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Director, SEI Venture Studio

Director, SEI Venture Studio

Posted 2 April by eFinancialCareers
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Competitive salary
London , South East England
Permanent, full-time
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At SEI we value our employees and believe in driving growth through change. Part of building brave futures is making a concerted effort to develop and challenge our employees to achieve their goals through internal job mobility.

Reporting to the Head of New Business Ventures, the Director of SEI Venture Studio is a key leader and member of our team. This role is not just about investment; it's about unlocking the true commercial and strategic value of our investments and driving growth and learning for the organization. You will build a strong and diverse network of market experts, advisors and partners. You will accelerate value creation by providing our portfolio companies with essential tools, resources, access to talent, data, distribution, and channel partnerships. If you are a catalyst for profitable growth, highly collaborative, strategic and excel at execution in complex situations, we invite you to apply.

What You Will Do:

Strategic Venture Management:
  • Source, develop, invest in and execute on a strong pipeline of companies aligned with SEI's mission and strategic focus areas. Portfolio should unlock unique value, impact, and opportunities for learning and growth for the market and our organization.
  • Leverage key assets including funding, resources, ecosystem, and distribution networks.
Value Realization and Growth Acceleration:
  • See and seize opportunities for value creation and realization, grounded in what the market needs or will need. Maximize return, learning and growth for SEI.
  • Assess and test market entry strategies for new business ideas and potential M&A investments.
  • Build expertise, capacity and agility by creating and developing a strong external network of entrepreneurs, advisors, partners and investors.
Team Leadership and Development:
  • Ensure your team feel included, valued and empowered. Provide team members with the right level of challenge, opportunities, and coaching to achieve their goals and career ambitions.
  • Exemplify and foster a culture of entrepreneurialism, curiosity, vulnerability, collaboration, trust, and excellence within the team. Decentralize decision-making with accountability.
  • Provide opportunities for SEI talent to engage with our partners and companies we invest in, on projects, as mentors or advisors and where appropriate, for Board or Board observer roles.
  • Source diverse talent from the market to build expertise in emerging areas of opportunity.
Organizational Collaboration and Trust Building:
  • Lead with an enterprise mindset, as an integral part of the wider team and organization. Challenge the status quo in a way that brings others along. Anticipate and proactively and address areas of potential friction.
  • Build deep relationships with business, operational, people, product, technology, legal, risk, marketing and sales teams across the organization, helping them clearly see the potential of our investments and aligning with their needs to define a plan and execute seamlessly.
Performance Metrics and Reporting:
  • Proactively set leading indicators and key performance metrics, and report regularly, clearly and at the right level across the organization to all stakeholders, on portfolio, pipeline, strategic alignment, progress on execution and commercialization, engagement of the community, return on investment, impact, value creation, key opportunities and risks.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Finance or a related field; or equivalent experience preferred. Master's degree is a plus.
  • 8-10 years of experience in operating businesses, corporate venture capital, technology or financial services funds, strategic investments, corporate development or partnerships.
  • Proficient in developing financial models, conducting investment analysis and performing comprehensive due diligence
  • Expert at unlocking commercial opportunities, new business models and market strategies. Prior business leadership and P&L experience is strongly preferred.
  • Deep understanding of market innovation, startup dynamics and emerging technologies.
  • Solid network, reputation and deep relationships across startup, venture and investment ecosystem. Experience in creating and nurturing successful partnerships.
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking and execution - a catalyst who brings others with them.
  • Established reputation for excellent team leadership, empowerment, and people development.
How you show up:
  • Strong Belief in Mission
  • Open, Adaptable, Vulnerable
  • Curious and Introspective - Lifelong learner
  • Collaborative, Grounded Leader
  • Operator with a Bias to Action
  • Catalyst - Change maker and Connector
  • Relentlessly Commercial, Invested in SEI's growth
Why join us?
  • Be a founding member of a team at the forefront of growth and learning.
  • Contribute to impactful initiatives that shape the future of wealth.
  • A culture that values openness, adaptability, and collaborative leadership.
  • A commitment to your professional growth and continuous learning.
Ready to Make an Impact?

Join us as and be a part of our journey in shaping the future of wealth. Apply now to bring your expertise, insights, and energy to our frontier team!

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures ( SM) -for our clients, our communities, and ourselves. Come build your brave future at SEI.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more...

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our UK office is based between the City of London and the growing technology hub of Shoreditch. The open plan nature of our office space, flowing lines and numerous art installations are designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset and are (literally) invested in your success; we know that a healthy, happy and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. We are focused on ensuring a healthy work-life balance and offer our employees benefits which include private medical care for you and your family, access to GPs online for appointments, enhanced family leave, volunteer days, access to thriving employee networks and not forgetting free fruit twice a week.

SEI Investments (Europe) Limited ('SIEL') is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Aut

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