Manager BL - Company Building

Manager Business Line - Company Building
(Strategic Venture - All-Rounder)

Hybrid

About InnoEnergy

InnoEnergy is industrialising clean tech innovation to enable and grow a global net zero economy. Active in Europe and the US, the company invests in early-stage start-ups and the current and future workforce, building resilient clean tech value chains that drive sustainable economic growth. Through its ecosystem - with 1,400 partners including 39 shareholders spanning industry, finance, public policy, and academia - the company scales the energy transition at speed.
Since 2010, InnoEnergy has supported 500+ companies, helping to grow 4 into industrial unicorns. These companies have raised more than €34 billion to date, created 40,000 jobs, and are on track to generate €110 billion in revenue and reduce 2.1 gigatons of CO2e by 2030. Currently, InnoEnergy is invested in 160+ start-ups and scale-ups.

In support of the EU's climate and industrial goals, InnoEnergy leads industrial alliances in batteries and solar and accelerates the uptake of green hydrogen. Pinpointing market gaps, InnoEnergy launches new industrial champions, in sectors including batteries, steel, and fertilisers.
InnoEnergy was established in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, as one of its first Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC). In 2025, the EIT and InnoEnergy entered into a new partnership, where they will continue collaborating on specific projects.

Background

Are you a strategic all-rounder who thrives in fast-paced environments, seamlessly shifting between ideation, execution, and leadership? InnoEnergy is seeking a Manager Business Line - Company Building, a hands-on venture builder and adaptable team leader who can wear multiple hats to create and launch high-impact Newco's.
Reporting directly to the Director Company Building, you'll play a pivotal role across the full lifecycle of venture creation-from opportunity spotting to A-round support. You'll work closely with cross-functional colleagues and build agile, fit-for-purpose teams tailored to each phase of development.
This is a true "utility player" role-part strategist, part operator, part dealmaker-bringing both breadth and depth to everything you touch.

Your Mission

You will be the go-to person for taking promising Newco ideas and turning them into real companies that accelerate the energy transition. Your role spans four key stages:

1) Opportunity Spotting & Strategic Framing

Identify white spaces in the market aligned with InnoEnergy's strategic value chains-or uncover new ones that warrant creating a fourth chain.
Translate macro trends, emerging technologies, and policy shifts into viable newco opportunities.

2) Selection & Assessment

Rapidly assess ideas, mobilizing internal and external expertise.
Set up lean teams to test assumptions, develop business cases, and pitch for pre-investment funding.

3) Building & Launching

Assemble and lead high-impact project teams to develop strong investment cases and win Executive Board & IC approval.
Secure early-stage investors, strategic partners, and help build the founding team.
Act as interim business leader when needed, driving the venture from paper to launch.

4) Post-Launch Support

Support ventures through to their A-round, ensuring governance, performance, and course-correction as needed.
Guide ventures to autonomy while ensuring alignment with InnoEnergy's broader goals.

What You'll Own

Strategic Leadership

Ensure each newco adds tangible value to decarbonization and industrial innovation.

Tactical Execution

Jump into various phases as needed-ideation, operations, fundraising, governance.
Manage resources flexibly, drawing from internal experts, partners, and consultants.
Bring AI, digital twinning, and data-driven methods into the venture creation toolkit.

Stakeholder Engagement

Serve as a connector-linking ideas, people, capital, and momentum.
Build trusted relationships with shareholders, grant providers, policymakers, and the European Commission.
Actively shape the ecosystem through events, thought leadership, and digital channels.

What You Bring

Proven experience building ventures, businesses, or spin-offs from concept to launch.
Background in business development, capex-heavy project delivery, or strategic innovation.
Strong financial and commercial acumen-able to build convincing investment cases and equity stories.
Understanding of the energy transition, industrial decarbonization, and emerging tech trends.
Able to wear many hats-strategist, operator, communicator, problem-solver.
Comfort with ambiguity, agility in shifting roles, and capacity to lead diverse, cross-cultural teams.
Familiarity with AI, digital twinning, and data tools in a business context.
Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus.
Willingness to travel across Europe as needed.

Your Impact

Contribute directly to InnoEnergy's Vision 2030 by helping build €4B in Newco value.
Enable the creation of 300,000 jobs across the value chains.
Drive meaningful CO₂ reduction via scalable industrial ventures.

Why This Role is Unique

This is not a classic line management or innovation role. It's for someone who thrives in motion-who can move between blue-sky thinking and gritty execution, between boardroom conversations and boots-on-the-ground work. You're the kind of person people rely on to "just get it done," no matter what 'it' is.
If you're looking to make your mark as a multi-skilled venture builder with strategic influence and operational range, this is the role for you.

At InnoEnergy, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer

We welcome and celebrate diversity in all its forms-regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or identity. We believe diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive environment within our team and across our trusted ecosystem.

How to apply

Please send your CV and motivation letter to Marco Verburgh (Talent Acquisition) via ***.