iForce Connect

Role Description This is a remote position. Our client, a pioneer in privacy-first, on-premise AI solutions, is seeking a visionary, high-impact Co-Founder to serve as the co-architect of the enterprise vision, innovation roadmap, and global scale for their local-deploy sovereign AI platform. Reporting directly alongside the Founder & CEO, you will be a peer-level partner in shaping the very foundation and future trajectory of the enterprise. This is a foundational, equity-bearing strategic role instrumental in defining, driving, and executing the long-term vision to scale the company from a groundbreaking concept to global market dominance. You will help architect new industry paradigms where advanced AI, proprietary intellectual property, sovereign data, and intricate geopolitical realities converge. - Joint Strategic Leadership & Execution: Partner directly with the Founder & CEO to define, refine, and champion the overarching vision, long-term strategic roadmap, and operational blueprints. Drive cross-functional execution to translate visionary goals into actionable, scalable plans, ensuring operational excellence during hyper-growth. - Innovation & Intellectual Property Strategy: Co-lead the strategic direction of our technological innovation roadmap, ensuring our AI and Digital Twin solutions remain at the absolute forefront of the industry. Develop and execute a robust intellectual property strategy to protect and leverage core technological advancements globally. - Fundraising & Investor Relations: Co-lead substantial capital raises, cultivate robust relationships with institutional investors and strategic partners, and clearly articulate the company's unique value proposition to the global investment community. - Organisational Design & Leadership Development: Attract, build, and mentor a world-class executive leadership team. Foster an organisational culture anchored in innovation, accountability, empowerment, and continuous improvement across all global divisions. - Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Building: Identify, negotiate, and secure transformative strategic alliances with industry leaders, technology giants, and governmental entities to dramatically expand market reach and solidify our global ecosystem. - Market & Thought Leadership: Represent the enterprise as a primary voice in the industry. Shape public perception, influence policy discussions, and cement the company's position as the definitive thought leader in sovereign AI and Digital Twin technology. - Enterprise Risk Management & Governance: Co-develop and oversee holistic enterprise risk management frameworks. Ensure robust corporate governance, ethical AI development, and strict regulatory compliance across all global operations and new market entries, particularly concerning data sovereignty and geopolitical sensitivities. - Culture & Values Incubation: Actively shape and embed the core values and internal culture of the enterprise, ensuring it consistently reflects an unwavering commitment to innovation, absolute integrity, and privacy-first principles. Qualifications - 15+ years of entrepreneurial or executive leadership experience building and scaling technology companies from early-stage to significant market impact (ideally within AI, enterprise software, or advanced industrial tech). - Exceptional executive acumen and resilience, with the ability to operate at the highest strategic level. - Deep industry and technological insight, particularly in AI, Machine Learning, and Digital Twin sectors. - Global operator with geopolitical intelligence and experience in international business development. - Proven fundraiser with a strong track record of successful capital raises. - Inspirational leader with a natural ability to attract and empower top-tier talent. - Proactive and process-driven executive, valuing operational efficiency in high-stakes environments.

This is a remote position. We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager who remains a technologist at heart. This is a "player-coach" role designed for a senior back-end engineer who has successfully transitioned into leadership without losing their technical edge. You should be someone who makes sound, high-stakes decisions quickly, acts as technical authority and understands that great software is built by people who truly care about the product’s mission. Key Responsibilities - Lead & Mentor: Manage a high-performing squad of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and professional growth. - Architect & Execute: Leverage your deep Python expertise to guide architectural decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership on complex back-end challenges. - Product Ownership: Work closely with stakeholders to understand the "why" behind the "what," ensuring engineering efforts align with the broader business vision. What You Bring - Python Mastery: An extensive background in senior-level Python back-end engineering. You should still feel at home in a codebase and be hands-on. - Proven Leadership: Experience managing direct reports or mentoring engineering teams. - Senior Engineering Judgment: The ability to make fast, reliable decisions based on experience and technical maturity. Bonus Points For: - The Tech Stack: Hands-on experience with Django or FastAPI. - Ops Fluency: A background in Infrastructure and DevOps (AWS, CI/CD, K8s).

We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager who remains a technologist at heart. This is a "player-coach" role designed for a senior back-end engineer who has successfully transitioned into leadership without losing their technical edge. You should be someone who makes sound, high-stakes decisions quickly, acts as technical authority and understands that great software is built by people who truly care about the product’s mission. Key Responsibilities - Lead & Mentor: Manage a high-performing squad of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and professional growth. - Architect & Execute: Leverage your deep Python expertise to guide architectural decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership on complex back-end challenges. - Product Ownership: Work closely with stakeholders to understand the "why" behind the "what," ensuring engineering efforts align with the broader business vision. What You Bring - Python Mastery: An extensive background in senior-level Python back-end engineering. You should still feel at home in a codebase and be hands-on. - Proven Leadership: Experience managing direct reports or mentoring engineering teams. - Senior Engineering Judgment: The ability to make fast, reliable decisions based on experience and technical maturity. Bonus Points For: - The Tech Stack: Hands-on experience with Django or FastAPI. - Ops Fluency: A background in Infrastructure and DevOps (AWS, CI/CD, K8s).

We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager who remains a technologist at heart. This is a "player-coach" role designed for a senior back-end engineer who has successfully transitioned into leadership without losing their technical edge. You should be someone who makes sound, high-stakes decisions quickly, acts as technical authority and understands that great software is built by people who truly care about the product’s mission. Key Responsibilities - Lead & Mentor: Manage a high-performing squad of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and professional growth. - Architect & Execute: Leverage your deep Python expertise to guide architectural decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership on complex back-end challenges. - Product Ownership: Work closely with stakeholders to understand the "why" behind the "what," ensuring engineering efforts align with the broader business vision. What You Bring - Python Mastery: An extensive background in senior-level Python back-end engineering. You should still feel at home in a codebase and be hands-on. - Proven Leadership: Experience managing direct reports or mentoring engineering teams. - Senior Engineering Judgment: The ability to make fast, reliable decisions based on experience and technical maturity. Bonus Points For: - The Tech Stack: Hands-on experience with Django or FastAPI. - Ops Fluency: A background in Infrastructure and DevOps (AWS, CI/CD, K8s).

This is a remote position. Latin America | Europe | US We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager who remains a technologist at heart. This is a "player-coach" role designed for a senior back-end engineer who has successfully transitioned into leadership without losing their technical edge. You should be someone who makes sound, high-stakes decisions quickly, acts as technical authority and understands that great software is built by people who truly care about the product’s mission. Key Responsibilities - Lead & Mentor: Manage a high-performing squad of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and professional growth. - Architect & Execute: Leverage your deep Python expertise to guide architectural decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership on complex back-end challenges. - Product Ownership: Work closely with stakeholders to understand the "why" behind the "what," ensuring engineering efforts align with the broader business vision. What You Bring - Python Mastery: An extensive background in senior-level Python back-end engineering. You should still feel at home in a codebase and be hands-on. - Proven Leadership: Experience managing direct reports or mentoring engineering teams. - Senior Engineering Judgment: The ability to make fast, reliable decisions based on experience and technical maturity. Bonus Points For: - The Tech Stack: Hands-on experience with Django or FastAPI. - Ops Fluency: A background in Infrastructure and DevOps (AWS, CI/CD, K8s).