Head of Strategy

This role is a pre-funding arrangement, your skills, experience and delivery will be compensated with an equity allocation.Proposed Title Head of Strategy & Operations Role Purpose (One-liner) This role is responsible for architecting Sure Jake’s strategic foundation, refining its investor narrative, and ensuring all materials, logic, and financial positioning withstand institutional-level scrutiny. Mission of the Role To ensure Sure Jake is not only visionary but structurally sound, financially credible, and investment-ready. This role bridges: VisionExecutionMarket logicInvestor psychologyFinancial credibility Core Responsibility Areas 1. Strategic Architecture Define Sure Jake’s strategic positioning and defensibilityValidate assumptions and pressure-test logicIdentify structural advantages and vulnerabilitiesTranslate ambition into executable strategy  2. Commercial Logic & Monetisation Integrity Stress-test all revenue modelsEnsure monetisation is:realisticscalabledefensibleinvestor-credibleValidate unit economics assumptionsEnsure financial logic aligns with product experience 3. Investor Narrative Ownership Full ownership of investor-facing strategic story Responsible for: Pitch narrative clarityInvestment logic flowPersuasiveness without exaggerationDefensibility under questioningRemoval of ambiguity This includes ensuring the deck answers: Why this existsWhy nowWhy this winsWhy this scalesWhy this returns capital4. Pitch Deck Authority This role owns optimization of: narrative structureslide sequencingargument logicfinancial claritypositioning strengthcredibility tone Goal: Deck must survive scrutiny from institutional investors and early-stage angels. 5. Data Room Optimization & Investor Readiness Full responsibility for refining all investment materials including: financial projections logicassumptions validationrisk articulationgrowth modelssupporting evidencecompetitive comparisonsdocumentation consistency 6. Financial Logic Oversight Responsibilities include: Refining financial modelEnsuring numbers match narrativeIdentifying weak logic or unrealistic projectionsAligning capital ask with realistic execution requirements 7. Market & Competitive Intelligence Define strategic landscapeMap direct and indirect competitorsIdentify structural whitespaceEstablish defensibility narrativeBuild moat articulation logic  8. Founder Strategic Partner Acts as a senior strategic counterpart to the Founder by: challenging assumptions constructivelyidentifying blind spotsrefining strategic thinkingmaintaining objectivity during decision-making Success Indicators This role succeeds when: Investors understand the opportunity immediatelyThe strategy is clearly defensibleThe financial logic holds under scrutinyMaterials feel institutional-gradeThe opportunity appears inevitable rather than speculativeQuestions from investors decrease in complexity and scepticism