AI Triangle – Expert Venture Success & Ecosystem (m/f/d)

AI Triangle – Expert Venture Success & Ecosystem (m/f/d)

Published August 26, 2026

AI Triangle is a joint initiative of TUM Venture Labs, the ETH AI Center, IPAI and Campus Founders, backed by TU Munich and ETH Zürich. Further AI entrepreneurship centers and universities will join. Our mission: to build a leading AI cluster spanning Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Switzerland - one that turns the region's research excellence into globally relevant companies. Our philosophy in three words: Research. Build. Scale.
The Opportunity
We are hiring an Expert (m/w/d) Venture Success & Ecosystem to drive the Scale phase. Your job: coordinate and create the support structures, scaling formats, and ecosystem networks that help high-potential AI ventures transition from early breakthroughs into category-defining, globally competitive companies - across key hubs and partner institutions in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Switzerland.
Concretely, you build the formats and networks that:

• Connect startups, investors, SMEs, and enterprise corporates to unlock rapid commercial adoption, strategic pilot projects, and tangible venture value.
• Empower founders with formats and concepts for scaling support, executive mentorship, and international growth to build relevant and international companies.

Your Mission

• Map and Analyze the AI Startup Landscape: Continuously analyze and track the AI startup landscape across Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, and Switzerland - covering both Application AI and Frontier / Deep Tech AI ventures.
  
• Orchestrate Regional Hub Collaboration: Foster, align, and drive strategic collaboration among key entrepreneurship hubs, university centers, and ecosystem partners across all three regions.
  
• Mobilize an Elite Founder Network: Build and cultivate a high-caliber network of experienced tech and AI founders who want to mentor, advise, and support the next generation of founders.
  
• Connect Startups/Scaleups, Capital & Enterprise: Build a thriving network connecting startups, VC investors, SMEs, and enterprise corporates to unlock commercial value, co-innovation, and growth capital.
  
• Design Scaling Formats: Conceptualize specialized programs, scaling masterclasses, and internationalization formats that support startups to scale into globally relevant companies.

Your Profile

• You are an experienced manager who has personally founded, co-founded, or held a senior leadership role in a high growth / scaleup venture and successfully driven its growth trajectory.
  
• You bring a comprehensive, active network among technology/AI startups, growth VC funds, and corporate innovation leaders across the region and beyond.
  
• You have the standing and empathy to build trust with top founders, serving as a respected peer and sounding board on critical strategic, commercial, and fundraising decisions.
  
• You turn complex regional ecosystems into aligned, high-value networks that translate research breakthroughs into commercial market leadership.
  
• Languages: fluent German and English, written and spoken.

What we offer

• Direct involvement in shaping the leading AI cluster across Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Switzerland.
  
• Direct collaboration with world-class AI founders, leading university hubs, corporate executives and tier-1 venture capital investors.
  
• Real room for ownership, creativity, and strategic influence.
  
• An experienced, open-minded team with flat hierarchies.
  
• Flexible working hours and remote-work options.
  
• A generous budget for internal and external training, Wellpass & monthly mobility budget.