Working student Corporate Venture

About us

We offer you an Ocean of Possibilities. Join our family. Damen Maritime Ventures is a division within Damen and part of Damen’s overall efforts to drive the transformation of the shipbuilding industry and shape the future of maritime solutions. Our effective, efficient and pragmatic strategic portfolio management enables our division to maximize shareholder impact, by adding value through collaboration and pro-active engagement with and between our maritime ventures.

We connect our ventures and ideas with operational expertise and world-class infrastructure. We scale the most promising ideas to deliver meaningful impact to Damen.

We are searching for a Working Student! In your role, you actively support the Corporate Venturing Unit (CVU) in scouting, investing and growing highly innovative startups and scale-ups. You will be part of a small specialized team, reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Venturing. With the team, you are responsible for evaluation, selection and execution of startup investment opportunities. Do you want to work for a large corporate at the start of an era of change?

Do you want to improve processes, analyze start-ups and be the gatekeeper for collaborations with new startups that we can invest in? If so, this is the opportunity to come and work for the Damen Shipyards Group!

• In your role you will be supporting in performing market studies, technology scouting, investment analysis support and portfolio growth support.
• Researching market and technology trends together with the Investments and Technology analysts;
• Supporting and managing internal information and tracking systems;
• Support in internal and external communications;
• Coordinate together with the team the new opportunities and start-ups that help Damen to create new value chains.

• You are a MSc Student in the field of Business Administration, Business Economics, Technical Business Studies or a Technical related studies;
• You are interested in the Maritime sector, either by experience or by personal interest;
• Interested in innovation, corporate venturing, not afraid of a little bit of number crunching and curious by nature;
• Experience with venture capital, startup scouting, financial modelling and valuations is a pre;
• You are available at the earliest convenience, for at least six months

A parttime or fulltime job, working hybrid with at least one day on site.

• Monthly salary
• travel allowance
• holiday payment
• vacation days

A role at a growing unit within Damen Maritime Ventures.

Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.

Damen has 35 shipyards on five different continents and operates in more than 100 countries. We are still growing and that gives you options. You contribute to this growth while benefit ting from the diverse development and career opportunities that our company offers. We will continue to challenge you. With our extensive portfolio of products and solutions you will never get bored and never stop learning.

We offer you a world of possibilities. Working at Damen means contributing to the highest quality in shipbuilding, with an eye to the future and future generations. We want to make the world a better place by becoming the most sustainable maritime solution provider. For that, we need you. Become part of our family. We are Damen. We’re a family company that has been building ships for almost 100 years.

However, our focus is not on the past, however – we’re looking forward. Our ambition is to become the most sustainable and connected maritime solutions provider there is. To achieve this, we combine digital technology with our philosophy of standardised shipbuilding to offer a portfolio of services that takes care of vessels throughout the entire lifecycle. Working at Damen offers the best of several worlds.

Active in more than 100 countries, with over 30 shipyards, we are internationally renowned for quality. And we are still growing, still innovating. Which means we will continue to challenge you. You will never stop learning, and you will never get bored – we promise you that. We offer you an ocean of possibilities. Join our family.

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