Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Mach49Remote

Mach49 is the growth engine for global businesses, helping the world’s leading corporations design, build, and launch new ventures that can shape industries and create long-term value. We operate at the intersection of entrepreneurship, strategy, execution, and investment — not just advising but embedding alongside our clients to make innovation real. With a global team of seasoned founders, investors, and operators, we bring hard-earned experience and hands-on execution to everything we do.

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), we are proud to support the bold ambitions of Vision 2030. We believe that driving sustainable economic transformation requires more than just arm’s-length advice — it takes teams willing to roll up their sleeves, co-build new initiatives and ventures, deploy capital with discipline, and deliver real-world outcomes. That’s where Mach49 comes in. We are committed to being a pragmatic, on-the-ground partner to the region’s most visionary organizations as they build the future.

The Role

We are looking for entrepreneurial leaders with a proven track record of turning innovative ideas into real-world ventures. As an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR), you’ll bring deep expertise in strategy, product development, and early-stage execution to help client teams build and launch bold new businesses — as well as transformative internal initiatives. You’ll guide teams through early-stage innovation, whether launching entirely new ventures or driving new products, services, or business models within existing units. The ideal candidate is a former founder or product leader who thrives at the intersection of creativity and operational rigor.

You bring structure to ambiguity, move quickly from insight to action, and know what it takes to move from slide decks to traction. You’re excited about the opportunity to work in dynamic, fast-paced venture environments, with the added complexity and impact of corporate scale.

Provide strategic and operational leadership to early-stage innovation teams
Collaborate with teams to generate ideas, validate opportunities, and develop new venture concepts or internal business initiatives
Lead the creation of business models, go-to-market strategies, and operational plans
Help teams prepare and deliver compelling pitches to executive stakeholders
Support product development, hypothesis testing, and early-stage growth efforts
Act as a founder-level contributor where needed to move initiatives forward
Leverage AI tools to improve speed, clarity, and quality of innovation work
Mentor emerging talent and help teams internalize a founder mindset

Experience

6+ years of experience in an entrepreneurial or innovation leadership role (startup or corporate)
Deep understanding of the end-to-end innovation process from ideation to launch
Experience leading the development of both new ventures and internal offerings
Strong business acumen and strategic thinking, with an operator’s mindset
Experience using AI tools to accelerate innovation or operations is a plus
Ability to work across stakeholder groups, communicate clearly, and build momentum
Comfortable in high-ambiguity, high-velocity environments
Fluent in Arabic and English
Based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; willing to travel within the GCC as needed to support clients and project teams
Non-Saudi candidates must hold a valid Iqama

Benefits

Competitive salary, depending on experience and interview outcomes
Comprehensive private health insurance for you and your family
25 days of annual leave
Hybrid work model
Remote work setup provided (Mach49 will supply equipment and cover monthly internet reimbursement)
Travel expenses fully covered for any business-related travel
Annual performance-based bonus (based on business outcomes)
You will be joining a global team of experts shaping the future of innovation for leading corporations worldwide
Long-term career growth opportunities within a global innovation ecosystem

Mach49 is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We require background and reference checks. Authorization to work remotely from within the KSA required.

Life at Mach49

We help large companies create, build and launch new ventures to accelerate growth. STARTUP INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION FOR THE GLOBAL 1000 Rather than ceding billions of dollars in value to startups and abandoning your ability to innovate inside to generate organic growth, mach49, with its network of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, access to technology startups, and domain and industry experts, will partner with you to develop new, disruptive ventures. YOUR INNOVATION GOALS To develop a pipeline and portfolio of disruptive ventures that address strategic industry challenges. Faster market validation and execution of new ventures QUICKLY moving from customer hypotheses to product/market fit to revenue traction. HOW WE PARTNER WITH YOU: FRAME YOUR CHALLENGE AND GENERATE STRATEGIC VENTURES. Leverage Mach49's Silicon Valley network and unique, design thinking approach to move from your strategic challenge, or moonshot, to a set of "ready to incubate" customer hypotheses. LAUNCH VENTURES WITH YOUR INTREPRENEURIAL TALENT. Send your team, customer hypothesis in hand, to Silicon Valley for 12 weeks to test customer desirability, product feasibility, and business viability getting to a fund / no-fund decision and whether to build, buy, partner or invest in the venture. HAVE MACH49 DESIGN, BUILD AND LAUNCH A NEW VENTURE FOR YOU. Mach49's experienced entrepreneurs and domain experts will develop your new venture in our MachStudio incubator using Lean Startup methods over 12 weeks getting to a fund / no-fund decision and whether to build, buy, partner or invest in the venture. CREATE A WORLD-CLASS CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP. Successful corporate venture capital starts with augmenting the capabilities of your existing talent providing our experience, expertise, real time knowledge, network leverage, and deep ecosystem access. CONTACT US: www.mach49.com innovate@mach49.com @mach_49

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