Work With Us
We believe giant leaps forward are made by a passionate few. We’re looking for people who are as excited to empower the next generation of founders as we are. Check out our open roles.
Life at Blackbird
At Blackbird, we are focused on creating an iconic venture fund, which takes a lot of hard work, planning and deep thought. Having fun is also crucial, so there’s regular team lunches, a LOT of focus on good coffee, the constant beat of someone’s favourite Spotify playlist and after work social events for those who are interested.
Blackbird believes in a culture of openness; we have completely open plan offices for all the team, significant internal sharing of information, and encourage everyone in the team to speak up if they have some value to add, regardless of whether it is directly related to their functional role.
Work on Your Terms
We offer flexible working to suit your life, whether it’s working from home or leaving early to pick up the kids from daycare or school.
Unplug and Relax
We work hard without letting work get in the way of life. We’ve implemented no Slack or emails on weekends, so you can switch off and enjoy yourself.
Family First
We know family comes first and we are proud to offer generous parental leave - 16 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for a secondary carer.
Become a Learn-It-All
Our team is hungry to continuously learn and you’ll receive a budget to spend on whatever you’d like to learn - from coding courses to meditation.
Measuring Happiness
Happiness and work satisfaction is everything. We survey the team regularly to measure wellness and engagement and are proud to say we score over 90% on both!
Share in our Success
We think it is important to share successes with the whole team. All Blackbird employees receive carry in our funds and are owners in the management company.
Meet the Blackbirds
Tip Piumsomboon
Principal (Auckland)
“Blackbird invests in their team the way they invest in their founders. There’s a level of freedom and challenge at Blackbird that enables us to bring our whole, creative selves to work every day. In my first year, I helped launch our NZ Fund and was a part of our largest secondaries transaction, along with many other opportunities. Blackbird helped me find and fulfil my own potential.”
Dan Danilov
Business Ops Analyst (Sydney)
“I was inspired by the incredible impact that Blackbird had on founders and startups in Australia. The opportunity to help grow an iconic investment firm and the challenge of building out a world class operations team with our fearless leader Alex were two key things that drew me to the role. Since starting, I've been amazed by the ambition to develop our team and scale Blackbird's impact across the portfolio and beyond.”
Hart Lestari
Portfolio Analyst (Sydney)
“I joined Blackbird after talking to Niki and Rick and thinking that they were both impressive founders and very much lived up to Blackbird’s "We Wear T-Shirts" value. I knew Blackbird would give me more autonomy in my job and freedom to suggest new ways to run analysis. I really wanted to be part of the startup ecosystem and help out cool people and companies - I didn't realise how busy that ecosystem was until I started here. ”
Clark Carter
Head of Productivity (Remote - Hobart)
“Blackbird was top of my wishlist of companies to work at for 3 reasons: 1. Team: Blackbird is filled with great people to work with. There’s a high level of trust, autonomy, empathy, and good old fashioned banter, yet everyone performs like a Formula 1 pit crew. 2. Mission: Blackbird invests in incredible companies and if I can help each of these companies, even a small amount, that could have a huge impact. 3. Flexibility: Blackbird allowed me to work remotely from Tasmania and has been responsive to different work setups as needs change. This has had an incredible impact on my work/life happiness.”
Meet the rest of our team.
Our Hiring Process
