Technology Scouting Senior Associate
Company Description
Dcode was founded on the belief that technology can improve the way our government operates. Through our tech accelerator, government training courses, and more, we bring together a community of leaders across tech, government, industry, and venture capital to solve the government's most difficult problems.
Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Dcode is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Technology Scouting Senior Associate to join our growing team and support Dcode’s Accelerator. Reporting to the Director of Technology Scouting, you will work closely with the tech sector, venture capital firms, government agencies, and industry partners to support the identification and recruitment of tech companies for our accelerator programs. This role also will be responsible for supporting Dcode’s tech scouting efforts by identifying relevant tech startups in response to government and industry partner needs.
The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of experience performing tech scouting, horizon scanning, market mapping / analysis of startups across a wide range of tech areas. Previous experience in a tech startup, accelerator, management consulting, venture capital, or investment banking are a plus.
We’re looking for candidates with a deep intellectual curiosity, an ability to get to the bottom of complex topics, a sincere passion for the latest innovation, the startup community, and bringing emerging tech to the government. You’ll also be a well-organized self-starter with superior analytical skills.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Tech Scouting for Dcode’s Accelerator
- Identify and research new markets and technologies for relevance to government problem sets
- Execute Dcode strategy to identify venture-backed technology companies that could participate in our Accelerator program
- Work closely with Dcode’s business development team to flag companies as potential leads once relevant companies are identified
Tech Scouting for Government / Partner Requests
- Support government and industry partner requests to identify emerging technology companies operating in a domain of interest
- Build reports and briefing documents that identify relevant technology companies
- Conduct business and technical due diligence to assess companies and their products for government use cases
- Stay current on tech industry trends that could impact the government
- Network with peers in government, venture capital firms, accelerators and corporations to understand macro trends in the tech industry
- Collect and track relevant data on all technologies scouted
Key Skills
You’ll learn something new every day in this role, and no two days will look exactly the same. We’ll teach you the ropes but ideal candidates will have:
- 2+ years of relevant work experience identifying early stage tech companies, including investment due diligence, market mapping and analysis, strategic foresight activities, targeting, and innovation scouting
- Passion and Curiosity: you love working with (and learning about) cutting edge technologies and care deeply about the impact they can have on making government programs more efficient and impactful
- Independent Performer: you “bring your own jet pack” to work with strong drive and high standards for execution and customer satisfaction
- Researcher at heart: You are experienced with market research tools to identify tech startups (e.g.. Crunchbase, Pitchbook)
- High Attention to Detail: focused on organization and ensuring all materials are complete and accurate
- Communication Skills: you have strong verbal and written communication skills and can confidently present ideas to stakeholders in professional settings
- Fast-Paced Learner: ability to absorb large amounts of information quickly and make informed decisions based on current business needs
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: you are unafraid to offer suggestions, seek others’ perspectives, and make improvements to processes to improve our business
- Team Player: you are excited to collaborate with a diverse group of Dcoders to efficiently complete cross-functional initiatives
Preferred qualifications for this role include:
- Experience identifying emerging tech trends and the startups driving those changes
- Experience supporting deal sourcing, and investment due diligence in a VC
- Experience supporting a government agency’s innovation agenda by identifying relevant startups across a broad range of tech areas
- Demonstrated ability to get up-to-speed quickly on nuanced emerging technology topics in a fast-paced environment
Additional Information
You’ll love it here if you value a culture that is:
- Fast paced and exciting
- Diverse and inclusive
- Energetic and fun
- Transparent and supportive
- Mission-driven and collaborative
We look for resilient hustlers:
Our CEO busted her face on the balance beam in college and got back up… our CSO has knocked on a thousand doors… rejected 999 times and kept on knocking. What is your story? Please provide a few short sentences on your resilient hustler story.
This role will be best for exceptional candidates who are interested in getting a front row seat to the intersection of tech and government. You’ll fit right in if you bring a jet pack of motivation, strong organizational skills, an appetite for changing the world, and a track record of success.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Dcode believes in diversity as strength. We provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, marital status, or other.