Ventures Manager

Venture Pipeline & Opportunity Sourcing

• Source and evaluate promising startups and venture opportunities across water, sustainability, climate-tech, industrial, and digital infrastructure sectors.
• Conduct initial opportunity screening and strategic fit assessments aligned with company priorities.
• Partner with internal innovation and scouting teams to perform market sizing, commercial assessments, financial analysis, and competitive landscape reviews.
• Build and maintain relationships with venture capital firms, accelerators, incubators, and external innovation partners to create early visibility into emerging companies and technologies.

Investment Due Diligence & Deal Support

• Prepare investment memos, due diligence summaries, and executive-ready materials for leadership and investment committee review.
• Maintain the venture investment pipeline and portfolio databases, supporting quarterly portfolio reviews and monthly business development updates.
• Support and help manage direct equity venture deals in partnership with Business Development, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and business leaders.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to build financial models and business cases for venture and strategic investment opportunities.

Portfolio & Fund Support

• Track and report the performance of LP investments and venture portfolio activity.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to support capital calls, distributions, and investment reporting.
• Help ensure investment data, reporting materials, and portfolio insights are clear, accurate, and actionable.

Strategic Alignment & Innovation Insight

• Participate in LP activities and innovation ecosystem programs, helping internal stakeholders engage in events, webinars, surveys, and market intelligence activities that generate strategic value.
• Identify emerging market trends, whitespace opportunities, and gaps in product or solution offerings, then translate those insights into strong business cases.
• Communicate recommendations effectively to stakeholders across product management, R&D, sales, marketing, business development, and strategy functions.
• Support innovation strategy discussions by connecting external market developments to internal growth priorities.

Corporate Venture Business Development

• Build and manage relationships with other corporate venture groups, strategic investors, and innovation teams globally.
• Identify co-investment opportunities, shared investment theses, and collaboration models that can support startup growth and strategic value creation.
• Represent the company in multi-corporate venture networks, strategic consortiums, and industry coalitions.
• Facilitate introductions, joint diligence, and cross-corporate exploration sessions to expand strategic partnership opportunities.
• Work closely with business leaders to convert collaboration opportunities into commercial, technical, strategic, or investment outcomes.

Additional Responsibilities

• Represent the company at industry conferences and innovation events, both in person and virtually.
• Leverage agile tools and collaborative technologies to improve team communication and promote an innovation-focused culture.
• Take on additional responsibilities and strategic projects as needed.