Open Innovation Manager

• Startup Scouting & Ecosystem Mapping: Actively identify, source, and map early-stage startups and emerging tech companies globally within the company’s strategic domains.

• Academic Cooperation & Research Partnerships: Identify and build direct collaboration agreements with world-class professors, research labs, and universities. Facilitate joint research projects, tech-transfer initiatives, and track academic spin-offs.

• Technical Due Diligence: Evaluate startup technologies, product-market fit, and team capabilities. Analyze technical validity and assess how external innovations align with our internal roadmaps.

• Ecosystem Analysis: Conduct deep-dive analyses of startup ecosystems, venture capital trends, and academic spin-offs to identify high-potential investment and collaboration opportunities.

• Investment & Collaboration Support: Synthesize technical and commercial findings into clear, structured scouting reports, investment memos, and presentations for senior leadership to drive partnership or investment decisions.

• Cross-Border Collaboration: Act as a bridge between startup founders, academic innovators, and internal global teams (including European and China-based business units) to facilitate joint POCs, or investment reviews.

• Track Strategic Domains: Maintain a pulse on breakthroughs in AI infrastructure, advanced semiconductors, hardware-software co-design, and AI data movement.
דרישות התפקיד
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related deep-tech field.

• Analytical & Due Diligence Skills: Strong ability to comprehend complex technical content, read academic papers, and evaluate startup pitch decks, market research, and technical ation.

• Communication Excellence: Highly skilled in translating technical data into high-impact summaries, landscape maps, and technical presentations.

Nice to Have

• Experience working within a startup accelerator, venture capital firm, or corporate innovation hub.

• Experience in academic-industry collaborations.

?? If you’re driven by curiosity, excited by innovation, and ready to grow your impact at the intersection of technology, strategy, and research – we’d love to hear from you.