Director of Velocity Operations - Velocity
About the job
- 7–10 years of experience in operations, program management, or a related function, ideally within venture capital, private equity, or a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs and managing teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- Strong organizational and process instincts, including the ability to build scalable systems and hold teams accountable to high standards.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate clearly and credibly with founders, investors, and senior executives.
- The ability to build relationships, earn founders’ trust, anticipate their needs, and connect them to appropriate expertise and resources.
- Proven ability to produce executive-quality presentations and reports with a high standard of clarity and polish.
- Experience reporting on program performance.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with investment, deal, or commercial teams and translate operational capabilities into clear, compelling value propositions for founders or clients.
- Fluency with data systems and reporting tools, with a track record of turning operational data into decision-driving insights.
- Manage the end-to-end portfolio onboarding experience, connecting founders to the appropriate resources and support from onboarding through ongoing engagement.
- Serve as a trusted partner to founders by building enduring relationships and ensuring access to Radical’s expertise, network, and resources.
- Own founder satisfaction across Velocity engagements by defining measurement methods, gathering structured feedback, and acting on it to improve program quality and impact.
- Own Velocity’s data systems and reporting infrastructure, maintain data quality, surface portfolio health insights, and produce regular activity reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain portfolio-facing resources and materials so they reflect the current portfolio and meet founder and investor standards.
- Support budget management across Velocity.
- Partner with the investment team to coordinate and deploy Velocity resources during evaluation of new investments and demonstrate Radical’s value proposition during diligence and competitive processes.
- Translate Velocity’s capabilities across talent and recruiting, compute, go-to-market, brand, and finance and governance into tailored value propositions for priority deals.
- Capture proof points and case studies from existing portfolio engagements to strengthen Radical’s positioning with prospective founders.
- Activate Velocity in the rollout of new Radical initiatives, including the discovery program and incubation strategy.
- Partner with leadership to pilot, refine, and scale new forms of portfolio support by building repeatable operating models and infrastructure.
- Lead and develop a team of operations professionals by setting objectives, providing coaching, and conducting regular performance reviews.
- Prior experience in a venture capital platform, portfolio operations, or a founder-facing capacity.
- Familiarity with the artificial intelligence landscape and interest in how artificial intelligence companies scale.
- Experience managing scientific advisory networks or technical communities.
- Exposure to company-building, incubation, or new-venture creation as a founder, operator, or program lead.
- An advanced degree, such as an MBA, MSc, or equivalent.
About the company
Radical Ventures funds entrepreneurs who use deep technology, especially machine learning and AI, to transform large industries and pursue global growth. It provides early and growth-stage funding along with strategic guidance and access to a broad network of investors and experts to help portfolio companies scale. The firm differentiates itself through its emphasis on deep-tech ventures and its international network across Toronto, San Francisco, London, and New York. Its goal is to accelerate the creation of enduring, globally scaled companies built around applied AI and other deep-tech solutions.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$8.6B
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2017
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Mantic’s September 18, 2026 seed round showed Radical can source frontier-AI winners early.
- Institutional LPs like CPP Investments and BMO validate Radical’s brand and recruiting power.
- Late-stage checks up to $250 million give Radical direct access to Canada’s best AI scaleups.
What critics are saying
- Breakouts Fund’s trillion-dollar obsession demands outlier exits; one bad vintage damages decades of performance.
- Mantic’s forecasting tools face model commoditization, especially if OpenAI, Google, or xAI replicate them.
- Canada’s capital gap remains; if U.S. giants hoover talent, Radical becomes a feeder, not a franchise.
What makes Radical Ventures unique
- Radical Ventures backed Cohere, Waabi, and Mantic, spanning foundation models through late-stage scaleups.
- September 15, 2026 Breakouts Fund raised over $1 billion from PSP, CPP, HOOPP, TD, BMO.
- Jordan Jacobs built Canada’s largest AI-only platform, with $2.5 billion AUM and late-stage firepower.
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