Venture Ecosystem Builder

Kruibeke Belgium
- Innovation management
- Project leading
- Antwerp
- East-Flanders
- VER01209**Venture Ecosystem Builder**:
**Your opportunity**:
As our venture ecosystem builder, you will become part of an entrepreneurial team, working on our technology transfer and tech start-up incubation and acceleration programs, on Belgian and European scale. We do a lot in space and are also active in other deep-tech sectors.
You will create a long-term impact through concrete daily actions to develop new ventures that bring cutting-edge technology to market. In this role, you will expand your network, collaborate with ambitious entrepreneurs, and develop new, breakthrough open innovation concepts.

**Venture Ecosystem Builder: Key responsibilities**:
As a venture ecosystem builder in the open innovation team, you will have a multitude of challenging responsibilities and opportunities:
Running start-up incubation and acceleration programs
- You scout and recruit deep-tech start-ups and scale-ups.
- You facilitate workshops and advise founders on entrepreneurship topics.
- You help enrolled start-ups to secure follow-on investments.
- You develop effective relationships with start-up founders, corporates, investors, mentors, and other stakeholders.

Running technology transfer programs
- You scout relevant technologies developed for high-tech sectors.
- You promote the technology portfolio through online and offline marketing.
- You identify and develop concrete opportunities to commercialize these technologies.
- You guide and support entrepreneurs, businesses and research organizations, to set up commercial deals, collaborative R&D projects or new spin-in/spin-off ventures.

General responsibilities
- You work in multidisciplinary project teams with external project partners.
- You manage one or more projects, including budget, planning and delivery.
- You build trust with our clients and partners and are an ambassador for our programs.

**Venture Ecosystem Builder: Your Profile**:
Education & experience
- You have a master’s degree and preferably a couple of years of professional experience in a strategic consultancy role, in a start-up environment, or working for an early-stage investor.
- You have experience with (open) innovation management in a high-tech context.
- You have experience with or in-depth understanding of the start-up process.

Knowledge and skills
- You combine business acumen with an affinity for technology and an entrepreneurial mindset.
- You thrive in diverse, multidisciplinary, cross-organizational teams.
- You tackle challenges in a methodological but pragmatic manner while maintaining a helicopter view.
- You have excellent problem-solving skills: listening, creating, analyzing, and synthesizing.
- You feel comfortable designing and implementing new processes using digital tools.
- You love giving inspiring presentations and writing clear reports.
- You are fluent in English and one other European language. Knowledge of Dutch or French is an asset.

**Competenties**:
Within **Strategic Innovation**, Verhaert’s open innovation team, we provide strategic advice and implementation support to develop open innovation ecosystems for leading governmental agencies and companies across various deep-tech sectors, such as space, energy, climate, and healthcare.

Verhaert is a pioneering integrated product development company, with over 50 years of experience in developing innovative products and systems with a high added value.
We believe innovation is the most sustainable way to generate added value, to maximize competitive advantage and to pave the way towards a better world for all of us. Therefore, it’s our mission to become masters of innovation. We do this through combining multidisciplinary thinking with in-depth know-how and a practical attitude.

**Our offer**:

- Verhaert is a challenging innovative environment guiding companies in their development and innovation trajectories.
- You will be working in multidisciplinary teams for very different companies in many different domains.
- You help building up the success of a result minded (often technological) environment and get the chance to fully expand your talents.
- You enter into a world of innovation and help building the future of many companies.
- You will be coached and guided in our world of innovation, helping you to become a trusted advisor for your customer and its business.
- You can count on our expertise to help you improve your people skills as well as on your technology transfer process capabilities.

**Location**:
Kruibeke Belgium

**Publication date**:
21.02.2024

**Contact person**:
Peter Roels

**More information**

**Peter Roels**
- +32 493 510 715