Manager, Systems and Product Alignment

3 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States TechNexus Venture Collaborative Full time

TechNexus Venture Collaborative (TechNexus) invests in relationships between leading corporations and ambitious entrepreneurs to Rethink GrowthTM. A first-of-its-kind Venture Collaborative, TechNexus follows a relationship-driven approach to scouting, investing, incubating, and collaborating alongside ventures and industry-leading partners. To date, TechNexus has activated hundreds of revenue-generating outcomes between some of the most mature corporations and early-stage companies to create new business models, revenue streams, and products. For more information, please visit

The Corporate Development team creates the opportunity for TechNexus and its partners and portfolio companies to develop relationships, share ideas, and drive strategic product partnerships in real-time. We are looking for an entrepreneur at heart who will develop a vision and roadmap for the product based on input from internal stakeholders. In this role, the manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive innovation, and ensure product success from ideation to launch.

TechNexus Systems & Products: Manage the tools we use to gather, analyze and report data across our ecosystem to support investment and collaboration activities; and the integration of third-party tools (CRM, portfolio management, sourcing databases, etc) to create a scalable, actionable operating system for TechNexus and our stakeholders.

Ecosystem Product Alignment: With over 250 active investments made on the principle that collaboration drives value for and from the portfolio and our corporate partners, TechNexus plays a role aligning and supporting the technical integration of products, solutions and services across this broad ecosystem.

Venture Studio: TechNexus makes both minority investments and occasionally majority control acquisitions, directly managing teams of development and engineering resources to support existing and new products and services.

Responsibilities:

  • Assess pilot and product fit for corporate partners for new business ideas, manage the prioritization process and determine the resources needed for pilots/proof of concepts, and coordinate with corporate partners to enhance their innovation roadmaps and align venture pilots and technology to help drive forward.
  • Show value in partner and venture engagement opportunities that build TechNexus as the trusted leader and catalyst in collaboration, technology, and innovation.
  • Support TechNexus further in our current relationships with each partner to unlock valuable insights that will drive ongoing development.
  • Manage teams leading complex, cross-functional, projects and drive progress by diving into technical details when needed while also thinking through the end-to-end experience.
  • Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative tools, platforms, and products.
  • Drive product vision, define requirements, coordinate resources, and guide the team through the product roadmap and key milestones.
  • Collaborate with partner teams (e.g., engineers, PgMs, UX) during product design and development to implement the requirements and meet product roadmap timelines.
  • Define and analyze ongoing metrics to inform the success of products and improve product performance.
  • Integrate usability studies, research, and market analysis into product development to ensure productivity and enhance user satisfaction.
  • Drive efforts with strategic partners on product development and represent business interests during design and development phases.
  • Translate business needs into technical specifications for engineers to understand.
  • Maximize efficiency in a dynamic and creative work environment.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in product design or engineering.5+ years of previous experience in technology consulting and/or product management.
  • Proven experience in owning, developing, and communicating long-term vision and goals for a portfolio of products.
  • Previous experience managing offshore development teams.
  • Technical background and experience in driving product vision and requirements.
  • Experience managing the complete product life cycle and integrating customer feedback.
  • Ability to identify significant opportunities and drive product strategies and roadmaps.
  • Strong analytical skills, with experience analyzing complex data sets.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical data into understandable business terms.

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