SectorInvestment, Asset Management & Venture Capital
Salary200,000 - 250,000 / Year
Our Client is seeking a Principal to play a senior role across investment, venture creation, and portfolio development.
About the Role Our client is a venture and company-building platform focused on creating and supporting businesses that address significant consumer challenges. Working alongside ambitious founders and operators, the organization identifies compelling market opportunities, develops new business concepts, invests in high-potential companies, and supports them through growth and scale. They are seeking a Principal to play a senior role across investment, venture creation, and portfolio development. This individual will identify attractive markets and emerging opportunities, evaluate potential investments and new business concepts, and work closely with founders and leadership teams to translate ambitious ideas into scalable companies. Operating at the intersection of investing, strategy, and entrepreneurship, the Principal will combine rigorous commercial judgment with a hands-on approach to company building. This role will involve developing investment theses, leading diligence, building relationships across the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and serving as a strategic partner to founders and portfolio company executives. Key Responsibilities
Identify, research, and develop investment and company-building opportunities across large and evolving consumer markets.
Develop investment theses around emerging trends, changing consumer behaviors, underserved needs, and structural market opportunities.
Source and evaluate prospective investments, founders, business concepts, and strategic opportunities.
Lead commercial and strategic due diligence, including market sizing, competitive analysis, business model assessment, unit economics, customer research, and evaluation of growth potential.
Build financial and analytical frameworks to assess opportunities, key assumptions, risks, potential outcomes, and investment returns.
Prepare investment recommendations and communicate findings clearly and persuasively to senior stakeholders.
Work closely with founders and internal teams to validate new concepts, refine business models, develop go-to-market strategies, and establish priorities for execution.
Partner with portfolio company leadership teams on strategic initiatives spanning growth, product, commercialization, organizational development, partnerships, and fundraising.
Build trusted relationships with entrepreneurs, executives, investors, industry experts, and other participants across the venture ecosystem.
Support transaction execution, including investment structuring, negotiations, diligence coordination, and closing processes.
Monitor portfolio performance, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and support leadership teams in addressing critical strategic and operational priorities.
Mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and high-performance culture.
Requirements
Significant professional experience in venture capital, growth investing, private equity, investment banking, strategy consulting, corporate development, startups, or a similarly relevant environment.
Demonstrated experience evaluating businesses, markets, or investment opportunities, with strong commercial and strategic judgment.
Strong understanding of early-stage company development and the key drivers of successful, scalable businesses.
Excellent analytical capabilities, including financial analysis, market assessment, business model evaluation, and quantitative problem-solving.
Ability to develop an independent point of view from incomplete information and make sound decisions in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Experience working directly with founders, senior executives, investors, or other senior stakeholders.
Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to develop and maintain a high-quality professional network.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear recommendations.
High degree of ownership, intellectual curiosity, resourcefulness, and attention to detail.
Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to move beyond analysis and contribute directly to company-building and execution.
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a dynamic, high-accountability environment.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience; an advanced degree may be beneficial but is not required.
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"I am pleased to provide a reference for LMRE based on our experience working together at
Parity over the past three years.
During that time, LMRE has supported us across more than ten hires spanning commercial,
operational and technical roles spanning from mid-level to VP. These were not simple
placements. Many required navigating niche PropTech skill sets, tight timelines, and a high
bar for culture fit within a scaling venture-backed business. LMRE consistently delivered
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"I recently had the pleasure of working with Sarah Baldon and the LMRE team and couldn't be happier with the service she provided. Sarah demonstrated a fantastic understanding of the profile we were looking for, the culture of our company and team, and our overall vision. Her ability to grasp our needs so accurately was impressive. Throughout the process, Sarah maintained a great level of communication with both us and the candidate, ensuring everyone was on the same page. Thanks to her efficiency and expertise, we were able to move from the first interview to an accepted offer within a week. Her ability to quickly find a candidate who suited our needs perfectly was a huge help."
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