Venture Lead

vor 2 Wochen


Duesseldorf, Deutschland Henkel Vollzeit

At Henkel, you can be a game changer and craft your career. Unleash your entrepreneurial spirit by bringing your ideas to life within a global team. Our leading brands and technologies, along with our high-performing businesses will provide you with countless opportunities to develop your skills and explore new paths. Your career at Henkel will contribute to a more sustainable future, while you grow within our vibrant, diverse culture of trust and belonging. If you're up for challenging the status quo, join our team of pioneers and make your mark on the future with us.

**Do you dare to make an impact?**

New disruptive technologies such as Industrial IoT, 5G connectivity, cloud and edge computing, applied AI and machine learning, and augmented reality are changing entire markets and industries. At Henkel Adhesive Technologies, we see these changes and new technologies as an opportunity to create value together with our customers - as the leading partner for data-driven business models in various areas around adhesives. We are currently building a global and diverse team to realize this ambition. Seize your opportunity to play a key role in this team and shape the future of Adhesive Technologies with data-driven business models.

**YOUR ROLE**:

- In your role as the venture lead you will have the overall responsibility for the development and success of one or more digital ventures in Adhesive Technologies, incl. leading cross-functional venture teams. In earlier venture phases, this role resembles a project lead or venture architect with E2E responsibility. In later venture phases the role could be similar to the founder of a start-up.
- Take end-to-end responsibility of the development of digital ventures (incl. e.g., business development, marketing, product management, financial planning, develop operations and structures, and related project management activities) - with a hands-on mentality
- Act as inspiring leader with a digital and entrepreneurial mindset who embodies the venture vision
- Lead and provide (strategic) guidance to venture team (incl. internal and external specialists) in order to build, test and launch new digital business
- Prioritize tasks/backlog based on market and customer insights and requirements
- Identify new partnership opportunities to enable the company to develop
- Assess and critically review the venture on a continuous basis, to derive improvements for the venture’s success and growth and to take decisions (i.e., continue, stop, pivot)
- Ensure all project decisions are in line with venture goals, with existing governance, and with the strategy of Adhesive Technologies
- Serve as change agent across the organization and ensure collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Manage internal and external stakeholders proactively

**YOUR SKILLS**:

- Master’s degree in Business Administration, IT, Digital, Innovation & Technology, Engineering, or another relevant field
- Minimum 5 years work experience in venture building, either in corporate or start-up or consulting context
- Extensive experience and proven track record in managing complex and agile projects in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Ability to bring multidisciplinary teams together to create a strong, cohesive and collaborative team culture
- Credible understanding of existing and emerging digital technologies
- Good understanding of digital product development
- Strong communication skills and ability to facilitate decisions with top management
- Fluent English language skills, German is a plus #LI-Hybrid

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to gender, origin, culture, mindset, generation, disability, religion and sexual orientation.

**JOB ID**: 23044502

**Contract & Job type**: Full Time, Regular


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