Solen is a permanent capital investment firm focused on the acquisition of phenomenal niche/vertical software companies. Due to our unique model and strategy, Solen is heavily exposed to the best of the private equity and small business worlds.
Our OVP program is a unique blend of experiences and will require working through a varied mix of challenges across sales, operations, HR, finance, M&A, technology, among others. Each OVP will be paired with a seasoned operating partner or portfolio CEO and have direct interaction with the needle moving financial and operational elements of a Solen operating company. Our hope for an Operating Vice President is a trajectory bending experience in personal and career development.
Requirements
- MBA degree or equivalent experience
- Resilience and the ability to overcome obstacles that may constantly be thrown at OVPs
- Adaptability and willingness to wear any of the many hats needed for the business
- Leadership capabilities to unite and inspire the teams that OVPs will lead and work with
- Commitment to each rotation tenure of 1-2 years
Benefits
- Qualified individuals with equivalent work experience will gain learnings and skills, especially:
- How to grow, cultivate, and create enterprise value within a software context by:
- Becoming a fanatical custodian of time
- A fanatical focus on quality
- A fanatical focus on team building
- Autonomy and responsibility through the entrustment of leadership and decision-making skills to fellows
- Strategic decision-making and thinking through ambiguous situations and the ability to balance long-term vision with daily decision making.
- Operational excellence development and problem solving by working closely Solen operating companies in almost all departments
- Cross-functional collaboration and teamwork via the OVP’s work across functions and with diverse teams
- Learning what great Software Operating looks like along with technical software skills such as technical debt management through software sales proximity
- Mentorship from assigned operating partners and an increased network due to the diverse interactions with boards of directors and teams
- The opportunity to transition into a senior leadership position at one of Solen’s affiliated companies after the OVP program
- U.S Visa sponsorship
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What We Do
Solen Software Group is a group of long term oriented software operators and investors whose primary aim is to acquire and grow software businesses in niche markets. Our group thinks long term. Our capital is permanent in nature. We partner alongside founders building resilient software businesses in enterprise B2B software markets with happy customers and great teams
