At Unreasonable, we build community between entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to profitably solve pressing global problems. We believe entrepreneur-led businesses, building rapidly scalable solutions, are the greatest resource available for addressing the most significant social and environmental challenges of our time. Every day, our team strives to give the entrepreneurs we work with an unfair advantage to succeed. We do this by connecting them with our network of mentors, investors, business leaders, and policymakers who are positioned to help them drive greater impact and scale their businesses faster.

Today, the 400+ ventures in the Unreasonable Fellowship have raised more than $16B in financing, generated more than $15B in revenue, and are measurably impacting the lives of over 1.4 billion individuals in nearly every country and territory worldwide. But we’re just getting started.

We are now searching for a Portfolio Manager to support our community of impact entrepreneurs across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The Manager will serve as the primary point of contact for entrepreneurs in these regions. They will report directly to our Senior Director of Global Portfolio and work closely with the broader Portfolio & Investments Team. This is an exciting, multifaceted role balancing a number of dynamics and responsibilities. The position is based in Greater London and will require some domestic and international travel.

POSITION MISSION  

The mission of this Portfolio Manager position is to champion and support Unreasonable’s entrepreneurs across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This role exists to build strong relationships, unlock investment opportunities, and ensure each entrepreneur has the resources, connections, and support needed to scale their impact.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as Unreasonable’s primary point of contact for all of our EMEA-based entrepreneurs and investors.

• Share 1:1s with our entrepreneurs in EMEA and action any requests that arise from these conversations.

• Collect, track, and address the ongoing fundraising needs of entrepreneurs in EMEA.

• Develop tailored investor lists for EMEA-based entrepreneurs who are raising investment, highlighting funding connections Unreasonable can help facilitate.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant investors across EMEA.

• Identify investment opportunities in our EMEA portfolio companies that align with Unreasonable’s own investment mandates.

• Collect, analyze, and approve the annual data reports for each of our portfolio companies in EMEA.

• Work with the Unreasonable Media Team to collect and highlight press hits for the entrepreneurs/ventures under your management.

• Collaborate with the Unreasonable Account Management Team and our Partners to hold engagements, both in person and virtual, in EMEA.

• Manage the invitation process for the investor gathering associated with the Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe Program.

• Support the Unreasonable Programs team in the delivery of certain programmatic elements.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR…

• As you read about ​Unreasonable’s core values and principles​, you get more and more excited with each principle you come across.

• You are someone who is truly passionate about supporting entrepreneurs who are applying scalable business solutions to solving the world’s greatest challenges.

• You see entrepreneurship as a driver of economic growth and an agent of social and environmental change.

• You have a strong understanding of the various ways businesses raise investment and access capital.

• You consider yourself a strong relationship builder and easily maintain contact with an extensive network.

• You are a skilled researcher and are highly detail-oriented when it comes to managing extensive data and information sets.

• You think and operate strategically. You recognize what’s most important to tackle, in what order, and are prepared to make informed, independent decisions.

• You think in terms of systems and how your work fits and interacts with the larger system. You are passionate about working with a team to develop replicable processes.

• You have a very high degree of digital proficiency and are passionate about utilizing new technologies, including AI, to streamline communication and automate workflows. 

• You work best on a fast-moving team that is collaborative, and when needed, you are able to take full ownership of a project from start to finish without direct management.

• You believe deeply in the importance of transparent and honest communication in what you write and how you interact with the people around you. 

• You thrive in a global, remote-first work environment and are able to engage across varying time zones and cultures.

APPLICATION TIMELINE 

• 29 May: Application goes live.

• 16 June: Your application is due. 

• 20 - 25 June: If you are invited to the next round of the process, we will schedule a 25 minute phone call with you. 

• 30 June - 9 July: Assuming both you and Unreasonable want to continue exploring the potential of working together, we'll invite you to meet with our team for a series of virtual interviews. 

• 15 July: Alongside interviews, we’ll conduct reference checks with the hopes of selecting and notifying our top candidate by July 15th. 

• 4 August​: Ideally, the candidate accepted for this position will join our team on or around August 4th. That said, we’ll work with our top candidate to ensure a timeline that fits their transition needs.

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The Unreasonable team is made up of passionate souls dedicated to the idea that entrepreneurs are our best bet at solving the greatest challenges of our time. We’re thinkers and doers, writers and makers, engineers and firefighters =) Though we’re headquartered in Boulder, CO we have teammates from London to San Diego and a community that spans from Sao Paulo to Hong Kong.

We offer all full-time employees at Unreasonable Group comprehensive benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance with company contributions for yourself and your dependents, a Simple IRA retirement plan with 3% company match, unlimited paid vacation with a mandatory minimum aggregate of 2-weeks off per employee per year, and 12-weeks paid parental leave. We want to encourage our teammates to be the best versions of themselves in both work and life and hope our benefits, inspired by our values, reflect this.

To support an international team, we have partnered with Employer of Record services all over the world. All international positions will be employed via our EoR partners. We do our best to ensure that our international teammates receive comparable benefits and enjoy a comparable employee experience as our US based team in accordance and in compliance with local laws and regulations.

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At Unreasonable, our goal is to become a global brand with a diverse team that is representative of the community we serve. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, political affiliation or any other non-job-related factors. We value diversity and are committed to building a team and an inclusive culture that represents a global perspective of experiences, skills, backgrounds, and expertise. The more inclusive we are, the faster we can realize our vision of becoming the world's most trusted community in service of a more connected and regenerative economy.