CVC Open Innovation and Venture Investment Specialist

This position in the CVC Division manages investment activities through venture capital funds to promote open innovation between major operating companies and venture businesses. The role covers the investment process from sourcing and due diligence through post-investment monitoring and value-up support.

For investor-relations and open-innovation activities, the role communicates with management teams, corporate-planning departments, and new-business-development departments at top-tier companies across industries. The objective is to create collaboration between those companies and venture businesses, including support for new business creation and business expansion.

The role sources relevant venture companies worldwide in line with investment areas established through discussions with major operating companies. For sourced companies, it analyzes the business, organization, finances, services, investors, governance, contracts, and other matters while considering the balance between strategic and financial returns, then prepares reports based on the analysis.

After an investment, the role participates and speaks at shareholder reporting meetings and board meetings based on the rights obtained through the investment ratio. Value-up activities include introducing the invested company's services to other major operating companies and supporting adoption. The role also supports fundraising by connecting the venture with other venture capital firms and venture investment divisions of operating companies.

The posting welcomes experience with M&A at an operating company, new service or product development, employment at a consulting company, or venture investment. An MBA is also welcomed. Previous venture capital experience is not required for candidates who want to develop a career as a venture capitalist. The position provides experience related to both operating-company business strategy and venture investment and development.

The position is a regular employee role in Tokyo at 1-6-19 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6019, Izumi Garden Tower. Remote work is not available, and the stated work location and transfer scope are unchanged. The standard working hours are 9:00 to 17:45 with a 60-minute break, and there is no flextime system. The expected annual salary is JPY 8.0 million to JPY 12.0 million, with expected monthly pay of JPY 666,000 to JPY 1,000,000; the monthly figure includes overtime pay and a performance-linked bonus. A bonus and salary increase are each provided once per year. The employment conditions list a six-month probationary period and an indefinite contract term.

Benefits and programs include a shortened-hours system, casual clothing, a defined-contribution pension, comprehensive welfare group term life insurance, an employee stock ownership plan, childbirth and childcare support, qualification and training support, and meal assistance. Additional welfare services include Netflix access, accommodation at welfare prices, corporate sports-club contracts, health and mental-health consultations, childcare and nursing-care subsidies, free e-learning with more than 2,000 titles, and a communication program usable at restaurants nationwide. Social insurance covers health insurance, employees' pension, employment insurance, and workers' accident compensation insurance. Annual holidays total 120 days, including Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and the year-end and New Year period from December 31 to January 3, with condolence leave and 13 to 23 days of annual paid leave. The stated scope of possible job changes is all company duties.