Co-Founder/CEO - Digital Recruitment Platform

About Us:
Sanabil Venture Studio, a partnership between Sanabil Investments and Stryber, merges top-tier talent, seasoned founders, and robust funding to propel startups to unicorn status. Leveraging a blend of industry, technology, and startup expertise, we generate and evaluate visionary ideas, and take them from idea to building and launching MVPs. If an MVP we build proves to be successful, we provide targeted seed funding, ensuring each venture is equipped with the financial foundation to meet its ambitious goals. Beyond early stage development and funding, we provide ongoing support to our portfolio ventures and founders in their pursuit of scaling their startups.
We're building a game-changing platform that's set to revolutionize how employers in the GCC hire trade and service workers. Our mission? To provide access to a pool of verified professionals, streamline the hiring process, and boost business success. We're on the look out for a visionary Co-Founder to lead this venture, disrupt the industry's reliance on unverified skills, and champion the power of reliable talent by harnessing embedded technology at the core of everything we do.

Why Join Us?

• Make an Impact: Shape the future of the GCC workforce by empowering businesses with verified talent
• Lead Innovation: Drive the development of a platform that transforms traditional hiring methods
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team committed to excellence and innovation

Position Overview
As the Co-Founder, you'll be the architect of our success. You'll bring an entrepreneurial spirit, deep industry knowledge, and a passion for empowering both employers and trade/service workers. This is a hands-on role offering the chance to build a high-growth company and make a significant impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Visionary: Craft and implement a compelling strategy that positions us as the leading resource for hiring verified trade and service workers in the GCC.
• Market Leader: Utilize your deep understanding of the GCC labor market to address the challenges employers face in finding reliable talent with verifiable skills.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee efficient platform operations, optimizing candidate sourcing, verification procedures, onboarding, and employer matching.
• Client Focus: Cultivate strong relationships with both employers and job seekers, addressing their needs and delivering exceptional experiences through verified talent solutions.
• Technology Advocate: Collaborate with tech teams to enhance our platform's functionality, logical flows, data analytics capabilities, and user-friendliness for both employers and workers.
• Team Builder: Attract, develop, and inspire a team committed to our mission, fostering a culture of innovation and performance excellence.
• Partnership Development: Forge strategic partnerships with recruitment agencies, training institutes, and other ecosystem players to ensure a steady pipeline of verified trade and service workers.

Qualifications
Must-Haves

• KSA National: Candidate must be a Saudi National.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: A self-starter passionate about building a company from the ground up.
• Leadership Experience: Proven success in senior roles with the ability to lead and inspire teams.
• Verification Expertise: Strong understanding of skills assessment methodologies and a commitment to establishing a robust verification system.
• GCC Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of the GCC labor market, particularly the demand for trade and service workers.
• Communication Excellence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to persuasively articulate the value of verified talent solutions.
• Quant and analytics know-how: Constantly data-driven and adept at finding and creatively leveraging quantitative insights to drive venture decisions.

Highly Desirable

• Startup Background: Familiarity with the challenges and opportunities of early-stage startups.
• Tech Savvy: Comfortable with technology-driven solutions and leveraging data to enhance verification processes and platform features.
• Industry Networks: Strong connections within the GCC sectors that employ trade and service workers.
• Arabic Fluency: A key advantage given our GCC focus and base location in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; yet, not mandatory.

The Ideal Co-Founder Is...

• A Champion of Verified Skills: You believe in the power of verified talent to transform hiring outcomes and empower both workers and businesses.
• A Visionary Leader: You can develop and execute a winning strategy that disrupts traditional hiring methods and establishes us as the go-to platform for verified trade and service workers.
• An Impact Hero: You're driven by the desire to make a real difference in the GCC workforce landscape.

Let's Build a Future Where Verified Skills Unlock Opportunity
Join us in creating a platform that not only changes the hiring game but also uplifts the standards of the workforce in the GCC. If you're ready to take on this challenge and lead a revolutionary venture, we'd love to hear from you!