Energy Venture Principal: Build & Scale Early Ventures

AboitizPower; Makati; On-site; PHP 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

AboitizPower's 1882 Energy Ventures is seeking a Venture Principal to lead the development, validation, and scaling of new ventures from zero to one. You will act as an early-stage co-founder, steering strategy, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing the build process through stage gates.

In this role you will shape opportunity theses, run lean experiments, build partnerships, and prepare investment materials for internal committees.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in venture building, startup leadership or product leadership.
• Proven ability to take an idea from concept to market in startup or corporate context.
• Strong commercial instincts; quick testing and validation of ideas.
• Excellent prioritization; focus on high-impact work.
• Hands‑on leadership; mobilize cross‑functional teams.
• Strong storytelling and stakeholder management; engage founders and funders.
• Highly coachable; open to feedback and iteration.
• Comfort with ambiguity; ownership and momentum under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own the end‑to‑end development of one or more early‑stage ventures.
• Drive problem validation, customer discovery, business model design, and MVP development.
• Set milestones, define milestones, and ensure timely execution from concept to pilot.
• Build and lead temporary or permanent venture teams as needed.
• Collaborate on identifying emerging trends, whitespace opportunities, and investable themes.
• Design lean experiments to test assumptions and de‑risk early‑stage ideas.
• Set up customer pipelines, pilots, and early revenue‑generating activities.
• Build early partnerships with corporates, startups, regulators, or distribution partners.
• Define and monitor KPIs and iterate rapidly based on results.
• Prepare materials for internal investment committees and key stakeholders.
• Ensure ventures progress through studio stage gates with clarity and discipline.
• Align with internal functions (legal, finance, marketing, product) to support success.

Skills

Venture building

Startup leadership

Product leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Coachability

Job description

AboitizPower's 1882 Energy Ventures is seeking a Venture Principal to lead the development, validation, and scaling of new ventures from zero to one. You will act as an early-stage co-founder, steering strategy, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing the build process through stage gates.

In this role you will shape opportunity theses, run lean experiments, build partnerships, and prepare investment materials for internal committees.