Corporate Investments Manager

Corporate Investments Manager

CL’s Corporate Development is responsible for creating, developing and executing on the company’s long term strategy through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic initiatives. The investment arm named ICL Planet Startup Hub is directly investing in startups that have strategic value to ICL’s business growth.

Areas of responsibility:

The corporate investment manager will be part of an exclusive team responsible for making venture investments and managing a portfolio of existing investments; the corporate investments team is working closely with ICL’s different business units globally, understanding the strategy and looking at groundbreaking next-gen technologies and start-ups that can complement and accelerate our strategy.

The ICL corporate investment manager will work closely with ICL’s different divisions and SMEs (subject-matter expert) to identify and analyze new business opportunities, lead and participate in new corporate investments and making sure current investments are successful.

Main responsibilities:

Critically evaluate investment opportunities and their fit to ICL’s strategic priorities
Lead an in-depth analysis of new investments and on-going ones including investment thesis, competitive advantages, financial analysis and modeling, operational merits to ICL
Support development of investment proposals, deal structuring and negotiation of legal documents
Create and manage a pipeline of potential “investment candidates” and maintain relationships
Manage deal and due diligence process for potential investments – origination, market and company analysis, product and technology understanding, competitive landscapes, financial valuation + modeling, deal making process and post investment.
Support deal structuring: legal/financial terms and investment structure, structuring both investment and strategic collaboration terms, working with specialist legal advisors and commercial teams
Research emerging technology trends, align with ICL strategy and develop theses around them.
Supporting wider activity within ICL Planet and the ICL Corporate Development Unit (CorpDev, Strategy and more)
Preparation of reports and analysis of the portfolio of investments.

Requirements:

Previous experience working in Venture Capital (VC), Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), business role in a tech incubator or corporate development/corporate strategy roles is required.
Familiarity and experience with startups dynamics, stages of evolution, operations, strategy, and finances
Experience with early stage tech led businesses and understanding of technology development concepts preferably in the areas of agriculture, food, industrial-tech or adjacent domains
Sound business understanding with previous experience in financial modeling and legal concepts and negotiation
Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with multidisciplinary stakeholders and of developing external networks to mutual advantage
Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly as part of a multidisciplinary team to achieve measurable results.
Proactive team player who can push and promote new ideas within a dynamic environment
Highly motivated, committed, and self-managing professional.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Location: Tel Aviv IL