Lead venture validation and commercial strategy as a Venture Associate at R-LABS, working full time onsite in downtown Toronto.

Reporting to the Managing Director, Ventures, this senior operator role helps turn real estate challenges into scalable companies. You will work with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, co-founders, and partner operators across housing, finance, operations, infrastructure, and adjacent verticals. Athena supports your AI-first research and validation work.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead customer discovery and venture validation activities
- Develop business models, pricing, and commercialization strategies
- Build financial models, including unit economics and development pro-formas
- Coordinate founders, teams, and resources across ventures
- Use Athena to compress research, synthesis, and validation cycles

Requirements:

- Venture-building, founder, or early-stage operating experience
- Experience with market research and customer problem validation
- Ability to develop business models and commercialization strategies
- Comfort with LLMs and agentic workflows
- Real estate, proptech, construction, fintech, or infrastructure knowledge

Bring analytical judgment, commercial thinking, and AI-first execution to venture building at R-LABS in downtown Toronto.

📌 Venture Associate Venture Building (Toronto)
🏢 R-Labs
📍 Toronto