ABOUT THE REFORGE EIR PROGRAM

The EIR (Executive In Residence) program is a temporary, part-time, flexible role for experienced product, engineering, and marketing leaders who are at a transition point in their careers. Choosing what roles and companies you spend your time on in your career is one of the most important and valuable decisions you will make. But it is often difficult to get space and time to properly network, learn, and explore leading to the best possible opportunity. The EIR role sets you up for success by giving you:

1. Time To Explore - Have the mental space and hours necessary to explore and fully research the companies, people, and opportunities for your next role.

2. Platform To Build Your Professional Brand - Leverage our platform and audience to build your personal brand.

3. A Network To Leverage - Gain a network of top tier leaders and practitioners to leverage and amplify your next endeavor.

4. Deepen Your Knowledge - Become an expert on multiple high-demand frontiers and important topics in your function.

5. An Inside View - Get an inside view of many different companies, products, and services.

During your time as an EIR, you will receive a competitive partial salary, health insurance, and other benefits. You will lead 1-2 Reforge programs and will have the opportunity to help us define and spread the future of your function.

Read more about the background and development of the EIR program here.

ABOUT REFORGE

Our professional world is changing faster than ever. This accelerating change creates more opportunity than ever before, but how we capture this opportunity is lagging far behind. Professional development and masters level education is a lifelong endeavor, however but there is a growing gap of what professionals want/need and the existing options available.

Our mission is to help motivated tech practitioners do the best work of their careers. By distilling the hard-earned insights from the top leaders in tech, offering a supportive community, and providing key guidance, we enable our participants to drive real results, increase their impact, and lead with confidence.

Reforge develops professional development programs for top performers. We work with the leaders of the fastest growing and most innovative companies such as Uber, Pinterest, Atlassian, and HubSpot to teach frontier topics to todays emerging leaders. Our programs focus on:

• Results over certifications
• Going deep, rather than skimming the surface
• Continuous learning, over static expertise

In just a couple of years, we’ve built a thriving community of emerging leaders solving problems at Airbnb, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook, Stitch Fix, and many more. Here are just a few comments from our alums:

“I got my MBA at Berkeley, but this program has been more transformational for me than the entire two years I spent there. Thank you!”

“Reforge is easily the highest quality professional skills program out there. If I had to choose between attending an unlimited number of industry conferences, versus going only to the Reforge, I’d choose Reforge without hesitation.”

“Reforge has easily been one of the best investments of time and money I’ve ever made in my professional development. I love how the course codifies what I’ve been doing for the last four years as VP of Marketing.”

CURRENT AND FORMER EIRs

Ravi Mehta - Co-Founder & CEO, Scale Higher

• Ex CPO Tinder, Product Director at Facebook, VP Product at TripAdvisor

Elena Verna - Interim Head of Growth, Amplitude

• Ex SVP Growth at SurveyMonkey, Advisor to Netlify, MongoDB, Miro, and more.

Bangaly Kaba - Ex VP Product Growth at Instacart, Head of Growth at Instagram

Adam Fishman - Current EIR with Reforge

• Ex CPGO at Imperfect Foods, VP Prod & Growth at Patreon, Growth at Lyft

Joanna Lord - Current EIR with Reforge

• Ex CMO at Reforge, CMO at SkyScanner, CMO at ClassPass

Tom Willerer - Current EIR with Reforge

• Ex CPO Opendoor, CPO Coursera, VP Product Management at Netflix

WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE

The EIR program is modeled off of EIR programs at venture firms but made available to non-founders. You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Influence The Future of Your Function - You’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of your function in tech by spreading best practices around frontier topics.

• Explore The Reforge Community - The role will be plugged into both our community of experts (VP/C-level experts at top tech companies) and the Reforge alum community (PM’s → VP’s in Series B to public software companies).

• Deepen Your Knowledge - One of the best ways to learn something is to teach it. You will become a thought leader and knowledge expert in frontier topics.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

• Other EIRs - You’ll join a supportive (and fun) community of EIRs, including many returning EIRs who can share their advice and tips.

• Subject Matter Experts - All of our programs integrate a variety of leading practitioners from the world’s leading tech companies. You will work with them directly to create an engaging experience for members.

• World-Class Members - Our programs are application only and selective. They attract top performers from the world’s leading tech companies.

• Program Research and Creation Team - You’ll work closely with our cross-functional program creation team of research leads, designers, and content strategists. You are not expected to create the core curriculum (we’ve already done that); you will develop case studies based on your discussions with Featured Guests we schedule.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Below is what the first 4-6 months of an EIR role looks like. Many EIR’s choose to extend to 12 or 18 months.

• Month 1: Program Immersion + Facilitation Training

  • Go through program facilitation training, sharpening your presentation, communication, interviewing and facilitation skills.

  • Complete an intense version of Reforge programs, learning Reforge material better than anyone on the team.

• Month 2-3: Lead 1-2 Reforge Programs

  • Be the face and voice for multiple Reforge programs

  • Prepare and lead live sessions which include case studies and expert interviews

  • Facilitate conversations between participants, alumni, and experts at live sessions

  • Build relationships with our world-class members by engaging regularly with them online

  • Experiment with new live formats with the goal of continuously improving the engagement and effectiveness of our programs

• Month 4-6: Flex Time

  • Different EIRs choose to spend this time differently. Whichever path you choose, Reforge will support using our network, distribution, creation skills, and more. Your time could include:

    • Advising/Consulting external companies.

    • Building your personal brand.

    • Deepening your network of practitioners and leaders.

    • Synthesizing your experience/knowledge.

    • Searching for your next role/company.
      
      

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 10+ Years in product, engineering or marketing. Those with experience as Sr Dir, VP, or C level experience in one or more fast-growing unicorn+ companies will be considered.

• Ability to communicate complex topics in simple ways using stories, analogies, and examples

• Experience presenting, facilitating, or teaching groups of professionals (formally or informally)

• Positive and engaging energy 

• A desire to connect and build relationships with experienced practitioners in the Reforge network

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable and compelling in public speaking situations

• A deep passion and curiosity for defining and spreading the best practices of the frontier of your function

BENEFITS

The internal mission of Reforge is to create an environment where you create the best work of your career. In order to do that we offer:

• Flexible/Distributed Work Environment - Everyone does their best work in different environments. We operate as a distributed-first team and offer financial support that enables you to create the schedule and environment that fits to you. We offer financial support in creating this environment. This role is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Salary - We offer highly competitive salary.

• Benefits - We offer top rated health, vision, and dental insurance. We cover 100% of monthly premiums for employees, and 70% for dependents.

• Professional Development - We focus on a culture of learning. We offer full financial reimbursement for almost all professional development interests and efforts.

• Flexible PTO - Having plentiful “off the grid” time is a key to doing your best work. We offer flexible PTO. Take time when you need it. Everyone must take at least 14 days per year, and we highly encourage more.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion: We deeply value creating a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and we prioritize diversity within our team. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.