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Jen Hosey
Lead Talent Acquisition Partner @ LG Electronics
Company Background
LG's Mission is to be #1 by creating a better life for our customers. At LG we make products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make “Life Good”! As a global leader, we strive for greatness not only in the products we make but in our people. That is why we are currently seeking the newest innovator to join our team as a Sr. Manager or Director of New AI Ventures in Santa Clara, CA. This is a hybrid position.
LG Electronics North America Innovation Center (“LG NOVA”)
LG Electronics recently established North America Innovation Center (“LG NOVA”) in Santa Clara, California, USA., with an ambitious vision to become the nerve center of global innovation. Aiming to create the future of LG with the focus on disruptive and exponential growth, LG NOVA works with global corporations, startups, governments, and technology stakeholders to create new businesses, establish strategic partnerships, and develop a broad ecosystem using the process of “outside-in” innovation.
Sr. Manager or Director of New Ventures/Entrepreneur-In-Residence (AI)
(open to Senior Manager through Director level based on experience)
LG is seeking a Director of New Ventures/Entrepreneur-In-Residence or Sr. Manager (level is dependent on experience) to join the Incubation division at its North America Innovation Center (“LG NOVA”) based in the Bay Area. This position will play a critical role in unlocking the next chapter of transformational growth for this over $60-billion-dollar global tech company. The goal of the division is to identify and grow new businesses for the next chapter of LG in collaboration with startups and outside innovators. In this role you can expect to interact with new technology startups (all stages) and help identify and develop new business opportunities in future growth areas of AI Technologies. Our focus is creating sustainable solutions based business models leveraging both internal and external partnerships.
Roles And Responsibilities
Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:
Identify and evaluate high-potential startups and new technology growth areas within AI and Technologies to collaborate with LG NOVA’s Grand Challenges/Ecosystem department
Develop collaboration models, product/service concepts and build business models, value proposition, customer segments, market channels, key partners, key resources, revenue streams and cost structure.
Work with startups and outside innovators to create new businesses using collaboration models such as JV, commercial agreement, M&A, investment, etc.
Develop new business plans and financial projections for the new joint businesses with startups and outside innovators and pitch ventures to internal and external investors for potential investment
Manage multiple projects and a partnership pipeline and support and incubate new businesses with start-ups
Build coalition of partners and stakeholders to collaborate toward developing new business opportunities
Conceptualize innovative solutions, services, and/or business models that combine offerings from multiple partners including startups selected by the grand challenge program, and validate them through conducting POC testing and customer interaction
Define initial negotiation deal points (e.g., term sheets, gives/gets, walk-in/out position, etc.) and close deals with relevant stakeholders involved in creating new businesses (startups, internal stakeholders, partners, etc.)
Support strategic partnerships with legal, purchasing, business and technical requirements
Key Qualifications
12+ years of experience in corporate innovation, corporate development, accelerators/incubators or startups, working across cross-functional teams and influencing decision-making
Experience in open innovation, collaborative venture studio model and new business development based on collaboration with startups
Knowledge and experience in the areas of AI Technologies.
Broad understanding of technology around SW, HW, cloud, platforms, system engineering, and various business models such as recurring revenue models
Experience with business and technical requirements analysis
Experience incubating new businesses at a startup and/or at a global tech company
Entrepreneurial mindset with bias for action in highly ambiguous environments – enjoys making sense of white space and exploring nascent opportunities with large potential
Critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, analytical/problem-solving skills, and the ability to combine and balance qualitative analysis, strategy and operations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills
Fluency in English is a must
Preferences
Applies agile approach to ambiguity by testing hypotheses, rapid experimentation, validating and refining, and constant iterations on business model, proofs of concept, go-to-market, etc.
Experience advising early-stage businesses either at a startup or within a large corporation
Experience in venture studio models
Familiarity with venture financing mechanism and valuation models including new blended capital structures involving public/private funding and other impact related financial actors.
Experience in M&A, venture capital, product management, product marketing, corporate strategy, corporate development, or management consulting is a plus
Masters or MBA, BS in CS, Engineering, AI, or related technical experience
At LG, we aspire to empower people and celebrate differences because we believe diversity will create the unexpected. We provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Consistent with our commitment to providing equal opportunity and embracing diversity, LG has implemented affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and employees are treated without regard to these characteristics.
In addition to the above, LG believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take in account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While we consider geographic pay differentials in final offers, because we operate in many geographies, where applicable, the salary range listed may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.
Pay Transparency Range (Low)
142,000.00
Pay Transparency Range (High)
208,000.00
Company
Zenith Electronics, LLC (LGEZE)
Job Function
Business Planning
Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Wireless Services and Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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