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Director, AI Labs Scouts

California - San Francisco, USFull-time$171k–$273k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-12
Based in United States

Core

Map emerging AI technologies and markets to identify founders, teams, and technologies for strategic acquisition, partnership, or investment opportunities.

Role type

Director, AI Ventures (Strategy & Market Intelligence)

Builds

Proprietary market intelligence, strategic opportunity pipeline, and ecosystem relationships for AI Labs.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Venture Capital, DeepTech, Enterprise Software

Required skills

DeepTech and product-centric venture capital experience, strong network across founders/labs/investors, fluency in AI markets and technologies, executive communication, strategic judgment

Preferred skills

Former founder, senior associate/principal/junior partner from leading VC firm

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Build and maintain a landscape of companies, labs, founders, and technologies; source acquisition and partnership opportunities before they are broadly marketed; attend and sponsor industry events to build market intelligence; produce assessments of emerging companies for leadership; develop points of view on AI market movements; partner with M&A and Strategic Finance to transition opportunities into deal processes

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership