--- title: 'Product CEO / Venture Studio Director - Toronto at Human Agency' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/product-ceo-venture-studio-director-toronto-human-agency-toronto-69y209k0k9ef' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Product CEO / Venture Studio Director - Toronto at Human Agency - **Company:** Human Agency - **Location:** Toronto, Canada - **Posted:** 2026-03-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanagency/jobs/7657931003 ## Job description Location: Remote (U.S. or Canada) Type: US Applicants – Full-Time; Canadian Applicants – Independent Contractor **A note before you read further** The world is changing fast, and so is this role. We can't fully tell you what this job looks like in six months. That's true of every role at Human Agency right now. What we need from you, no matter what: accountability, curiosity, and a builder-first mindset. If that sounds exciting, keep reading. If it sounds intimidating but you're still interested, let's talk. If none of that sounds like you, that's okay. This probably isn't your spot. ## About Human Agency We’re scaling rapidly and have a growing pipeline of opportunities that demand exceptional talent across disciplines. Our mission is to bring on individuals, from creative producers to technical experts to entrepreneurial leaders, who can help us realize this next chapter of growth. We are a company of doers. Leaders roll up their sleeves, teams work flat, and everyone contributes to what ships. Titles don’t insulate us from feedback or basics. We invite critique, learn quickly, and keep raising the bar. The best ideas win here, no matter where they come from, because clients trust us to deliver the strongest outcomes every time. Our clients’ missions, products, and bottom lines are sacred. We immerse ourselves in their world, becoming stewards of their goals and partners in solving big problems. Every product, strategy, or asset we create must be both beautiful and functional; practical, usable, and designed for real-world impact. Humans are our most valuable resource, and we only grow by hiring people who push us forward. Across strategy, engineering, design, data, and operations, we seek out teammates who raise the bar and make us better. Always hire up, never down. We partner with organizations of all sizes to explore, design, and implement AI strategies that are secure, scalable, and human-centered. We believe AI should amplify human potential, not replace it — and we build with that conviction in every engagement. From advisory and tooling to implementation and education, we meet clients where they are and help them integrate AI in ways that align with their mission and values. Our goal is to empower teams to work smarter, move faster, and unlock new possibilities through thoughtful, responsible innovation. And through it all, we lead with purpose, love, and adventure. We do meaningful work with people we care about, and we make the ride an adventure worth taking. Because at Human Agency, who we are and how we work are one and the same. The Opportunity You are an entrepreneur. That's the ground-level truth. We're hiring someone who is mostly going to be building and running their own venture within Human Agency's studio — and who also sets the rules for how ventures flow across the entire studio. You run the weekly studio meetings. You are the lead critique. You own the accountability. You convince us that something is working or tell us it's not. This is a CEO and product person rolled into one, with sales ability. If you've seen Every's venture studio model — that's the profile. Former CEO. Product-obsessed. Builder. Not a bureaucrat who likes to "run the thing." A person who likes to build the thing. ## What You'll Own - Build and operate your own venture from zero to one within the Human Agency studio - Set the framework and cadence for how ventures are evaluated, funded, and scaled across the studio - Run weekly studio syncs — you are the point of accountability across all active ventures - Sell. Whether it's selling the vision to partners, customers, or investors — you close. - Deploy AI and agents as core infrastructure in everything you build — not as a feature, as the foundation ## Who You Are - Proven experience as a founder, CEO, or product leader who shipped real products - Sales DNA — you can get in a room and move people - AI-native builder — you've built with AI, not just used it. Show us. - Comfort with ambiguity at every level — from "what should we build?" to "this thing is on fire" - Zero interest in process for process's sake. You build. You ship. You iterate. ## Equal Opportunity Commitment Human Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams where everyone can do their best work. ## About Human Agency ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Human Agency is a problem-solver company that builds and scales market-changing companies from the ground up, specializing in marketing, technology, AI, and business. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Venture Studio model; Pre-Seed round in 2018) - **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - **Founded**: 2018 (Pre-Seed round dated 2018-04-10) - **Founders**: Brendan Lind (Founder and Partner), Michael Menne (Partner, Co-Founder, CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Business Consulting and Services; Artificial Intelligence; Venture Studio / Venture Capital; Marketing & Technology - **Target customers**: B2B; Entrepreneurs and problem-solvers with big ideas; Large enterprises undergoing AI transformation; Startups and growth-stage companies - **Mission/Purpose Statement**: "Harnessing the power of our agency so you can fully exercise yours." / "Empower people to lead lives they find meaningful." ## Products & Services - **Venture Studio**: Builds companies from the ground up using a proven studio model. Partners with problem solvers, entrepreneurs, and growth experts to ideate, test, build, and launch new ventures in rapid succession. - **AI Enablement & Implementation**: Helps organizations (from startups to enterprises) harness AI, lead AI transformation, and implement AI solutions at scale. - **Consulting & Services**: Offers business operations, performance marketing, branding & design, content production, web development, and more for clients of all sizes. - **Venture Capital / Investment**: Invests cash or sweat equity in organizations that change the world, sharing returns with the team via the "Owner's Bonus" program. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (Private company) - **Key Metric**: Employs 22 people (as of mid-2026); 263 active job postings; LinkedIn followers: 5,974 (+152% YoY) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed; partners with organizations like UNHCR, Protein Evolution, Real, and Harvard (mentioned on website). Pre-Seed round completed in 2018. - **Growth Signals**: Explosive job posting growth (+26,200% YoY, +697% quarterly) indicates rapid scaling; 152% yearly LinkedIn follower growth; expanding globally with presence in US, Canada, and Brazil; actively hiring for C-suite roles (CISO, CEO/Venture Studio Director) and AI leadership. ## Competitive Advantages - **Hybrid Agency/Venture Studio Model**: Unique combination of consulting, AI implementation, venture building, and investment under one roof — allows employees to work on diverse projects and share in upside. - **Owner’s Bonus Program**: Employees share returns from investments and holdings, creating a stakeholder culture uncommon in traditional agencies. - **Purpose-Driven**: Committed to humanitarian aid, environmental advocacy, and refugee protection (UNHCR partnership); a portion of all profits goes to these causes. - **Borderless, Remote-First Team**: Work from anywhere with full support for home office or co-working spaces, plus in-person retreats and travel opportunities. ## Strategic Focus - **AI as a Core Engine**: Actively building AI resilience funds, AI enablement teams, and AI implementation specialists — positioning AI at the center of their service offering. - **Venture Creation Velocity**: Rapidly launching new companies in healthcare, AI, immigration, climate tech, and beyond via their venture studio. - **Scaling Leadership**: Hiring aggressively for senior roles (Chief of Staff, CISO, Managing Director of AI, Product CEOs) to support expansion. - **Global Expansion**: Building presence in Montreal, Vancouver, Bay Area, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Seattle. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: "Be your own agent" — a borderless team at the intersection of pragmatism and idealism. Values include agency, purpose, and continuous learning. - **Remote Policy**: Fully remote/work-from-anywhere. Home office setup stipend (computer, desk, headphones) or co-working space reimbursement. - **Benefits**: 100% employee healthcare coverage (75% dependent coverage); 401k match; HSA/FSA; unlimited PTO with minimum usage requirements; paid sabbaticals; paid maternity/paternity leave; 11 paid holidays. - **Financial Incentives**: Revenue/profit sharing, commissions, and the Owner’s Bonus Program (equity-like upside from ventures). - **Learning & Growth**: Subsidized continuing education, support for select graduate programs, 529 match, and in-house innovation funding for employee ideas. - **Perks**: Annual company retreats, CEO Roadshow, work-cations, coastal hikes, MLS matches. - **Giving Back**: A portion of all profits dedicated to humanitarian aid, environmental advocacy, and employee-directed disaster relief. ## Sources 1. [humanagency.com](https://www.humanagency.com/) 2. [Careers Page](https://www.humanagency.com/careers) 3. [Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanagency) 4. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanagency) 5. 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