Venture Associate Digital Businesses - San Francisco CA

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90824BR

Job Title:

Venture Associate, Digital Businesses - San Francisco, CA

No. of Positions:

1

Job Description:

The New Energies business is investing in attractive business opportunities emerging in data-enabled, software-based mobility and energy services that leverage smart phone usage, increased data analytics and connectivity. These opportunities can leverage Shell's core business by using our global reach, physical footprint, customer relationships and brand. Furthermore, these opportunities extend our core business by adding new and adjacent services – focused on making customer’s lives easier and more cost efficient and strengthening our customer connection points.

This team has been critical in finding the right digital opportunities, the right partners to work with, as well as gathering external insights about the rapidly changing environment. This team also keeps a database of potentially attractive companies and works closely with Shell Ventures, venture capital team to look at potential minority investment opportunities for learning and strategic purposes. Taking a market led approach is important given the speed of change.

Furthermore, to achieve the objectives noted above, the role will reside within the Digital Hub, based in San Francisco, which in combination with Global Commercial and Retail, has the mandate to create new ventures managed through an “Incubator Model” to support continuous rapid delivery and agile principles of working. The incubation will consist of cross-functional teams, including global and local business teams, developers, data scientists, strategic designers, venture architects, SMEs, growth marketers, and external contractors.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be restricted to:


Collaborate with product, marketing, finance, legal and compliance teams to develop and refine go-to-market strategies
Identify synergies with other Shell businesses
Develop and lead scaling plans, including economic modeling and market analysis
Apply growth marketing tools to create efficient customer acquisition costs
Facilitate and lead customer ethnography exercises to extract relevant customer frictions


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90824BR

Country of Work Location:

United States

Company Description:

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with over 90,000 employees in more than 70 countries and territories. In the US, we have operated for over a century and are a major oil and gas producer onshore and in the Gulf of Mexico, a recognized innovator in exploration and production technology, and a leading manufacturer and marketer of fuels, natural gas and petrochemicals. We deliver energy responsibly; operate safely with respect to our neighbours and work to minimize our environmental impact. We are in search of remarkable people who will thrive in a diverse and inclusive work environment to deliver exciting projects locally and globally. People who are passionate about exploring new frontiers. Innovators and pioneers. People with the drive to help shape our future. Because remarkable people achieve remarkable things.

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Work Location:

California - San Francisco

Requirements:


Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
5 years of experience in digital & growth marketing
Experience in direct, digital customer experience B2B and/or B2C businesses or other related field is required
Experience with Product Marketing – helping to define features, benefits, and ultimately the value correlations back to customer frictions
Experience distilling customer interview information into key insights, customer frictions, personas, value propositions, and product/service positioning and messaging for sales
Proven track record of innovative go-to-market strategies and work in cross-business and cross-functional projects in uncertain environments
Knowledge of digital disruption and clarity on major digital megatrends and growing capabilities
Good understanding of transport and energy/power ecosystems and related value pools is preferred
Demonstrated ability to plan and manage at both a strategic and operational level, and to successfully launch new products in the market
Proven track record of internal stakeholder management, building relationships, and making relevant industry connections
Agile Project Management experience is an advantage
Strong communicator across multiple platforms
Have experience working in or with a start-up environment
Entrepreneurial mindset


City, State (if applicable):

San Francisco, CA

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