Founder in Residence Intern
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Job overview
Qogita is hiring a Founder in Residence Intern. The Founder in Residence Intern supports Founders in Residence in exploring and validating new business opportunities within Qogita's New Ventures team. This role offers hands-on exposure to early-stage venture building, including market research, customer discovery, internal tool development, and operational execution across various new ventures. The intern will contribute to identifying demand, assisting with interviews, and stepping in as needed for sales or procurement.
Key focus areas include Support market mapping exercises by performing structured data analysis, Assist in user discovery interviews, building towards running them independently, and Help build and maintain internal tools that sustain operations.
Successful candidates bring Background In STEM, Finance, Economics, Law & Politics Or A Related Analytical Field. Important skills include Commercially Curious, Proactive Problem Solver, Structure Problems, Organise Information, Work Independently, and Ownership Mindset. Preferred (not required): Market Research, Structured Data Analysis, Customer Discovery, and Internal Tooling.
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Full job description
The New Ventures team is Qogita's internal venture-building engine - researching, testing, and building the company's next major business opportunity across new geographies, product categories, and software verticals. As a Founder in Residence Intern, your mission is to support the Founders in Residence in exploring and validating new business opportunities, gaining hands-on exposure to the full journey of early-stage venture building inside a fast-moving company.
- Market research: Support market mapping exercises by performing structured data analysis to identify where real demand exists across geographies and product categories
- Customer discovery: Assist in user discovery interviews, building towards running them independently as your confidence and context grows
- Internal tooling: Help build and maintain internal tools that sustain operations across active new ventures
- Operational execution: Contribute directly to live ventures as the primary operational executor - stepping in as a sales rep, procurement specialist, or whatever the venture needs at that moment
- Cross-venture support: Coordinate with Founders in Residence to keep multiple workstreams moving, flagging blockers and preparing materials as needed
- What you'll bring
- Background in STEM, Finance, Economics, Law & Politics, or a related analytical field.
- Commercially curious with an interest in understanding customers, markets, and how businesses grow.
- Proactive problem solver who enjoys figuring things out in ambiguous environments.
- Able to structure problems, organise information, and work independently while knowing when to ask for support.
- Strong ownership mindset and willingness to take initiative.
- Experience at an earliest-stage startup (sub-20 people) is a strong advantage.
- Examples of taking initiative and driving projects forward, whether through studies, work, extracurricular activities, or personal projects.
- Available to join July or August 2026.
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