Lead SnackFutures Ventures investments in early and growth-stage companies, manage deal sourcing, screening, negotiation, and portfolio oversight, coordinate cross-functional teams, contribute to investment strategy, and support exits or handovers to Corporate Development.
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
As Director SnackFutures Ventures you will be responsible for investing in early/growth stage companies that bring incremental competitive advantage to Mondelēz into the future. You will also be responsible for follow-on investments with portfolio companies, as such seeing through the investment process from initial screening, to first and subsequent investment rounds and ultimately - where relevant - handing over to the Corporate Development team for full acquisition.
Job Description
How you will contribute:• Develop and leverage an extensive contact surface within the relevant early stage and investment eco-systems• Identify opportunities for investment, leveraging your networks, the rest of the SFV Team and the SFV pipeline/deal flow process.• Continually assess the investment landscape in order to recommend and develop the most relevant investment strategies and deal constructs, in partnership with the Snr Director SFV• Screen the most attractive investment opportunities and work with the SFV team to assess and select/reject those opportunities• For the deals you own, lead the process of negotiating and constructing investments, including terms sheets and equity positions. Co-ordinate a cross-functional team including finance, tax, legal, RDQ in doing so• For certain investments, own the full life cycle from initial contact to investment and on going management of the investment company. May include sitting on the board of the company.• Input to the development of the SnackFutures investment thesis and strategy• Coordinate portfolio reporting
What you will bring:• Experience gained in a CVC or similar Venture investment group in CPG• Strong external network in the early stage and VC investment eco-system• Strong strategic skills to assess the fit to MDLZ strategy of potential investments• Excellent internal communication and influencing skills
More about this role:• Education / Certifications: MBA, Master of Economics, Management (or comparable)• Job specific requirements: Work experience 8+ years• Travel requirements: 25% including overseas• Work schedule: Hybrid or Remote, depending on candidate location• Location: US (New York, New Jersey or Chicago preferred locations) or Switzerland
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $142,700 to $235,455; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
Job Type
Regular
Corporate Development
Finance
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
As Director SnackFutures Ventures you will be responsible for investing in early/growth stage companies that bring incremental competitive advantage to Mondelēz into the future. You will also be responsible for follow-on investments with portfolio companies, as such seeing through the investment process from initial screening, to first and subsequent investment rounds and ultimately - where relevant - handing over to the Corporate Development team for full acquisition.
Job Description
How you will contribute:• Develop and leverage an extensive contact surface within the relevant early stage and investment eco-systems• Identify opportunities for investment, leveraging your networks, the rest of the SFV Team and the SFV pipeline/deal flow process.• Continually assess the investment landscape in order to recommend and develop the most relevant investment strategies and deal constructs, in partnership with the Snr Director SFV• Screen the most attractive investment opportunities and work with the SFV team to assess and select/reject those opportunities• For the deals you own, lead the process of negotiating and constructing investments, including terms sheets and equity positions. Co-ordinate a cross-functional team including finance, tax, legal, RDQ in doing so• For certain investments, own the full life cycle from initial contact to investment and on going management of the investment company. May include sitting on the board of the company.• Input to the development of the SnackFutures investment thesis and strategy• Coordinate portfolio reporting
What you will bring:• Experience gained in a CVC or similar Venture investment group in CPG• Strong external network in the early stage and VC investment eco-system• Strong strategic skills to assess the fit to MDLZ strategy of potential investments• Excellent internal communication and influencing skills
More about this role:• Education / Certifications: MBA, Master of Economics, Management (or comparable)• Job specific requirements: Work experience 8+ years• Travel requirements: 25% including overseas• Work schedule: Hybrid or Remote, depending on candidate location• Location: US (New York, New Jersey or Chicago preferred locations) or Switzerland
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $142,700 to $235,455; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
For more information about your Federal rights, please see eeopost.pdf; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
Job Type
Regular
Corporate Development
Finance
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