Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

About the Company

Base360.ai is creating an AI operating system designed for businesses that sell directly to consumers. The platform brings together customer conversations from social media comments and direct messages, WhatsApp, email, SMS, and phone calls into one AI-driven system. The goal is to replace a patchwork of disconnected tools with a single intelligent product that helps companies attract, engage, and convert customers.

The company is moving quickly and is looking for exceptional founders and builders who want to create the next wave of AI businesses from inside the organization.

Role Overview

In this Entrepreneur in Residence role, you will not be stepping into an existing function. Instead, you will be creating a new one. Your mandate is to spot a major opportunity, develop a new product or business line within Base360.ai, bring together the right people, test the market, and scale the initiative into a meaningful revenue-generating business.

This is similar to starting a company, but with the advantage of funding, engineering, design, AI infrastructure, customers, distribution, and executive backing already in place. If the venture succeeds, you may grow into its long-term leader.

What You Will Be Doing

• Spot attractive opportunities that can evolve into new products or business verticals.
• Research customer pain points and validate them through direct conversations.
• Shape the product direction, business strategy, and go-to-market approach.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, design, and AI teams to build and launch rapidly.
• Hire and guide a cross-functional team as the business expands.
• Take ownership of growth, adoption, customer success, and financial results.
• Use data and customer feedback to make fast, informed decisions and improve the venture continuously.
• Share updates and progress directly with the founders and leadership team.
• Develop a business that can eventually stand as its own division or potentially become an independent company.

What We Are Looking For

• A strong entrepreneurial drive and a clear bias toward action.
• Excellent ability to break down complex problems and solve them effectively.
• Sound judgment around product direction and business opportunity.
• Comfort with uncertainty and the ability to create order from ambiguity.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Capability to attract, motivate, and lead top-performing teams.
• High analytical ability paired with strong execution discipline.
• Deep customer focus and a passion for building products people genuinely value.
• Ease in moving across product, sales, marketing, and operations as needed.
• Comfort working with AI-native tools and modern AI technologies.

Startup experience as a founder, early team member, product leader, operator, or investor is appreciated, though it is not mandatory.

What Success Looks Like in 12 to 24 Months

• A new business vertical has been built and launched.
• A cross-functional team has been hired and is being led effectively.
• The venture has achieved strong product-market fit.
• Recurring revenue has reached a meaningful level.
• You are established as the long-term general manager of the venture.

Why Join Base360.ai

• Be part of a fast-growing, innovative company building the AI operating system for B2C brands.
• Create your own venture with the support of an experienced founding team.
• Work with world-class engineering, AI, product, design, and go-to-market resources.
• Receive funding, mentorship, and strategic guidance to turn ideas into a real business.
• Get the chance to build a team and create a long-term business inside Base360.ai.
• Earn a competitive salary along with performance-linked incentives.
• Enjoy strong long-term career growth and the possibility of leading a full business unit.

Who This Role Is Not For

• People looking for a traditional 9-to-5 corporate role.
• People who are political or spend time gossiping about others.
• People seeking a slow-moving, predictable, dead-end position.
• People who are not driven to rank among the very best at what they do.

Location

This position is based in Ethiopia and is onsite.