Vice President, Strategy and Research Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Role: Vice President, Strategy & Research

Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person)

Compensation: Competitive within the industry

Start Date: Immediate

ABOUT OUR MODEL

The core of our investment strategy is centered on our ability to evaluate specific topics, utilize relationships with Fortune 1000 companies, and leverage these insights to drive value to our portfolio and partners. The firm partners with dozens of leading public companies across retail, payments, banking and insurance to identify and assess trends that are changing the future of commerce. We work collaboratively to invest in relevant opportunities that are validated through robust analyses and industry evaluation. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role will focus on supporting these activities and helping build systems to continue to scale engagement across our ecosystem. She/he will work closely with the investment function and operate as an integral part of our corporate development team. 

Primary responsibilities include:

  • Independently create in-depth analyses on specific investment topics/ themes
  • Present key conclusions to external executive stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain working relationships with select corporate partners
  • Support day-to-day process across key relationships (incl. KPIs, metrics, etc.)

Secondary responsibilities include:

  • Support content and process management across CRM and CMS platforms
  • Build out and maintain proprietary data assets
  • Assist investment team in diligence and deal processing
  • Support portfolio value creation and business development 
  • Collaborate with other team members on strategic initiatives of the firm

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates should have 4-6 years of total prior work experience, including at either a:

  • Equity research experience with a top ranked bank
  • Industry analyst experience from top industry research firms
  • Top-tier strategy consultancies
  • Boutique consulting or advisory firm that is specialized in financial services, or retail with demonstrated competence in quantitative logic and analysis

Qualified candidates should also meet the following criteria:

  • Proven track record managing complex research & analytical projects
  • Ability to independently structure end-to-end analyses in powerpoint format
  • Experience presenting key findings to senior executive audiences
  • Strong attention to detail, including logic, formatting and writing 
  • Self-starter with superior work ethic and uncompromising personal integrity
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment with limited supervision (including proactively seeking guidance when needed)
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills with an ability to develop and maintain effective business relationships
  • Candidates must have proficiency in excel and and a solid understanding of financial analysis
  • Intellectually curious and a habit of continuous learning
  • Undergraduate degree from a top-tier institution, and a demonstrated track record of both academic and professional success

Interest and experience in financial services and/or retail is preferred, but not mandatory. 

 

ABOUT COMMERCE VENTURES

Commerce Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies that enable the future of across Retail and Financial Services. More broadly, the fund is focused on the Commerce Continuum – Shop (Retail / Commerce), Spend (Payments), Save (Banking / Investing) and Secure (Insurance). Our team has 60 years of combined venture capital, corporate strategy, deal-making and startup experience from across our focus areas. The CV investor base is composed of top-tier financial investors,  strategic enterprises and distinguished  individuals from across the financial services and commerce eco-systems.

The firm manages more than $500M of investors’ capital and is actively investing out of its $150M+ 5th fund. 

To date, the firm has invested in over 100 portfolio companies, including category leaders, such as Bill.com (B2B Payments – BILL), Canary (Hotel Mgmt Software), Forter (Fraud Prevention – unicorn), Kevel (Retail Media Networks), Kin (Homeowners Insurance), Marqeta (Issuing Payments – MQ), MX (Digital Banking – unicorn), Narvar (E-commerce SaaS – unicorn), Socure (Identity Verification – unicorn), Trove (reCommerce), Vestwell (401k infrastructure – unicorn)

If you are interested in this role – please send over a note & resume to jobs@commerce.vc.