Venture Development Manager (MBA Graduate)

Private Equity Insights IVS; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Private Equity sector seeks a Venture Development Manager to spearhead growth and build a high-performing team in London. This role involves executing business strategies, overseeing conferences, and fostering client relationships in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates possess strong leadership skills and are driven to inspire teams, with relevant experience from top-tier institutions.

Benefits

Opportunity to lead and develop a fast-growing business.

Travel opportunities for overseas conferences.

Incredible team with a track record of developing businesses.

Qualifications

• +4 years' experience in high-speed environments (management consulting, investment banking).
• Bachelor's degree with outstanding results, preferably followed by an MBA.
• Strong commercial awareness and passion for business.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, build, and develop a high-performing team.
• Execute strategy and oversee planning and completion of conferences.
• Identify opportunities to expand business with existing clients.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Commercial awareness

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

London, United Kingdom

Are you ready to unleash your entrepreneurial spirit and be a part of an exciting start-up revolution as the main driver for its growth and success?

About us

Private Equity Insights is the world's leading Private Equity community. We connect and develop more than 240,000 investment professionals across the world, through our platforms, which include conferences, webinars, magazines and news reports.

For more than 10 years, PEI has helped Investors, Fund Managers and CXOs rethink what it takes to fundraise, invest, operate and exit in Private Equity, and does so via online engagement and cutting edge conferences in Singapore, UK, France, Poland & CEE, Benelux, Switzerland, Iberia, Germany, Italy, Nordics and DACH."

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

The Opportunity.

As a Venture Development Manager, you will run, grow and manage all aspects of Private Equity Insights. You will be responsible for building and leading a world-class team, ensuring the successful execution of the conference and strategy of the brand.

You’ll want this job if you possess strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, highly ambitious, forward-thinking and driven to inspire and lead a team. You are someone who is thrilled to work in a fast-paced environment and wants to scale the company rapidly.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit, build and develop a high-performing team.
• Build an ecosystem and deliver outstanding products.
• Set clear expectations, establish goals, and provide ongoing detailed feedback and performance evaluations.
• Execute the strategy at a rapid pace.
• Develop the company’s brand as the go-to place for inspiration, knowledge and networking.
• Oversee planning, execution, and completion of conferences within the designated timelines and budget constraints.
• Assign tasks to team members in each department, monitor progress, and ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Identify opportunities to expand business with existing clients and collaborate with business development teams for new client acquisition.

What we offer you

You’ll be working in person at our HQ in London (next to Sloane Square), constantly pushing you out of your comfort zone to ensure a never-ending growth curve for you and the business. We provide you with the following:

• The opportunity to lead, run and develop a fast-growing business, where your work and the results are highly tangible and make all the difference.
• Work with an incredible team with a track record of developing and growing businesses.
• Travel opportunity: You will be joining our conferences overseas.

Requirement

• +4 years’ experience from an institution with high speed and work ethic e.g. management consulting, investment banking, top-tier corporate or start-up.
• Bachelor’s degree with outstanding results, maybe followed by an MBA
• Strong commercial awareness and a passion for business.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• UK, EU or US work permit

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