Corporate venture fund portfolio manager
The profession appears before 2020
Professional who manages a company’s investments in startups created on the basis of the ideas of its employees and aimed at developing the company’s product line. Supports the growth of such startups, from conception to the production stage. Corporate venture funds constantly search for new promising solutions. For example, in 2011, Google Ventures launched a special programme for its employees: in exchange for information about viable startups, the company was prepared to pay a bonus of $10,000.
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Professional skills and abilities
Systems thinking (ability to define and work with complex systems, including system engineering).
Cross-industry communication skills (understanding of technologies, processes, and market conditions in different related and unrelated sectors).
Ability to manage projects and processes.
Multilingual and multicultural abilities (fluent English and knowledge of a second foreign language, understanding of the national and cultural context of partner countries, and understanding of job specifics in foreign industries).
Ability to work with teams, groups and individuals.