Venture Manager - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia
Description
Staff - Non UnionJob Category
M&P - AAPS
Job Profile
AAPS Salaried - Business Development, Level A
Job Title
Venture Manager
Department
Senior Managers | Creative Destruction Labs | UBC Sauder School of Business
Compensation Range
$5, $7,878.17 CAD Monthly
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Posting End DateAugust 25, 2023
Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.
Job End Date
At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.
Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Job SummaryUBC Sauder School of Business is one of the world's leading business faculties.
The school consistently ranks among the top 100 in the world and is recognized internationally for excellence in research and learning, an outstanding faculty and unmatched global partnerships.
A collaborative and respectful culture within which all members of our community can thrive is a key principle in our strategic plan, and one that underpins our educational mission.
We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the Vancouver Campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam.
We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the UBC Robson Square is situated on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh.
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a unique program for massively scalable early stage science-based technology startups with locations in Canada, USA, France and the UK.
CDL-Vancouver is anchored at the UBC Sauder School of Business, supporting and contributing to the entire west coast innovation ecosystem in Canada and in the US.
CDL is a high priority and high-profile initiative for the UBC Sauder School of Business and UBC.Program outcomes can be expected to have a significant impact on UBC Sauder and UBC's public profile and standing in the eyes of Universities, the startup & technology sector, and the general public in both Canada and the US.
The Venture Manager is responsible for several elements of day-to-day CDL-Vancouver operations, including identifying potential opportunities, venture recruiting, account management for the ventures in the cohort, and supporting the delivery of CDL programming.
Reports to the Associate Director, Creative Destruction Labs.
Work Performed
Venture Recruiting
- Identifies and creates lists of centres of innovation in Western Canadian and US Universities, venture capital funds, incubators & accelerators and tech associations to build a strong pipeline of CDL applicants.
- Proactively searches and creates new business relationships for CDL-Vancouver and works with Senior Venture Managers to engage current and future cohorts.
- Manages daytoday facilitation between CDL-Vancouver, new ventures and other groups. Creates internal and external relationships to provide high level opportunities to the new ventures.
- Advises on the development of outreach strategy for recruitment of future CDL-Vancouver cohort based on past experience.
- Builds pipeline of CDL-Vancouver prospects and implements system for monitoring.
- Conducts initial screening of all CDL-Vancouver applicants and provides recommendations to decision committee.
- Supports Venture Managers and Senior Venture Managers with account management activities, including communications, research and overall client management.
- Provides business development support to CDL-Vancouver ventures, as required.
- Reviews and documents interactions between ventures, CDL Scientists, investors, and MBA/BCom students.
- Creates plans based on interactions with ventures and provides advice to different groups.
- Utilizes project management systems and generates reports for senior management on weekly basis
- Supports strategic process improvement initiatives and makes recommendations the Senior Venture Managers to ensure business success in the CDL-Vancouver division.
- Reports on CDL-Vancouver KPIs and creates initial plans to present to the Senior Venture Managers and Director.
- Supports rollout of integrated communication strategy (social media, PR, etc.) in collaboration with CDL Toronto team
- Provides ad hoc event planning support to CDL-Vancouver division.
CDL is a high prior
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