Venture Capital Technologist (Contract)

Airbus•Menlo Park, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Technology Principal works with the AV partnership team to lead decision-making on the technological interests of the firm and to advise on deals. They are responsible for ensuring convergence of the team’s technological vision, designing and implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs. The Technology Principal has exceptional exposure to Airbus Ventures’ many stakeholders and contributors: our founders and entrepreneurs, fund investors, and leading academic and research institutions. This is a job that requires both high sensory skills alert to technology trends and convergences, and an ability to recognize new system patterns and convert agents of the system to activate and speed their value to the portfolio at large. It requires constant informed curiosity, and bias for translation to investment action with high probability of exceptional returns and broad system impacts. The Airbus Ventures team is itself highly technologically qualified and proficient, with engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs adept in fields across the system of our investment thesis; the ongoing challenge for the Technology Principal is to engage these skills and capabilities in an ever-evolving context of technological opportunity and relevance, for both outstanding portfolio performance and system and planetary impact strongly aligned to the team’s values emphasizing leadership by collective intelligence, dynamic portfolio system building, and collaborative approaches to achieving planet-wide benefits for Earth and beyond.

Requirements

Ph.D. or equivalent , preferably with active links to the research community
Minimum of ten years’ experience in a technological role
Relevant technical certifications are desirable
Excellent verbal and written communication
Authorized to Work in the US
Comprehensive technological skillset and a demonstrated facility with complex, fast-advancing technologies
Exceptional facilitation and team integration skills, leading a collective decision-making process
Ability to team to tasks with speed, grace and effectiveness

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Other Languages

Responsibilities

Assisting in data collection, analysis, investment planning and developing value models and business cases
Participating in assessments of existing and potential initiatives
Performing and documenting research as requested by Airbus Ventures partnership
Participating in Global and Regional Deal Reviews, supporting the Investment Committee on invitation
Fully engaging in deal sourcing, diligence and deep dives - globally
Building and continuously refreshing an analytical framework library
Driving content for and implementing internal and external tech events
Providing tech reviews on specific deals on request to the Investment Committee
Writing and contributing to investor briefings on tech trends
Writing, soliciting and editing Airbus Ventures technology related publications
Aligning internal and external technological resources to meet the firm’s short and long-term needs
Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards