Bosch

Venture Investment Manager (m/w/div)

Bosch  •  Ludwigsburg, DE (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Company Description

We are Bosch Business Innovations, the un-corporate venture builder of Bosch, consistently driving innovation from the initial idea to real world spin-offs. With our interdisciplinary team and together with partners, we develop new ventures around the world to actively shape the future of diverse industries – far beyond the traditional Bosch core areas. Become a part of it and shape the future with us.

Bosch Business Innovations GmbH is looking forward to your application!

Job Description

Are you energized by the opportunity to create value from a world-class technology and IP portfolio? Do you excel at spotting how Bosch’s capabilities can open doors to new markets and shape the future of entire industries through strategic development and investment in new ventures?

We’re looking for three Venture Investment Managers to steer our venture-building portfolio—translating market insights into bold investment proposals and driving sustainable value creation. Each position focuses on a different area of domain expertise:

  • Manufacturing/Production
  • Health
  • Infrastructure, Energy, Resilience

Please indicate in your application which domain best matches your expertise and professional network

If you excel at combining strategic foresight with hands-on venture capital investment expertise, influencing senior stakeholders, and navigating global ecosystems, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Your Responsibilities

  • Investment Leadership: Lead the full investment lifecycle—from opportunity identification and due diligence to term sheet negotiation and closing.
  • Investment Thesis Development: Continuously refine and evolve investment theses to guide venture-building activities and identify future growth opportunities.
  • Portfolio Stewardship: Oversee and actively manage our venture portfolio, ensuring strong strategic alignment and maximizing long-term value creation across multiple ventures.
  • Venture Governance: Monitor venture performance at portfolio level, focusing on key milestones, value inflection points, and strategic fit.
  • Strategic Advisory: Act as a key advisor in investment committees and on venture boards, providing high-level guidance and ensuring alignment with Bosch’s strategic goals.
  • Competitive Advantage Enablement: Ensure the effective use of Bosch’s unique assets (IP, market access, capabilities) to strengthen the competitive positioning of portfolio ventures.
  • Ecosystem Engagement: Build and maintain a strong network within the venture capital and startup ecosystem to unlock deal flow, partnerships, and co-investment opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Empowerment: Align internal stakeholders, championing the venture-building and investing approach across the organization.

Qualifications

  • Academic Background: Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Business, Finance, Engineering, Science, or related field.
  • Proven Experience: Strong track record in venture capital, corporate venturing capital, venture building, hands-on investment experience.
  • Strategic Investor Mindset: Ability to assess markets, technologies, teams, and financials while identifying and shaping high-potential ventures.
  • Domain Expertise: Deep industry knowledge, relevant professional experience, and a strong network in at least one of the following domains: Manufacturing/Production, Health, or Infrastructure, Energy, Resilience.
  • Deal-Making Expertise: Experienced in structuring, negotiating, and closing investments in dynamic and ambiguous environments.
  • Influential Communicator: Confident in engaging senior stakeholders, navigating complex organizations, and representing interests at board and committee level.
  • Exceptional Storyteller: Skilled in translating complex ideas into compelling investment cases, memos, and pitches.
  • Entrepreneurial Drive: Opportunity-oriented, analytical, and decisive with a strong bias toward action.
  • Relationship Builder: Strong interpersonal skills to build trust with founders, investors, and internal partners.
  • Language: Business fluency in English required; German proficiency is a plus.

Additional Information

The role is based in Ludwigsburg or Berlin, Germany. Regular national and international travel is expected.

Curious? Learn more about Bosch Business Innovations here: About Bosch Business Innovations | Bosch Business Innovations 

Diversity and inclusion are not just trends for us but are firmly anchored in our corporate culture. Therefore, we welcome all applications, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, ethnic origin or sexual identity.

Need support during your application?

Nelly Ehrmann (Human Resources)

+49 711 811 48240

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About Bosch

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 417,900 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 90.5 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 86,900 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

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Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, DE
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
bosch.com
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