Founders Factories latest concept in the Mission Studio (backed by Nesta) is “Martee’s”.

🧐 What is the concept at high level?

What if we could change the food retail environment to make distribution easier for fresh food businesses? 

Our vision is to create a network of fresh food automated “micro markets” underlying an engaging digital customer experience. The ambition for this venture is to be:

• A new retail channel for food producers and brands capturing real-time insights
• Streamlining access into automated-retail as a distribution channel by broking between site locations, food producers and consumers
• A simple way for employers or organisations to subsidise healthy food for their teams
• 24/7 access to an extensive range of fresh and healthy food brands for consumers
• A distributed network with a national footprint in high traffic locations
• Boosted through promotions, loyalty and rewards capabilities
• A fully managed service, delivering tech, maintenance and stock to locations

⏰ Why now?

The new normal after lockdown has created new opportunities. More gig workers eating on the go, WFH making canteens obsolete, entrepreneurs spinning up food businesses looking to scale - Covid has changed how, where and when people eat. With this venture we can connect the dots to succeed in a new food environment. 

Many reasons to believe in the timing of the opportunity: 

• Fresh food intelligent vending machines & smart fridges are operating successfully at scale in other markets
• Employers seeking alternatives to a canteen with the increase in WFH
• More food suppliers resulting from people spinning up new independent brands looking for new channels to reach customers
• Food brands increasingly interested in this space as rents and wages increase

🍏 The Impact

This concept has the potential to shift the balance of food availability, with the potential to impact a broad cross section of society by providing better access to convenient, affordable, fresh food instead of unhealthy snacks.

💪 We are looking for a CTO/Head of Data Science who will:

• Bring an extensive knowledge of data science, forecasting and platform development to the table 
• Build our customer-facing platform and B2B data product in a user-centric way
• Have a strong product, as well as a technical, mindset to get stuck in with iterative building and learning
• Be a communicative team player,  able to co-ideate effectively with the CEO & COO
• Have a bias for scale to build, own and run the data platform underlying the business
• Work quickly, and adaptively without fear of venturing into the unknown, to push innovation boundaries
• Implement business strategies and plans that align with the short and long-term objectives developed in tandem with CEO & COO
• Have previous experience of building and growing a top-tier technical team 
• Have a strong understanding of data privacy and security best practices
• Be motivated by the mission, A Healthy Life
• Bring no ego, and be excited about working for an energetic, innovative startup

✅ We’ll look to assess on:

• Significant experience in technology/product leadership roles
• Experience working on data/forecasting/inventory management problems
• Having excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity
• Demonstration of a solid grasp of practical and technical challenges in fresh food supply chains
• Ability to diagnose problems quickly and foresee potential issues
• Confidence with digital / technical workflows and process
• Being a strong communicator and team player 
• Drive by purpose and the learning opportunity 

What’s in it for you?:

• Attractive salary and equity package, to make sure you have a piece of the pie
• You will help bring a high-growth startup to life to and execute on our ambitions collaboratively 🚀
• Working directly with the co-founders, Harry (CEO) and Lucy (COO) helping shape all aspects of the business. Harry is a massive foodie with a background in digital, tech and UX, having previously founded a food startup marketplace. Lucy brings commercial and operational experience in rapid grocery and B2B SaaS, with a background in human health, nutrition and food policy
• Becoming part of the Founder's Factory entrepreneurial ecosystem & building relationships with industry leaders for life 💙
• Entering into a culture of self-development, continuous growth and radical candour 🙏
• The opportunity to build a team and create your own niche within Martee’s as we scale 👾