Venture Architect

Roadrunner Venture Studios is the nation’s leading platform for founding breakthrough ventures in deep technology.

Reporting to the Head of Venture Studios, the Venture Architect is the single accountable owner of each new venture’s commercial viability. You’ll operate at the intersection of technology, market, and team—taking ideas from zero to seed-ready companies. This is an accountable hands-on leadership role. You set strategic direction, lead specialists through a rigorous business building methodology, and make the judgment calls that determine whether a technical innovation becomes an investable company.

You’ll join a team that moves fast, experiments often, and believes conviction beats consensus. Every company you build contributes to something bigger: building meaningful, durable companies in deep tech.

• Experienced with 8+ years in a combination of entrepreneurial execution (startups, venture, venture capital, venture studios), top-tier consulting, or operating roles
• Hands-on, with a bias toward action—you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and do the work
• Able to manage through others while staying close enough to execution to ensure quality
• Comfortable being prescriptive and having a strong point of view when needed
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information
• Familiar with deep tech domains such as energy, manufacturing, or compute
• Capable of working across startups and corporate partners, including engaging incumbents and piloting solutions
• Strong in both quantitative and qualitative thinking — from market sizing to business model design
• Financial modeling depth: able to direct, review, and stress-test driver-based financial models, and build from first principles when required