Venture Analyst - Rushlight Ventures - Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.

Seeking a Venture Analyst to join our rapidly growing venture studio!

Are you interested in hands-on market research, customer discovery, financial modeling, and how emerging technologies fit into the market? Rushlight Ventures is seeking a Venture Analyst.

The job duties breakdown is envisioned to be approximately:

• 70% market characterization, customer/user discovery, analysis, & recommendations
• 15% financial modeling/business planning
• 15% situational growth opportunities, depending on your skills & passions

This role will report to the President of Rushlight Ventures, but we operate as a team, and this role will have a voice in direction setting and decision making. The pace of work will ensure you can make a difference every day across multiple projects and task types.

Travel should be moderate, and this role has a hybrid work setting potential.

Who is Rushlight Ventures?

Rushlight Ventures is a young venture studio. We are not an investment fund – we work with small businesses to commercialize the intellectual property they have developed while conducting research for the federal government. Our focus is to find commercial opportunities for their technology via transitioning technology into  products, startups or internal business units, or facilitating license deals or M&A transactions. Headquartered in the Miami Valley Ohio region, Rushlight Ventures is a Rushlight Assets company and focuses its commercialization efforts heavily on related entity technologies (e.g., www.CRGrp.com). We have offices in Miamisburg and downtown Dayton. We are a small team doing big things and blazing new trails. Join us!

Requirements

• Exclusive US citizenship required
• B.S. in business administration (or equivalent) or MBA from an accredited university required
• Experience in market research and characterization, and analysis of business strategy and value proposition is preferred

Rushlight Ventures provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualified Candidates will be able to:

• Conduct market research over a wide range of high-tech markets, such as aerospace, medical, power, defense, software, sensors, electronics, etc.
• Draft market characterization reports
• Develop initial commercialization strategy, including product-market fit and go-to-market strategies
• Analyze market size, growth, segments, channels, competition, behaviors, trends, margin structure, M&A activity, etc.
• Ability to understand the value proposition of emerging technology and how it might fit into the market
• Conduct first-person customer discovery
• Apply classic analysis tools, such as SWOT, Porter, Wendy Kennedy, business model canvas, etc.
• Compile analysis and provide recommendations
• Develop financial models and pro forma projections to use as a basis for understanding the relative value of specific business opportunities
• Contribute to creating commercialization plans and business plans
• To be successful in Rushlight Venture’s corporate culture, qualified candidates must be able to:
• Perform in the fast-paced, unstructured environment of a rapidly growing start-up
• Be a self-starter
• Work independently to determine solutions to complex, underdefined tasks
• Take responsibility to manage tasks and projects
• Quickly adapt to changing needs
• Communicate with executives and engineers
• Quickly comprehend new emerging technologies and assess their value proposition
• Apply a get-it-done, and get-it-done-right mindset coupled with attention to detail

Benefits

Eligible employees of have access to a wealth of health, wellness, and work-life balance benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• PTO: 5 weeks of annual paid time off
• Paid holidays (federal holiday schedule)
• Family-friendly schedule flexibility
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible savings account (FSA)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Group term life
• Voluntary term life
• 401(k) retirement account with employer match contribution
• Wellness incentive opportunities
• Casual, flexible, and hybrid 50/50 work environment (based on position responsibilities)
• Free coffee and soft drinks in the office
• Social events
• Free parking

Salary Range: $65,000 - $80, 000 depending on experience.

OUR VALUES

Our employees are our most important assets. Our team mentality is key to our success. We value:

-Honesty and Integrity

-Respect and Dedication

-Innovation and Collaboration

-Humility, Agility, and Will

We run fast but value work-life balance and flexibility. Our entrepreneurial / intrapreneurial mindset fosters our growth.