Strategy Manager
Chicago, Illinois
Strategy – Strategy /
Full time /
TechNexus Venture Collaborative finds, funds and grows technology ventures, leveraging a unique alignment of relationships in the technology ecosystem to provide leading corporations with a platform to engage ventures, transform business models and ultimately drive innovation. Since 2007, TechNexus has brought together more than 500 startups with dozens of global corporate partners. Equal parts entrepreneur, strategist, and investor, we Rethink Growth.
We are seeking a Strategy Manager to quarterback client engagements. The Manager will be responsible for both advisory work as well as venture development / venture capital.
Responsibilities:
- Drive strategy projects end-to-end, including defining project objectives, developing and delivering work plans, structuring analyses, and creating strong project deliverables.
- Direct research, analysis and modeling in support of development of new corporate strategies:
- Identify and evaluate new ventures and potential investment decisions related to these ventures.
- Lead client-facing teams involving frequent interaction with client executives to gather and interpret data, conduct interviews and present findings.
- Direct activities and work performed by analysts on the team.
- Build out formal communication of findings and conclusions by creating building Powerpoint presentations and executive briefs.
- Actively surface new opportunities to extend and expand services.
- Support the continued growth of our business.
- Evaluate current strategic plans of client
- Evaluate the economics and strategic drivers of industries and markets
- Define and compare the business models of key competitors
- Assess the impact of emerging, transformational technologies on industries, markets, solutions
- Research and evaluate emerging technology innovation
- Assist in identifying growth strategies and solutions for our clients
- Create financial and valuation models to evaluate the impact of strategies
Requirements:
- Innovation and/or entrepreneurial experience and interest
- 3-5 years of management consulting, investment banking or similar experience
- Demonstrated track record of successfully leading large, complex consulting or advisory executive projects
- Proficiency in strategic analysis, financial modeling and valuation
- Strong experience in project management, strategic thinking, problem solving, and individual initiative
- Experience communicating (written & oral) and interfacing with senior level clients and executives
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint
