Quantum Intellectual Property Services and Intellectual Ventures seek a highly skilled, motivated and experienced Manager, Business Development. The Manager will be accountable for:

• Leading and executing a variety of strategy and business development initiatives across the organization;
• Managing virtual teams and communicating to key constituents the project objectives and recommendations;
• Contributing to multiple projects in a variety of roles - as a manager, individual contributor or advisor. 

Intellectual Ventures (“IV”) is a privately-held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington. Intellectual Ventures is the leader in the business of invention. Driven by the belief that invention sparks progress, Intellectual Ventures is committed to creating and sustaining a market for invention and being the leading invention partner for the world’s most innovative companies and individuals. The company creates new inventions, invests in existing inventions and partners with individuals, universities and research labs worldwide to develop inventions. Intellectual Ventures provides companies access to these inventions through a variety of licensing and partnering programs.

Responsibilities:

• Perform industry, strategic and financial analyses. Synthesize and make recommendations based on key findings.
• Prepare analytically-driven project reports and business plans for delivery at senior management and board-level.
• Brainstorm ideas, gather requirements, perform qualitative and quantitative analysis, and design business models.
• Define objectives, timeline and milestones, resource requirements, and roles and responsibilities for projects.
• Develop relationships, manage expectations and communicate on a formal and informal basis with senior executives and managers across the organization.
• Reflect high degree of professional initiative and willingness/ability to operate effectively both on a team and independently.
• Perform in a dynamic, challenging environment, and deliver accurate results under tight deadlines with limited to no supervision and bring strong organizational and project management skills.

Key Qualifications and Required Skills:

• At least 5 years of professional experience with minimum of 2 yrs experience from a top-tier consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc.) or a high-rigor environment such as private equity, investment banking or the internal consulting group of a Fortune 50 company.
• Proven success in designing, managing and executing strategic and/or business development projects.
• Ability to work independently in dynamic, unstructured environment. Self-motivated and self-disciplined with “can-do” attitude.
• Demonstrated financial and business acumen.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Superior oral and written communication, leadership and team skills.
• Advanced usage of MS Office programs. Excellent Excel model-building skills.
• Demonstrated academic excellence. Bachelors Degree required. MBA from a top school strongly preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer