- Experience working in fragile, emerging, or rapidly changing markets.
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills, including data analysis and dashboards.
- Experience preparing business cases, pitch decks, market reports, or investment materials.
- Experience with donor-funded programs, monitoring and reporting, or development projects.
What's great in the job?
- Dynamic Work Environment: You’ll be part of a team that values creativity and adaptability allowing you to make a real impact
- Meaningful Contributions: Ensuring that we operate with integrity while fostering a culture of ethical business practices.
- Collaborative Team Spirit: Work alongside a passionate and diverse team of professionals dedicated to startups' growth. Collaborate with various departments, fostering teamwork and cross-functional synergy.
- Work-Life Balance: We value your well-being and support a healthy work-life balance, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
- Growth and Development: Gain valuable experience and opportunities to develop your skills in a fast-evolving company.
About Us
What We Offer
- Build from the Ground Up: An opportunity to work on ventures from the earliest stages, from idea validation and market research through to launch and growth.
- Real Ownership & Impact: Take meaningful ownership of market validation, local execution, and venture-building activities, with a direct contribution to business outcomes.
- Entrepreneurial Environment: Work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where initiative, experimentation, and problem-solving are encouraged.
- Close Collaboration with Founders: Work side-by-side with founders, venture leaders, and experienced professionals to turn ideas into viable businesses.
- Exposure to Multiple Sectors: Gain hands-on exposure to businesses operating across some of Sudan’s most critical and high-potential sectors.
- Learning & Growth: Develop practical experience across market research, customer discovery, business development, operations, partnerships, and venture building.
- Strategic Exposure: Contribute directly to business decisions by bringing real market insights and field intelligence to the venture-building process.
- Local & Regional Network: Build relationships with entrepreneurs, businesses, customers, farmers, partners, investors, and other ecosystem stakeholders.
- Autonomy & Flexibility: A role that gives you the space to work independently, take initiative, and shape how market-validation activities are executed.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Be part of building businesses designed to create meaningful economic and social impact in Sudan.
- Career Growth: Opportunity to grow with the Venture Studio as new ventures are launched, developed, and scaled.