Venture Partner (Senior) at Meltwater

Category: Advisory

Job Description

• Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is seeking a passionate individual to be a Venture Partner to MEST companies and to be the chief enabler for assigned portfolio companies to scale effectively and be a part of a team effort to ensure the overall MEST portfolio is thriving.

Key Responsibilities

• To utilize knowledge and skills to grow assigned portfolio companies and to work across all portfolio companies.
• To develop portfolio management skills to become a more rounded and accomplished business advisor for startups that are scaling.
• To work with assigned portfolio companies to diagnose and understand their performance status, develop a plan for scaling effectively, guide, direct and own their growth journey including bringing in relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• To manage projects in order to achieve agreed metrics.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Strategy, Business / Finance, Law or Technology-related Field.
• 5 - 7 years+ strong entrepreneurial experience (e.g. from launching or growing a startup), in conjunction with a demonstrated facility in all financial aspects of transaction-related work.
• Ability to analyze a wide variety of businesses in technology, software, and digital media.
• Excellent organizational skills with a self-starter mentality and also strong attention to detail.
• Outstanding strategic, analytical skills, detail-oriented, proactive and self-motivated.

Characteristics:

• A proactive person.
• A problem solver.
• Persistent.
• A Strategic thinker.
• A can-do attitude.
• A team player, able to recognize and utilize other team member's strengths
• Should be willing and eager to learn
• Have good communication skills