Closed | Full time, London
Co-CEO
Posted: 17/07/24 | Deadline: 08/08/24
The opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced entrepreneurial leader to drive and scale our Sharing Library Platform – as a spin-out, and in tandem with Library of Things, our place-based operations and social movement.
We’re looking for an experienced, purpose-led leader to spearhead this licensing business, working with the existing team to grow it to a scaled impact business. You’ll be working closely with co-founder Sophia, who will be your co-CEO.
- Location & Time: London hybrid. The role would work best if you were in London 1-2 days/week, though there’s flexibility. Our office is in Brixton.
- Financial package: We’re offering a financial stake in the growth of Library of Things Limited. You’ll be working with us from a nascent-enough stage to be in effect a co-founder with us of the Platform. The goal is to achieve a mission-aligned return on investment in the coming years. We can offer up to £4000/month as an initial stipend, with a view to increasing this as the organisation secures funding and/or contracts. This might only work for you as a part-time role to begin with, and we’re open to this. It might, in fact, be the best way for you to grow into the role.
- Team & Culture: Our core team for the Platform is 10 people, with another 10+ people working for London Library of Things.
Our ideal candidate would demonstrate:
- Considerable business development, licensing or SaaS experience – do you have proven strategies for growing and commercialising a product? Have you secured contracts with significant trading revenue & developed strategic partnerships?
- Entrepreneurial energy – have you directly been involved in building something?
- Strong narrative skills – can you tell a story authentically so that it inspires others?
- Pitching experience – can you connect to people and build meaningful relationships to support the mission?
- Proven interest in creating impact – do you have experience with purpose-led or circular economy initiatives?
- Empathetic leadership – can you inspire, nurture and rally a team around you?
- Commitment to values-led – are you invested in creating an inclusive & regenerative venture, for people & planet?
Desirable: fundraising – have you previously raised equity investment?
Find out more:
Reach out here & we’ll find a time to talk ASAP 1:1 with co-founder, Sophia.
We can also share more info about:
- our growth plans & current initiatives underway
- our team structure & culture
- pay & equity
Library of Things
Since 2014, Library of Things have been on a mission to make borrowing better than buying for people & planet – more affordable, convenient, socially-rewarding & kinder to the planet. We’ve designed and developed this SaaS+ platform in-house over the last few years, to power our own London-wide operations. We realised this Platform also has huge appeal with other organisations wanting to deliver their net zero and circular goals – whether local governments, housing developers, universities, community businesses, corporate retailers or product manufacturers. So we recently started piloting a licensing business – licensing our Platform to other organisations to power their own sharing libraries.