Venture Capitalist jobs in Richmond, VA

Want to be part of creating Altria’s Non-nicotine future? Interested in building new brands, products, and businesses that transform consumer experiences while creating future revenue streams? Have a passion for using financial analytics and commercial skills to design new business strategies and concepts and test them via experimentation and collaboration? If this sounds like you, we want to speak with you!

We are actively recruiting for a highly qualified Senior Manager, Venture Growth System, to join our team in Richmond, VA, or we are open to remote work arrangements.

What you’ll be doing:
Use financial, commercial, leadership, and other skills to
• support teams that create new business strategies, concepts, products, and go-to-market strategies.
• lead analysis including market and opportunity sizing, benchmarking, forecasting, modeling, sensitivity analysis, margin analysis, pro forma P/L creation, business plan creation, performance vs. metrics, valuation, etc.
• lead gathering of inputs, develop and analyze and recommend valuation models for any new business opportunities.
• evaluate and lead recommendations on capital allocation strategies (build, buy, partner) and make data-backed recommendations.
• support investment opportunities as a member of a cross-functional team that influences long-term, company-wide investment initiatives; lead delivery of services to investments
• collaborate across the enterprise to help assess and prioritize investments to best align with corporate strategy and growth objectives.
• create, measure, and report against metrics to measure progress, including the strength of a new business portfolio.
• manage team budgets and forecasts.
• engage with external partners and vendors that support team strategies.
• act as a project manager of various work streams.
• lead small teams and develop capabilities.
• act as a jack-of-all-trades supporting general commercial efforts on teams when necessary.

Want we want you to have:
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10 years of relevant work experience with 4 years in strategy, corporate development, venture capital, or innovation. MBA preferred.
• A Venture Growth Mindset including: adaptable, positive, resilient, biased toward action, solution-oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity -- all with a focus on rapidly contributing, learning, and growing
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills. Advanced modeling skills and the ability to synthesize data into meaningful conclusions and recommendations.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities with aggressive timelines.
• Strong communication skills; ability to concisely articulate capital allocation thesis to internal partners, including senior leadership.
• Broad financial competence, including a strong foundation in accounting and corporate finance principles (comprehensive understanding of valuation methodologies).
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Comfortable performing in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, leading internal and external resources.
• Self-starter can work independently and in collaborative teams.
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally as needed.

In addition to the opportunity to apply and develop your skills toward key business objectives, we offer an excellent compensation package, including a competitive base salary, comprehensive health/vision/dental insurance, participation in our incentive compensation and deferred profit-sharing programs, as well as a relocation assistance package.