Director, AI Labs Scouts
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