Obran Cooperative: Social CEO
The Position
Residencies & Placements. The cooperative buys businesses on a cadence and places a leader into one it has bought, at a published salary.
Cycle: Continuous, tied to the cooperative's acquisitions rather than to a cohort.
The firm publishes an application route and no dates against it.
An Apply button that is an anchor to a section holding a heading and a logo and no form. The page publishes a salary figure and a six-step intake and no way to enter it.
At a Glance
- Location
- Placed into a business the cooperative has acquired; no office named.
- Pay
- Salaried
- Compensation
- A salary around $150,000, in the page's own words, with an opportunity for performance-based bonuses.
- What You Do
- Six months of receiving business opportunities from the corporate development team, then leading the one that fits.
- Recruits On
- It weighs operating experience: time running something, rather than a degree.
- Who Can Apply
- Capable and seasoned leaders with diverse backgrounds; industry expertise is helpful but not critical.
The Company
Obran Cooperative is not yet reviewed in the directory. Start from its own pages: Obran Cooperative ↗.
Interview Prep
These programs do not publish their interview scripts, so this is the shape a residencies & placements program hires on, what it is really weighing, and how to arrive ready.
The Typical Arc
- A rolling, relationship-driven introduction rather than a fixed cycle.
- A sourcing conversation: what you would buy, and how you would find it.
- A working session with the firm's small team.
- A match to a live acquisition or a committed-capital search.
What It Is Assessing
- Sourcing ability and a real point of view on where to hunt.
- Operator readiness for a specific kind of business.
- Whether you fit a small, hands-on team without a large structure around you.
How to Prepare
- Arrive with a sourcing thesis, not a blank slate. Buyer Profile Builder
- Show you can run a business, with evidence on one page. Buyer Profile Builder
- Understand the firm's committed-capital model before you talk terms. Investors
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