Director of Venture Studio

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has recently launched a Venture Studio, designed to turn promising ideas into new businesses. The Director of New Ventures will be the architect and orchestrator of this process. This role owns the venture pipeline: organizing and filtering ideas, working with Entrepreneurs‑in‑Residence (EiRs), validating opportunities, and launching MVPs that can scale into standalone ventures.

You will ensure that strong ideas don’t remain stuck in the backlog, but are systematically prioritized, tested, and brought to market. This is a hands‑on leadership role that balances strategic oversight with operational discipline.

Responsibilities

Pipeline Ownership – Maintain and further develop a structured venture funnel (intake, prioritization, governance)

Entrepreneur Management – Source, vet, and guide EiRs, pairing them with high‑potential ideas

Governance & Stakeholder Management – Prepare and present venture cases to the senior executive team, ensuring transparent decisions on advancing, pivoting, or shutting down opportunities

Venture Criteria – Apply a clear framework for evaluating ideas, determining when to advance, pivot, or discontinue them, and continuously improve this framework based on experience

Ideas & MVP Development & Validation – Oversee research, customer discovery, and MVP design with Product, Growth, and Engineering

Alignment – Ensure new ventures leverage ’s strengths, assets, and strategic priorities

Portfolio Reporting – Track KPIs, generate insights, and communicate progress to senior leadership

Team Leadership – Manage a compact New Ventures team (e.g. Product Manager, Growth Marketing, etc.), fostering a culture of speed, experimentation, and accountability

Requirements

Experience:

5+ years in venture building, product strategy, corporate innovation, or startup leadership. Proven success in taking ideas from concept to MVP

Leadership:
Ability to inspire and manage cross‑functional teams and EiRs, and to communicate effectively with senior leadership

Strategic Thinking:
Strong business judgment and prioritization skills across multiple opportunities

Execution Discipline:
Skilled in lean experimentation, rapid validation, and portfolio decision‑making

Presentation:
Comfortable presenting at leadership/board level with clear data‑driven recommendations

Industry Knowledge:
Must have experience in at least two of the following sectors: iGaming, Crypto, or Digital Marketing

Mindset:
Entrepreneurial, structured, and comfortable with ambiguity while creating clarity for others

is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

Industries
Technology, Information and Media

Location
Rome, Latium, Italy

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