Job Summary
Forecast Labs is adding a Partner to our investment team located on the cusp of Lower Manhattan in Soho, New York City. The Partner will be responsible for investment thesis development, prospecting, investment diligence, and portfolio management. They will be an ambassador for Forecast Labs, nurturing existing relationships and fostering new ones with entrepreneurs, investors, and industry practitioners. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a differentiated venture group that is re-imagining the VC industry. The Partner’s responsibilities will include owning the investment process by driving the full lifecycle of a deal.Job Description
About Forecast Labs
Forecast Labs is a one-of-a-kind earned equity venture group, part of Comcast/NBCUniversal. Based in NYC, we partner with entrepreneurs across the country that are building transformative consumer businesses and help them scale those businesses using our distribution advantage on TV advertising. As a result, we can generate superior financial returns and provide a competitive advantage to our portfolio of investments.
Core Responsibilities:
- Networking with entrepreneurs and venture investors
- Generating proprietary deal flow of investment opportunities
- Leading due diligence, financial analysis, terms negotiation and investment process
- Preparing internal presentations and memorandums
- Representing Forecast Labs as a board member
- Traveling and attending industry conferences and portfolio company board meetings/visits
Strong candidates have these attributes:
- 2+ years of VC or angel investment experience, with 8 – 10 years of total professional experience
- Friendly, enthusiastic, and excited about working with a large network of entrepreneurs, VCs and colleagues throughout the Comcast organization.
- A networker with an established network of former colleagues, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists.
- Highly articulate with exceptional presentation skills
- Strong quantitative skills with an ability to build and operate Excel models for financial analysis.
- Diligent leader with strong organizational skills
- Education Level: Bachelor’s degree
Employees at all levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience – think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff – be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team – make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System – a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company – by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
- Do what’s right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Disclaimer:
- This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.
Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
10 Years +
Salary:
Pay Range: $201,046.42 – $301,569.63
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience.
