Founder in Residence

Inspira Education•New York, NY

About The Position

Inspira Education Group is seeking a Founder in Residence (FIR) to conceive, launch, and scale a brand-new growth channel from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to operate as a true founder—backed by capital, infrastructure, and a proven playbook—while retaining real ownership, autonomy, and CEO-level responsibility from day one. As a Founder in Residence, you will: This is not a strategy role, rotation, or apprenticeship. You will be accountable for real outcomes and real ownership.

Requirements

Former founders only — you have started (and ideally scaled) a company before
Strong operating training from rigorous environments such as:
Consulting or investment banking
High-growth startups
Big Tech
Product management, investing, or enterprise sales at top firms
Exceptional analytical and leadership skills, demonstrated through education and experience
Open to both commercial CEOs and technical CTO-type founders
Strong bias toward action — scrappy, resourceful, and relentlessly execution-oriented

Responsibilities

Launch a new growth channel within Inspira
Act as an owner of this new initiative from day one
Build early traction: customers, revenue, and a repeatable growth engine
Hire and lead a small, high-leverage team as the business scales
Work directly with Inspira’s founders to leverage shared infrastructure, capital, brand, and operating playbooks

Benefits

Amazing people with a great vision and values
Ability to work directly with co-founders and drive impact super quickly
Your work directly impacts the lives and careers of students across the globe
100% coverage of health, vision, and dental benefits
Flexible Paid-time Off
Learning and Development Budget
Retirement Savings Plans - 401k with matching
Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups like OWN (Outreach Women's Network), AAPI, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Gender+, LatinX, Black Excellence, Disability Community, and Veterans

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