Senior Associate / Director

Description

OurCrowd is seeking a highly analytical, relationship-focused, and solutions-oriented Senior Associate / Director to join our Portfolio Management team. In this role, you’ll manage and support a diverse portfolio of innovative startups, providing strategic guidance, facilitating valuable connections, and ensuring seamless coordination across internal teams and external stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in venture capital, startup management, and portfolio strategy.

This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days in office with at least 1 day in Jerusalem and 1 day in Tel Aviv.

Title and seniority will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, scope of responsibility, and demonstrated ability to lead portfolio initiatives independently.

Senior Associate

Focused on portfolio support while working closely with internal team members and portfolio company leadership to drive analysis, track performance, and support strategic and operational initiatives. Strong project management and financial skills required; increasing ownership over time.

Director

Significant ownership and independent responsibility across the portfolio, with the ability to sit on multiple company boards. Serves as a trusted advisor to founders and executives while leading complex portfolio initiatives. Expected to drive outcomes, influence strategic direction, and operate with minimal oversight.

• Build and nurture strong relationships with existing portfolio companies.
• Lead comprehensive due diligence processes for potential new and follow-on investments, including financial analysis, market research, financial modeling, deal evaluation and risk assessment.
• Draft and present investment memos and theses to the investment committee, articulating rationale, risks, and strategic fit of potential investment opportunities.
• Monitor portfolio company performance, tracking KPIs, and proactively surface opportunities or risks.
• Serve as a strategic partner to founders and executive teams, providing guidance, resources, and introductions to drive growth and overcome challenges.
• Leverage OurCrowd’s extensive global network to identify and facilitate high-value connections, partnerships, and business opportunities.
• Develop compelling investment materials for OurCrowd’s platform to engage prospective investors and drive investment activity.
• Partner closely with legal, finance, marketing, and other cross-functional teams to ensure smooth execution of investment processes and ongoing portfolio support.
• Prepare and deliver quarterly updates and performance reports for internal stakeholders and investors, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
  

• 3+ years’ experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, management consulting or relevant business experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with high-growth companies across multiple sectors, ability to quickly get up to speed on diverse business models and technologies.
• Strong financial analysis and business acumen, with the ability to interpret, synthesize, and present complex information clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Candidates with formal technical training or hands-on experience (e.g., engineering, product, data, software development) are encouraged to apply, particularly those able to evaluate product architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Proven ability to support and advise startup executives on strategic, operational, and growth-related initiatives.
• Exceptional relationship management skills with a proven ability to work effectively with entrepreneurs, executives, investors and internal stakeholders.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong English proficiency; exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Tech-savvy, comfortable working with data, CRM systems (Salesforce), reporting tools, and new platforms.
• Proactive self-starter with strong ownership mentality, sound judgment, and a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship.