Senior Venture Associate - London, United Kingdom - Sustainable Venture Development Partners

Sustainable Venture Development Partners

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A career with purpose

Our team is growing and we're looking for a purpose-driven, passionate individual to join the Venture Support Team, to help start-ups, SMEs and corporations develop solutions in response to resource and sustainability challenges.

Our support works to progress technology development and commercial exploitation through several core areas:
venture development, delivery of start-up/SME programmes, accelerators, special projects and corporate innovation programmes.

The Role

Delivery Support

Quickly understanding, assessing and developing startup business models and market opportunities.
Creating support plans for SMEs we are working with to prioritise the most relevant support to be provided.
Providing advisory support to startups/SMEs across a broad range of business topics including but not limited to: review and input to business plans, investor pitch packs and investment readiness, advice on financial models, strategy and market placement.
Preparing and presenting webinars, workshops and clinics on a broad range of business topics.

Project Management

Working with team members and across the SV Group on assigned projects and programmes, ensuring that time, quality and budget parameters are met;
Stakeholder relationship management;
Connecting and building our community of sustainablyfocused businesses;
Building relationships with designated SMEs, capturing relevant information within the Sustainable Venture's CRM system, identifying and executing opportunities (directly or through referrals to relevant team members) for further revenue generation and;
Ensuring compliance and maintaining required evidentiary documentation.

Requirements:

Delivery Support

Quickly understanding, assessing and developing startup business models and market opportunities.
Creating support plans for SMEs we are working with to prioritise the most relevant support to be provided.
Providing advisory support to startups/SMEs across a broad range of business topics including but not limited to: review and input to business plans, investor pitch packs and investment readiness, advice on financial models, strategy and market placement.
Preparing and presenting webinars, workshops and clinics on a broad range of business topics.

Project Management

Working with team members and across the SV Group on assigned projects and programmes, ensuring that time, quality and budget parameters are met;
Stakeholder relationship management;
Connecting and building our community of sustainablyfocused businesses;
Building relationships with designated SMEs, capturing relevant information within the Sustainable Venture's CRM system, identifying and executing opportunities (directly or through referrals to relevant team members) for further revenue generation and;
Ensuring compliance and maintaining required evidentiary documentation.

/ We expect you to have:

6+ years' relevant experience
our people have worked at high growth startups, started their own businesses, been in the armed forces, come from professional service organisations, studied for MBAs & run fashion brand;;
Knowledge and/or experience of the sustainability sector, and an understanding of technological and commercial innovation this could be directly related to your previous roles or something that you have pursued outside of the office;
A commercial skill set this might include business planning, financial modelling, product R&D, market research, market analysis/characterisation, customer proposition testing, gotomarket strategy, fundraising or anything related to successfully growing a business;
A project management skill set experience of planning and delivering multiyear projects, on time and within budget, utilising effective communication, stakeholder engagement and peer leadership abilities;
Demonstrable experience in undertaking clientfacing work producing highquality outputs to time/budget/quality objectives;
Proven success in meeting revenue/business development targets; and
Proven organisational skills for managing multiple projects/clients simultaneously, coordinating deliverables and meeting deadlines.

Benefits
/ Desirable

An undergraduate degree in business, technology or sustainabilityrelated field;
A postgraduate qualification in business, economics, technology or sustainability;
Experience in venture development and/or sustainability innovation; and
Motivation to learn about other Sustainable Ventures functions, for example investment, product design and venture development.

/ Remuneration & Benefits

Remuneration: £4651k pa (based on experience) + bonus
Holiday: 25 days per year + Bank Holidays
Monthly Wellness Day + additional, enhanced benefits

/ Additional details

We're based at County Hall, on the South Bank. We operate a hybrid working model and this role requires a minimum 3 days a week, working in our vibrant, collaborative work