Venture Capital Technologist (Contract)

<p><span>Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at <a href="mailto:USCareers@airbus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">USCareers@airbus.com</a></span></p><p></p><ul><li><a href="https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal</a></li><li><a href="https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PayTransparencyPoster.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination</a>  (English)</li><li><a href="https://kairosservicesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/federal-contractor-pay-transparency-spanish.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación</a> (Spanish)</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><span><b><b>Job Description:</b></b></span></p><p><b>Position Summary:</b><br>The Technology Principal works with the AV partnership team to lead decision-making on the technological interests of the firm and to advise on deals. They are responsible for ensuring convergence of the team’s technological vision,<br>designing and implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the technological resources are aligned with the company’s business needs.</p><p></p><p><b>Primary Responsibilities:</b><br>● Assisting in data collection, analysis, investment planning and developing value models and business cases<br>● Participating in assessments of existing and potential initiatives<br>● Performing and documenting research as requested by Airbus Ventures partnership<br>● Participating in Global and Regional Deal Reviews, supporting the Investment Committee on invitation<br>● Fully engaging in deal sourcing, diligence and deep dives - globally<br>● Building and continuously refreshing an analytical framework library<br>● Driving content for and implementing internal and external tech events<br>● Providing tech reviews on specific deals on request to the Investment Committee<br>● Writing and contributing to investor briefings on tech trends<br>● Writing, soliciting and editing Airbus Ventures technology related publications<br>● Aligning internal and external technological resources to meet the firm’s short and long-term needs<br>● Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards</p><p></p><p><b>Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:</b><br>Education: Ph.D. or equivalent , preferably with active links to the research community</p><p><br><b>Experience: </b></p><p>Minimum of ten years’ experience in a technological role</p><p><br><b><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Licensure/Certifications:</span></b></p><p>Relevant technical certifications are desirable</p><p></p><p><b>Communication Skills</b> (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages):<br>● Excellent verbal and written communication</p><p></p><p><b>Travel Required:</b><br>● Frequent short-term travel based on business needs</p><p><br><b>Eligibility:</b><br>● Authorized to Work in the US</p><p><br><b>Clearance:</b><br>● None</p><p><br><b>Decision Making, Complexity:</b><br>● Comprehensive technological skillset and a demonstrated facility with complex, fast-advancing technologies<br>● Exceptional facilitation and team integration skills, leading a collective decision-making process<br>● Ability to team to tasks with speed, grace and effectiveness</p><p><br><b>Organizational information:</b></p><p><br>Job Dimensions, Contributions to Success:<br>The Technology Principal has exceptional exposure to Airbus Ventures’ many stakeholders and contributors: our founders and entrepreneurs, fund investors, and leading academic and research institutions. This is a job that requires both high sensory skills alert to technology trends and convergences, and an ability to recognize new system patterns and convert agents of the system to activate and speed their value to the portfolio at large. It requires constant informed curiosity, and bias for translation to investment action with high probability of exceptional returns and broad system impacts. The Airbus Ventures team is itself highly technologically qualified and proficient, with engineers, researchers and<br>entrepreneurs adept in fields across the system of our investment thesis; the ongoing challenge for the Technology Principal is to engage these skills and capabilities in an ever-evolving context of technological opportunity and relevance,<br>for both outstanding portfolio performance and system and planetary impact strongly aligned to the team’s values emphasizing leadership by collective intelligence, dynamic portfolio system building, and collaborative approaches to<br>achieving planet-wide benefits for Earth and beyond.</p><p><br><b>Nature of Contacts:</b><br>Multifaceted Internal and External</p><p><br><b>Physical Requirements:</b><br>Readiness for frequent travel including on-site to facilities and laboratories in various stages of development with concomitant safety requirements</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Company reserves the right to revise, change and/or modify job duties, responsibilities or working conditions as the need arises, with or without advance notice. Employment with the Company is at-will. This position description and the statements contained within it do not create any contractual rights between the Company and its employees, either express or implied.<br> </p><p>Equal Opportunity: Airbus Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Airbus Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and<br>immigration status.</p><p></p><p>As a leader in our field, Airbus Group provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.<br>Airbus Group does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus Group is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause,<br>with or without notice.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><span><b><b><b><b>Company:</b></b></b></b></span></p>AV Capital Management, L.L.C.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Employment Type:</b></p>Agency / Temporary<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Experience Level:</b></p>Entry Level<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Remote Type:</b></p>Full remote<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Job Family:</b></p>Financial Expertise <jf-fi-fe><p style="text-align:inherit">------</p>Job Posting End Date: 06.13.2026<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:inherit">------</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Airbus provides equal opportunities to all individuals seeking assignment with Airbus without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Airbus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in every location in which the company has facilities. Airbus expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status or other legally protected status. This assignment description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.<br>Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.</p><p style="text-align:left"><span>Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to </span><span><a href="mailto:emsom@airbus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">emsom@airbus.com</a>.</span></p></jf-fi-fe>

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