Head of Industrial Partnerships

About Isogon

Isogon Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in founders bringing AI, advanced software, and automation to the physical economy. We focus on sectors including manufacturing, logistics, energy, and other industrial markets.

Our industrial relationships are central to how we invest: they help us identify opportunities, evaluate technologies, and connect startups across our portfolio and investment pipeline with customers and strategic partners.

The Role

We are hiring a Head of Industrial Partnerships to build and lead Isogon’s network of industrial partners across the United States and Europe, and develop the programs that connect this network with our investment team and founders.

Working directly with the Partners, you will identify, engage, and develop relationships with industrial owners, executives, and operators. Your goal will be to understand their innovation mandates, operational challenges, and technology priorities—and connect them with relevant startups across Isogon’s portfolio and investment pipeline. This is a hands-on role for someone who can build trusted relationships, turn industry conversations into investment insights, and help startups develop commercial partnerships. Please complete our application form here in order to be considered for the role: https://forms.gle/Zs7h5gELG6FW6uFM6

Responsibilities

• Source and engage industrial partners:Identify priority companies and decision-makers, develop targeted outreach, and build trusted relationships with a broad set of executives, operators, and technology buyers.
• Understand partner priorities:Develop a detailed understanding of our industrial partners’ operational challenges, technology priorities, and purchasing processes, including what drives or prevents adoption.
• Generate investment insights:Synthesize feedback from industrial leaders into investment themes, sourcing opportunities, and actionable intelligence for the investment team.
• Support diligence:Connect the investment team with relevant customers and experts to assess demand, adoption barriers, and commercial potential.
• Help win investments and drive portfolio growth:Connect startups across our investment pipeline and portfolio with relevant customers and partners, demonstrating Isogon’s value to founders and helping turn introductions into pilots and lasting commercial relationships.
• Develop partner programs:Create recurring opportunities for industrial leaders to meet relevant founders, exchange insights with peers, and explore technologies through executive roundtables, founder showcases, and site visits.
• Create relevant content:Work with the investment team and founders to develop industry insights, technology briefings, and portfolio case studies that engage industrial leaders and startup founders.
• Organize and manage the network:Track partners’ expertise, priorities, and relationships; maintain regular engagement; and make relevant contacts accessible for diligence and commercial introductions. Measure results through partner participation, useful investment insights, and commercial outcomes.

RequiredQualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in partnerships, corporate innovation, startup commercialization, venture capital, or industrial business development including substantial experience in US markets.
• A track record of building and sustaining networks of senior decision-makers that produce useful insights, customer introductions, or commercial partnerships.
• An understanding of industrial innovation priorities, purchasing decisions, and the practical challenges of technology deployment.
• Strong interest in AI, software, automation, and other technologies reshaping industrial markets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to synthesize industry conversations into clear insights for investors, founders, and industrial leaders.
• Strong judgment and follow-through, with the ability to build programs, manage relationships systematically, and work independently in a small, entrepreneurial firm.

PreferredQualifications

• Experience selling or deploying technology in manufacturing, logistics, energy, mobility, aerospace or related fields.
• An established network of industrial owners and executives in the United States or Europe.
• Experience working across startups and established industrial companies, including through venture firms, accelerators, or corporate innovation teams.
• Experience helping startups move from initial customer conversations through pilots and broader commercial deployment.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to build a core function that shapes Isogon’s investment focus and helps founders win customers.
• Close collaboration with the investment partners and founders across our portfolio and pipeline.
• Access to a transatlantic network of industrial owners, executives, and technology leaders.
• Competitive cash compensation and meaningful carried interest participation.

Location and Travel

New York preferred, with flexibility around major industrial and business hubs. The role involves regular travel within the United States and Europe.

How to Apply

To apply, please complete our application form here: https://forms.gle/Zs7h5gELG6FW6uFM6