Consultant
About us
The Heart is a corporate venture builder turning bold ideas into scalable startups. Since 2017, we’ve helped market leaders across fintech, proptech, healthtech and other industries create real ventures that drive transformation.
At The Heart, we don’t just consult - we build. From concept to launch, our teams blend corporate resources with startup agility to bring impactful products to life.
Role overview
Our Venture Building team is at the core of what we do - transforming ambitious ideas into successful, scalable ventures.
As a Consultant, you will play a key role in advisory and venture-building projects - working closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex business challenges, validate new business models, and bring new ventures to life.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and support venture-building and advisory projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery aligned with client goals.
- Conduct comprehensive business and market analyses, including market assessments, competitor research, trend identification, financial modeling, and business model validation.
- Translate research insights into strategic recommendations that inform business decisions and product directions.
- Engage stakeholders through discussions, client workshops, and presentations to validate and refine proposed solutions.
- Manage the process of gathering and defining business requirements, supporting prototype creation and solution design.
- Ensure quality, efficiency, and the highest operational standards across all project activities.
- Contribute to business development - prepare commercial offers, sales materials, and proposals for new initiatives.
- Mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.
What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in business consulting, venture building, investment funds, or startup creation.
- Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to develop and evaluate business models and new opportunities.
- Proactive, independent, and able to take full ownership of your work.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written).
- Proficient in Google Workspace and MS Office (Notion is a plus).
- Available at least 4/5 of full-time, ideally full-time.
- Bonus: knowledge of frameworks like Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup.
Why You’ll Love This Role
- Work at the heart of venture building, contributing to real startups from concept to launch.
- Learn from experienced founders and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Gain exposure to multiple industries, corporate partners, and innovative projects.
- Collaborate with ambitious, curious colleagues in a culture that values autonomy, trust, and teamwork.
- Enjoy flexibility in your work setup (office/hybrid, choice of device) and practical benefits like private healthcare, Multisport, and English classes.
Values
We aim high
For us, nothing is impossible, because we see opportunities everywhere. We aim high, driven by the ambition to build the most valuable Venture Studio in CEE. We approach projects ambitiously: we enter into partnerships with large companies and create deliverables of the highest quality. We are relentless, determined and committed to the goals we are striving for. We know what we want to achieve, how we want to achieve it and we consistently implement our plan day after day. Together with ambitious partners from the world of startups and corporations, we want to create a valuable ecosystem of innovations.
We foster entrepreneurship
We work with commitment on businesses as if they were our own. We strive with persistence and dedication to the goal to deliver high quality. We are brave and determined to achieve our goals, because we are driven by internal motivation. We look for solutions in the face of difficulties, being open to pivots. Even if we have limited resources, we do everything to achieve the goals: we search, ask, wander, until we finally find the best possible solution. We care, which is why we are proactive and act dynamically and agilely like a startup. The effect of our work are companies operating on the market, of which we are proud.
We drive innovation
We are constantly looking for promising ideas and trends that will help us create valuable companies. Thanks to our knowledge of the world of innovation, creativity and the ability to learn quickly, we want to be at the forefront of the startup race. We approach all projects at every stage of their implementation with enthusiasm and optimism. We treat a business partner or collaborator with the same enthusiasm, believing that this will lead us to a successful venture. We have open minds and collect information from various fields and businesses to effectively connect the dots and proactively suggest profitable development paths to business partners.
We stand for honesty
We communicate honestly and directly, both with each other and with business partners. At the same time, we maintain a high level of culture of speech and respect for the interlocutor. We listen to the client, advise them, but also transparently address uncomfortable topics, because we assume that it is better to tell the truth, even difficult truth, than to remain silent. We provide feedback regularly, transparently and directly to the given person, believing that feedback is a gift. We are not afraid to provide feedback. At the same time, we are open to receiving feedback from each other and from our business partners. Thanks to this, we build lasting relationships with each other and our clients based on mutual trust and respect.
We win as a team
We are a team of people who care about each other. We believe that cooperation is essential to achieving a goal. We approach each team member individually: we discover our strengths and unique talents to use them to the fullest in our work and achieve success. We learn from each other to strengthen our competences and achieve goals even more effectively. We are happy to help each other, even if it goes beyond the project we are currently involved in. We do not leave anyone to their own devices, because we believe in the principle: one for all, all for one. And that is why we also like to spend time together after work.