Senior Venture Builder & Client Leader

WhatAVenture GmbH; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 63.000 - 78.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Lunch provided

Transportation benefits

Team events

Regular off-sites

Zusammenfassung

WhatAVenture GmbH is seeking a Venture Director who combines deep venture-building expertise with strong commercial and client leadership. You will shape new business opportunities, lead complex venture engagements and build trusted relationships that grow beyond a single project.

You will stay close to ventures and clients—from identification and validation to business model development, go-to-market and launch—while developing client relationships and helping shape the venture pipeline for

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of relevant experience in venture building, strategy consulting, entrepreneurship, new business development, corporate innovation or a comparable environment.
• Strong track record of leading complex projects, multidisciplinary teams and senior client relationships.
• Experience identifying, shaping and winning new business opportunities.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to connect client needs with compelling venture and project opportunities.
• Deep understanding of customers, markets, business models, go-to-market and the financial implications of building new businesses.
• Confidence working with senior executives and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
• The ability to move comfortably between strategic thinking, commercial conversations and hands-on venture building.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and comfort working in ambiguity.
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills.

Aufgaben

• Shape & build ventures with clients from identifying opportunities to validation, business model development, GTM and launch.
• Lead large, complex or strategically important venture-building engagements.
• Guide ventures from opportunity identification to growth.
• Contribute to internal venture funnel screening and shaping ideas with strong business potential.
• Act as a senior counterpart to client decision-makers and build trusted, long-term relationships.
• Take overall responsibility for project quality, client satisfaction and commercial success across engagements.
• Lead complex stakeholder environments and help clients make decisions in high-ambiguity situations.
• Steer project teams and enable ownership of execution.
• Ensure the work creates tangible outcomes for clients and the ventures built.
• Proactively identify new business opportunities and turn them into concrete engagements.
• Shape approaches, develop proposals and lead pitches for opportunities.
• Grow client relationships beyond individual projects and pursue follow-on work.
• Own revenue growth and expand WhatAVenture's client and project portfolio.
• Bring market and client insights back to shape capabilities and opportunities.
• Develop Venture Architects and Leads through coaching and feedback.
• Help others grow expertise, leadership and commercial capabilities.
• Contribute to internal strategic topics and method development.
• Build recognized expertise in industries and venture-building topics.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Client relationship management

Fluency in German and English

Jobbeschreibung

WhatAVenture GmbH is seeking a Venture Director who combines deep venture-building expertise with strong commercial and client leadership. You will shape new business opportunities, lead complex venture engagements and build trusted relationships that grow beyond a single project.

You will stay close to ventures and clients—from identification and validation to business model development, go-to-market and launch—while developing client relationships and helping shape the venture pipeline for