Investment Director

Job title: Investment Director

Company: Telus

Job description: Ready to change the world?

Join our team

The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good powers the biggest, boldest, bravest ideas and the next generation of startups building tech for good. We invest in entrepreneurs addressing the biggest challenges in health, education, agriculture and the environment, by connecting them with the resources and capital they need to grow and thrive. The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good showcases TELUS’ long-standing commitment to our communities by leveraging the power of technology to drive better social outcomes and economic growth.

At $100 million, the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good is one of Canada’s largest corporate impact funds, and will focus its investment on for-profit companies and founders committed to driving social innovation. The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good’s primary focus will be on Seed and Series A stage financing, with either equity, debt, or flexible financing based on the company’s needs for growth.

Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we’ll accomplish together

As part of the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, you will have the opportunity to invest in the next generation of socially innovative businesses. As an Investment Director, you will work with the team to develop and refine the investment theses based on the Fund’s strategy. You will lead the full lifecycle of investment deal activities, from identifying and sourcing potential investments, through due diligence and deal execution, all through a dual-lens of profit and impact. Additionally, you will support portfolio companies post-investment as necessary to help them scale their impact.

The opportunity to join the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good represents a dynamic opportunity to join a high-performing, collaborative team that is passionate about furthering TELUS’ Social Capitalism mandate.

Here’s how

• Create original investment theses based on the Fund’s strategy and areas of focus and surface opportunities to drive impact alignment and financial returns
• Leverage your strong relationships with an existing network of impact investors and entrepreneurs to source new investment opportunities
• Leverage your experience as an investment or transactional lead to manage the end to end transaction of deals from sourcing through due diligence to deal execution and closing
• Develop financial models for the evaluation of investment opportunities
• Proactively manage the portfolio of investee companies through tracking of financial and impact KPIs
• Provide quarterly updates from across the portfolio, flagging any potential risks/issues and opportunities
• Stay up to date on current trends in social innovation and technology, piecing together the informational mosaic for potential investment targets
• Identify and assess follow-on / secondary opportunities and exit opportunities

You’re the missing piece of the puzzle

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in leading transactions in private company investments and/or deal execution management, preferably in the venture capital, investment banking, telecommunications and/or technology industries
• Strong presentation and communication skills (with experience interacting with senior leaders in both large and small organizations)
• Excellent relationship management and collaboration skills including the ability to collaborate effectively in situations without formal influence & across geographies
• Experience in technical, financial and management evaluation as part of investment due diligence
• MBA degree and/or a CFA or CPA designation(s) would be highly desirable

Great-to-haves

• Passion for solving the world’s most challenging social and environmental problems and desire to create sustainable change
• Superior relationship management and collaboration skills including the ability to collaborate effectively in situations without formal influence & across geographies
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple, simultaneous projects and initiatives in the portfolio and work within an environment of rapid change and evolving priorities
• Entrepreneurial spirit which will drive passionate ownership, process improvement and responsibility for the portfolio of investments

Who is TELUS?

We’re a high-performing team of individuals who collectively make TELUS one of the leading telecommunications companies in Canada. Our competitive consumer offerings include wireline, wireless, internet and Optik TV™. We also deliver a compelling range of products and services for small, medium and large businesses; and have carved out a leadership position in the health, energy, finance and public sector markets with innovative industry specific solutions.

Everyone belongs at TELUS. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TELUS, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want and our communities need.

Do you share our passion?

At TELUS, you create future friendly® possibilities.

At TELUS, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

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Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:02:56 GMT