● Newly-created senior role to establish and lead Corporate Venture Building Function with 2 initial direct reports.
● Run Venture Sprints as a general management leader and product management expert with internal entrepreneurial teams responsible for creating successful strategic new businesses.
● Run and execute smaller in-house Corporate Venture Building programmes, while leveraging on external partners for larger programmes.
● Run impactful programmes to leverage up design-thinking capabilities within the larger Corporate context.
Experience
● >12 years of work experience with demonstrated track record of product management and venture building leadership
● 5+ years of experience managing and/or leading teams at an executive level
● Past roles working at or consulting to global enterprises, ideally in a strategic role
● Time spent in customer facing roles at a senior level (e.g., consulting, sales, sales support, customer service)
● Familiarity and/or experience interviewing customers for market research and/or Voice of the Customer initiatives
● Previous experience working at a start-up preferred
● Experience facilitating ideation and solution brainstorming workshops for cross-functional teams
Requirements
● Exceptional people skills and the demonstrated ability to gain confidence, build rapport, and drive consensus with team members, board members, and partners
● Execution oriented individual that understands and can apply lean startup thinking, manage complex projects, and run teams
● Ability to deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced, fluid environment
