Investment Manager - Monash Ventures
Job No.: 685777
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Continuing appointment
Remuneration: $140,157 - $148,769 pa HEW Level 9 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Do you want to turn groundbreaking research into high-impact ventures? Monash Innovation is seeking a dynamic Investment Manager to help us to shape the next generation of university spinouts and investment initiatives.
In this pivotal role, you’ll work closely with inventors, founders, and investors to guide early-stage technologies through the spinout pathway, connecting ideas to capital, strategy, and execution. You’ll be instrumental in helping to build venture-ready companies, securing early stage and follow-on investment funding, and supporting the development of Monash’s future investment funds.
This is your chance to be at the intersection of research, entrepreneurship, and investment, driving commercialisation outcomes that matter.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage a portfolio of spinouts, providing strategic and operational support
- Build investor networks and secure resources for early-stage ventures
- Lead investment proposals and due diligence for Monash Investment Holdings
- Collaborate across legal, finance, and governance teams to streamline spinout processes
- Contribute to fund management and future investment fund design
- Advise on University-wide innovation programs and enterprise initiatives
What You’ll Bring:
- Your experience in research-based spinouts or early-stage ventures
- A strong understanding of the venture capital and investment landscape
- The proven ability to negotiate and close commercial deals
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and strategic advisory skills
- A passion for innovation, impact, and building scalable ventures
Join a team that’s redefining how universities commercialise research. At Monash Innovation, you’ll help transform ideas into investable opportunities and shape the future of Australia’s innovation economy.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Learn more about Monash.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to
'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Victoria Boag, Director, Strategy and Operations (Acting), Monash Innovation, +61 (0) 405 458 692
Position Description: Investment Manager
Applications Close: Monday 15th December 2025, 11:55pm AEDT
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