Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR)

Hallo!

We’re nydo: a well-funded, founder-led D2C brand reinventing the premium sofa. We combine Italian-inspired design, honest European craftsmanship and obsessively good comfort to build timeless pieces people keep for years — all sold through a tightly integrated online + offline experience. We move fast, think big and scale across Europe.

Why ambitious people love nydo

1. Real ownership from day one. You’ll join a small leadership team and have your own outcomes (not tasks). Your work will shape product, ops and growth, and you’ll see the impact within weeks, not years.
2. Speed + scale. We’re well funded and ready to grow quickly across markets. That means high velocity decision-making, big projects, and plenty of runway to test bold ideas.
3. Premium product, clear mission. We sell well-made sofas that people love thoughtful materials, long warranties and a service experience that turns customers into fans.
4. Founder-adjacent learning. Work directly with the founders and investors, present to stakeholders, and help write the playbook as we scale.

Our values (how we work)

• Design: elegant, simple, distinct.
• Comfort: the product promises; everything else supports it.
• Ownership: we ship and we own outcomes.
• Curiosity & speed: test, measure, learn, repeat.
• Hands-on execution: we embrace 80-20 and love to get things done

Location

This role is Frankfurt or Lisbon based

What you’ll own

Work side-by-side with the founder on high-impact growth projects; from country launches to partner deals and full-funnel DTC execution. This is a high-exposure role for someone who wants to learn fast, build real products/processes, and fast-track to leadership.

• Support the founding team on strategic projects across international expansion, B2B development and market validation.
• Shadow and execute country launch plans (Germany, Austria, and next EU markets): logistics, local partners, and go-to-market checklists.
• Own discrete workstreams end-to-end: partnership outreach, B2B proposal creation, and category validation experiments.
• Build and optimise our GTM playbooks: campaign calendars, pricing tests, margin models and growth experiments.
• Run internal growth projects: portfolio gap analyses, UX audits, email funnel setup and Shopify improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution with product, ops, performance marketing and CX to hit shared goals.
• Produce market analyses, business cases and investor-grade slide decks to support strategic decisions.

KPIs you’ll own

• Partnership pipeline velocity & conversion: number of qualified leads → signed pilots per quarter.
• Market readiness milestones: webshop live, localized content, ops flows & media plan; on-time launch against the roll-out roadmap.
• Commercial performance: weekly portfolio P&L, revenue vs. margin targets (AOV, contribution %).
• Internal delivery: rollout of tools, automations and insights that reduce manual work and increase conversion/efficiency.

Who you are

• 2–4 years experience in consulting, and have delivered end-to-end projects in consulting, high-growth startups, or similar—and can show tangible outcomes (launches, revenue growth, or strategic deals).
• Entrepreneurial mindset: you thrive in fast, founder-led environments and prefer shipping over perfecting.
• A natural builder: you scope, design and ship projects independently rather than waiting for instructions.
• Comfortable owning projects from research to execution and translating analysis into action.
• Strong communicator — fluent English required; German a strong plus.
• Deep curiosity for e-commerce, digital products and brand building.
• Problem-solver: you challenge the status quo and have a “get-it-done” attitude.

Nice to haves

• Hands-on experience with Shopify, Klaviyo, Google Ads or Meta Ads.
• Prior internships/working-student roles in startups, D2C/e-commerce, consulting or consumer goods.
• Basic Business analytics skills (Excel/Sheets, simple SQL or dashboarding experience).

What we offer

1. A high-impact role in a well-funded, fast-moving startup — real ownership from day one.
2. Work directly with the founding team on strategy, product and growth decisions.
3. A creative, international culture that values curiosity, ownership and simplicity.
4. Competitive salary
5. Hybrid working, flexible hours, and access to external mentors and a training budget.
6. A chance to build and shape the future of the BD & Marketing teams.