In this role, you will have the exciting opportunity to shape the strategy of one of the top 10 largest banks in North America by working on our North American Partnerships team. Your responsibilities will include identifying appropriate investment targets, driving business relationships, and developing business cases and investment analysis. You’ll work closely with our product management, sales, and investment teams to execute our strategic roadmap. It will be helpful if you have experience developing business goals and key performance metrics to support initiative/program monitoring and enable insights, have worked in the venture capital space, and/or have experience with large financial institutions. You’ll be successful if you can build strong cross-group coordination and logistical support for new investments and can work across BMO to deliver results in alignment with overall group goals.
Perform research and analysis of new markets, technologies, and business models. Leverage an unyielding curiosity to help our team keep pace with future trends. Assist and support existing portfolio companies by acting as a true partner to, and advocate for, partners as they navigate the entrepreneurial journey. Seek out new investment opportunities. and establish our presence in the market and expand our ecosystem among venture capitalists, service providers, subject matter experts, and others. Engage with the entrepreneurial community. Be an authentic voice for BMO’s mission and vision and build meaningful, lasting relationships. Evaluate potential investment opportunities. Uncover what makes our lines of business special and how we can accelerate our product roadmaps and strategic investments. Execute investments, including deal structuring and financial modeling. Understand and communicate the financial impact and underlying incentives of the deals we participate in. Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned businesses/groups for assigned initiative and product strategy by acting as an advisor and subject matter expert on relevant regulations and policies including ongoing monitoring and reporting. Ensures alignment between various stakeholders Ensures alignment between stakeholders. Employs systems (e.g. customized exception reports, tracking reports, etc.) to manage information.
What We Do
The story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 isn’t really about the fire. It’s about what happened next: A remarkable moment when the most brilliant engineers, architects and inventors came together to build a new city. Their innovations – born of passion and practical ingenuity – shaped not just Chicago, but the modern world. What started 140 years ago continues to this day. Chicago’s brightest digital designers, engineers and entrepreneurs are shaping new technologies, disrupting old business models, and resetting the boundaries of what’s possible.
1871 is Chicago’s innovation hub and the #1 ranked private business incubator in the world. It exists to inspire, equip, and support early stage, growth stage and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~400 technology startups, ~200 growth stage companies, and ~1,500 members, and is supported by an entire ecosystem focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 850 alumni companies are currently still active, have created over 14,500 jobs, and have raised more than $3.5 billion in follow-on capital.
Come to a place where you can share ideas, take initiative, work hard, grow professionally and, with a little luck, change the world. If that sounds like you, come join us.
Welcome to 1871.
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