Venture Development Manager (m/f/d)

at  Lufthansa Innovation Hub GmbH

ABOUT US:

At the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, we’re pioneering the future of travel for the Lufthansa Group, the industry, but most importantly for everyone who travels.
The landscape of the travel industry is changing. Our job is to identify these shifts and translate them into new business opportunities in the travel sector.
We are guided by our ambition to take travel to new destinations. To achieve this we believe in constantly pushing the limits’ to make travel easier, more convenient and more enjoyable.
By building a valuable portfolio of travel companies and products, we are making an essential contribution to the asset-light business strategy of the Lufthansa Group.

JOB SUMMARY:

Venture Development Managers (m/f/d) drive digital ventures – from idea via initial validation to market entry and scaling. As a jack-of-all-trades, your typical activities may include value proposition shaping, business modeling, product development, go-to-market planning & execution, operations as well as partnership negotiations & sales – depending on the respective venture topic and your personal field of expertise.
Your overarching goal is to turn an idea of a new product or service around travel & mobility into a fast-growing business to either generate substantial future revenues for the Lufthansa Group or launch a full-blown startup into the market.
Venture developers at LIH enjoy a high degree of creative freedom, operational flexibility, and responsibility. This being the case, you will work in small, autonomous and fast-moving teams in our Berlin office (remote work partially possible) and join our New Business stream.

Drive venture projects in Travel & Mobility Tech, take responsibility for their success and ensure a goal-based implementation
Build, implement and manage digital products
Drive small, interdisciplinary teams with a high degree of personal freedom
Coordinate remote teams (e.g. product development, design)
Monitor and attain project-specific KPIs and milestones
Acquire relevant partners (e.g. distribution, media etc.)
Business development with internal (Lufthansa Group) and external stakeholders
Systematic know-how-transfer both into LIH as well as the Lufthansa Group organization