Excel inside an innovation-fueled atmosphere.

Join our team to experience our momentum from the inside.

Working with Ben literally means working to change the world, by collaboratively supporting the pulse of innovation in our region’s technology ecosystem. If you’re looking for purpose and are passionate about driving change, you will find no shortage of fulfillment here. The excitement of burgeoning industries and ideas threads through every moment here, and we invite you to contribute your talents and experience the momentum first-hand as a member of the Ben Franklin team.

Our Values

 

Mission:

We believe in equitable economic development. We will purposely advance initiatives that deepen our social impact in our region and that sustain our mission.

 

Community:

We value, appreciate and show respect for our colleagues and our entrepreneurs, and their talents and contributions. We encourage initiative, diversity, equity, inclusivity, joy and creativity.

 

Service:

We believe in “giving back”. We will humbly serve each other, our entrepreneurs and our region, and we will constantly seek new ways to better serve. As part of our service, we will show gratitude, employ empathy, and celebrate success.

 

Collaboration:

We will share our information, ideas, suggestions and concerns with our colleagues, and we will listen to our colleagues’ needs. Demonstrating high emotional intelligence, we will treat each other with fairness, honesty, accountability, transparency, integrity and civility.

 

We Are the Change:

We understand that Ben’s continued success depends on our actions. We will challenge the status quo, check our assumptions, and “ask why”. We will maintain an atmosphere where we and our colleagues will be unafraid to explore new initiatives, knowing that some initiatives may fail. We will approach our work enthusiastically, and with fun.

Our Commitment to DEI – We live it, its in our DNA!

Ben Franklin maintains an inclusive workforce, where employees are hired, retained, compensated, and promoted based on their contributions to our mission, free from discrimination, prejudice, and bias. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and our investment practices. Our collective strength is rooted in our values, where we support and honor our mission, appreciate and humbly serve our community and each other, demonstrate collaboration, and commit that “We Are the Change.”

Current Openings

Investment Director / Global Opportunity Pennsylvania Fund II and Global Opportunity Philadelphia Fund I

Full Time

Deadline: Open until filled. Please submit a cover letter and resume.

The Investment Director is a senior manager of the Fund and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Fund’s day to day activities, including identifying potential investments; managing the technical and business due diligence process; and planning, coordination, management and execution of the Fund’s investment activities (including the sourcing, evaluation and management of investments across a diversified portfolio based on technologies such as AI, therapeutics, robotics, advanced manufacturing, agricultural technology, diagnostics and digital health). As part of such day-to-day activities, the Investment Director will negotiate financial and non-financial terms (both during and after the initial investment stage, in transactions such as conversions of debt to equity and mergers and acquisitions), finalize investment documentation, and deploy or direct provision of management support to the Fund’s portfolio companies. 

The Investment Director also will collaborate with the investment professionals at each regional Ben Franklin to identify growth stage investment opportunities, organize the due diligence materials, review and structure investment documentation, and provide ongoing support and reporting. The Investment Director will also coordinate and support the internal deal champions and target management teams through the review process. 

The Investment Director also will manage the fully invested GO Philly Fund. 

Fundraising is not required for this role but is preferred. 

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