Venture Lead, New Markets (m/f/d)

About this role

**This position is based in Germany, Bulgaria or the UK with hybrid or remote working options. Applicants must hold a valid work/residence permit for the respective location.** Chaos is a leading global software company that provides world-class visualization and design solutions, empowering creative minds to bring ideas to life. For over twenty years, Chaos has developed innovative technologies serving multiple industries, including architecture and design, media and entertainment, and product e-commerce.

Chaos’ solutions help architects, designers, VFX artists/animators, and other creative professionals share ideas, optimize workflows, and create immersive experiences. Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, Chaos is a global company with offices in 11 cities worldwide. In 2022, Chaos and Enscape merged, bringing together two industry-leading companies into one. Since then, Chaos has continued to grow with the additions of Cylindo, AXYZ Design, and Evolve Lab, further expanding our expertise and solutions across architecture, design, e-commerce, and AI.

For more information, please visit chaos.com . Role Overview The Venture Lead, New Markets at Chaos Software identifies and develops new business opportunities for the rendering, real-time and AI technology behind V-Ray, Corona, Vantage and Anima. The role focuses on markets beyond architectural visualisation and media and entertainment, including new verticals, use cases and business models such as synthetic data and AI training pipelines.

As a hands-on individual contributor in an early-stage environment, the role tests product-market-fit hypotheses, engages the first customers, builds proofs of concept with technical teams, and brings evidence-based recommendations to senior leadership, the Executive Leadership Team and the Board. This role requires a commercially sharp professional with a track record of building new businesses from scratch and the ability to work independently under ambiguity.

Main Responsibilities Lead the commercial validation of selected new use cases, such as positioning Chaos technology as a synthetic data and AI training pipeline solution, from first hypothesis to validated opportunity. Identify and prioritise new verticals and use cases beyond visualisation, architecture and media and entertainment where Chaos technology creates a clear advantage. Formulate product-market-fit hypotheses and design fast, low-cost tests to validate or discard them.