Managing VC Director

<article class="detail-content-block detail-content-block-tasks"> <div class="detail-block-description"> <h2><strong>Build the next generation of deep-tech robotics startups</strong></h2> <p>The TUM Venture Labs are a joint initiative of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, building Europe’s leading hub for science-based entrepreneurship in Deep Tech and Life Sciences. The TUM Venture Labs act as one organization across a closely-knit network of 12 domain-specific labs.</p> <p>Our mission is to support outstanding researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs in transforming cutting-edge research into scalable companies with global impact. Through domain-specific venture labs, we provide founders with access to venture building expertise, industrial partners, investors, and world-class research infrastructure.</p> <p>The TUM Venture Lab Robotics/AI focuses on breakthrough innovations in robotics and industrial automation, artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence as well as in communication technologies. Working closely with the renowned Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), the lab connects research excellence with venture creation and industrial collaboration to build the next generation of deep tech robotics startups.</p> <p>We are looking for a <strong>Managing Director (m/w/d)</strong> who will lead and expand the Venture Lab Robotics/AI starting <strong>July 2026 (min. 32h)</strong></p> </div> </article> <article class="detail-content-block detail-content-block-conditions"> <h5 class="detail-block-title">Your mission</h5> <div class="detail-block-description"> <h2><strong>Your Impact</strong></h2> <p>As Managing Director of the TUM Venture Lab Robotics/AI, you will shape one of the most important enabling technologies of our time. You will foster synergies across technological fields and unlock the full potential of robotics, ranging from industrial intelligence and autonomy to nanoscale and biorobotics.</p> <p>Leading one of the key nodes of the TUM deep-tech startup ecosystem, you will combine strategic leadership, venture-building expertise, and ecosystem development to transform cutting-edge robotics and AI research at TUM into scalable, globally competitive deep-tech startups.</p> <h3><strong>Leadership &amp; Operations</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Leadership and further development of the team as well as the strategic direction of the TUM Venture Lab Robotics/AI</li> <li>Securing and managing funding streams to ensure sustainable long-term lab operations</li> <li>Ensuring operational excellence and effective execution of programs and initiatives by applying the OKR framework</li> <li>Alignment with key stakeholders, in particular Academic Directors, TUM Entrepreneurship, and UnternehmerTUM</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Venture Creation &amp; Startup Support</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Building and further developing a high-quality pipeline of robotics and AI startup teams – from early research ideas ...