The Flex
Founder in Residence
London, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
You will identify opportunities in the short-term rental industry and build a new product or business vertical. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to validate the market and grow the venture into a standalone business.
What you will do
- Identify high-potential opportunities in short-term rentals.
- Validate customer problems through research and direct conversations.
- Define product vision, strategy, and go-to-market plan.
- Work with engineering, product, design and AI teams to build and launch.
- Recruit and lead a multidisciplinary team.
- Own growth, product adoption, customer success and financial performance.
- Make data-driven decisions and iterate based on customer feedback.
- Present progress to the founders and executive team.
- Build a business that could operate as its own division or independent company.
Required qualifications
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward action.
- Exceptional problem-solving ability.
- Strong product and commercial intuition.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and creating structure.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Ability to recruit, inspire and lead high-performing teams.
- Highly analytical with strong execution capabilities.
- Obsession with customers and building products people love.
- Comfortable wearing multiple hats across product, sales, marketing and operations.
- AI-native and excited about building with the latest AI technologies.
Nice to have
- Previous startup experience as a founder, early employee, product leader, operator or investor
- Experience in short-term rentals, hospitality or property technology
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Performance-based incentives
- Access to engineering, AI, product, design and go-to-market resources
- Funding, mentorship and strategic support
About the company
Base360.ai is building the AI operating system for short-term rental businesses. The company aims to replace disconnected tools with one intelligent operating system.