Venture Manager Creative Destruction Lab

About the role

CDL-London at Imperial College London is Creative Destruction Lab’s newest international hub dedicated to transforming academic breakthroughs into scalable, commercial ventures.

CDL-London is supported by Founding Partner, Rio Tinto, a leading mining and materials company, and hosted at Imperial College London – the global top ten university and leader in engineering and physical sciences.

As part of Imperial’s Enterprise ecosystem, CDL-London will be led by the Institute for DeepTech Entrepreneurship, a cross university initiative housed within Imperial Business School, in partnership with the Imperial Enterprise Lab.

What you would be doing

As the Venture Manager, you will be responsible for supporting CDL-London operations; focusing on venture recruitment, managing a portfolio of CDL ventures participating in the program, managing CDL-London’s research database, and leading initiatives to support the growth and continuous improvement of the program.

What we are looking for

• Fostering stakeholder engagement and maintaining relationships with project partners
• Promoting programs and service offerings to internal and/or external contacts
• Determining which applications to refer to committee for selection
• Monitoring established key performance indicators of projects or products
• Analysing statistical information to evaluate the performance of programs and/or partnerships
• Implementing plans and process improvements for project activities
• Analysing and writing program scripts to extract, reformat and analyse data

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to use science for humanity.
• Potential overseas occasional travel.
• Benefit from a sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 41 days’ annual leave and generous pension schemes).
• Access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day one, generous family leave packages, on-site leisure facilities and cycle-to-work scheme.
• Interest-free season ticket loan schemes for travel.
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing.

Further information

This is a full-time post based in the Imperial Enterprise Lab.

This role is for a fixed-term contract for up to 5 years.

If you require any further details about the role, please contact: n.kelly@imperial.ac.uk

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