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About the Role
Radical Ventures is seeking a Director, Velocity Operations to lead the strategic and operational delivery of its Velocity platform. This leadership role is responsible for the full lifecycle of portfolio company support, founder satisfaction, portfolio health insights, and team management. You will be a trusted point of contact for founders, building strong relationships and ensuring they can access Radical’s expertise. You will also partner with the investment team to mobilize Velocity’s resources for new investments and shape emerging initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end portfolio onboarding experience, ensuring founders are connected to the right resources and support.
- Serve as a trusted partner to founders, building strong relationships and ensuring they can easily access Radical’s expertise, network, and resources.
- Own founder satisfaction across Velocity engagement, defining measurement, gathering feedback, and acting on it.
- Own Velocity's data systems and reporting infrastructure, maintaining data quality, surfacing portfolio health insights, and producing reports.
- Maintain portfolio-facing resources and materials.
- Support budget management across Velocity.
- Coordinate and deploy Velocity resources during the evaluation of new investments.
- Translate Velocity’s capabilities into tailored value propositions that help Radical win priority deals.
- Capture proof points and case studies from existing portfolio engagements.
- Activate Velocity in the rollout of new Radical initiatives, including the discovery program and incubation strategy.
- Partner with leadership to pilot, refine, and scale new forms of portfolio support.
- Lead and develop a team of operations professionals, setting objectives, providing coaching, and conducting performance reviews.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of experience in operations, program management, or a related function, ideally within venture capital, private equity, or a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs and managing teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- Strong organizational and process instincts; ability to build scalable systems and hold teams accountable to high standards.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills; ability to communicate clearly and credibly with founders, investors, and senior executives.
- Proven ability to produce executive-quality materials (presentations, reports) with a high bar for clarity and polish.
- Experience reporting on program performance.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with investment, deal, or commercial teams.
- Fluency with data systems and reporting tools, with a track record of turning operational data into insights that drive decisions.
- Prior experience in a VC platform, portfolio operations, or founder-facing capacity is a plus.
- Familiarity with the AI landscape and an interest in how AI companies scale is a plus.
- Experience managing scientific advisory networks or technical communities is a plus.
- Exposure to company-building, incubation, or new-venture creation is a plus.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, or equivalent) is a plus but not required.
Skills
- AI-focused company building
- Program management
- Operations management
- Stakeholder management
- Data systems and reporting
- Executive communication
- Team leadership
- Budget management
- Relationship building
Location
- Toronto, ON
- New York, NY
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, or equivalent) is a plus
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
About the Company
- Radical Ventures is an AI-focused venture capital firm with $2.5B capital under management and offices in San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and London.
- Ranked among the top-performing VC firms globally, we partner with the world’s most transformative founders in artificial intelligence.
Equal Opportunity
- Radical Ventures is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.