Full-Time
Senior Manager
Strategy & Growth
Newlab
51-200 employees
Venture platform aligning infrastructure, projects, capital
Compensation Overview
$120k - $160k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- 6-9+ years of experience in strategy, corporate development, economic development, management consulting, public-private partnerships, or a related field.
- Proven experience leading research and analysis projects that inform investment or expansion decisions.
- Strong research skills and ability to rapidly synthesize large amounts of information into actionable business strategies
- Hands-on experience with RFP development, proposal writing, and/or competitive submissions
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, compelling materials for senior leaders and external audiences
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects, workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
- High EQ; able to detect subtext and translate it into actionable insights that drive decisionmaking
- Strong bias for action and desire to take ownership of work while being team-oriented
- Low ego, high-integrity, and strong desire to win
- Market research and analysis: Lead rapid analysis of inbound market development opportunities to drive first-gate decision-making
- Market research and analysis: Proactively build a market expansion pipeline by identifying and analyzing high-potential new locations aligned with Newlab’s sectors of focus
- Market research and analysis: Lead research and comparative analysis on potential new locations based on key factors including industry-led technology potential, policy and funding landscape, competitive dynamics, and potential risks
- Market research and analysis: Synthesize analysis into clear market theses to drive internal decision-making and business case development
- Pipeline management: Maintain a structured geographic expansion pipeline, tracking opportunities from early exploration through go/no-go decisions
- Pipeline management: Drive internal coordination to ensure all opportunities are advancing at pace and team time is being allocated effectively based on strategic and growth priorities
- Pipeline management: Liaise with Finance and Biz Ops teams to integrate pipeline data into broader business and board/investor reporting
- RFP and proposal development: Develop strategic narratives that translate market theses into persuasive materials (decks, memos, budget narratives) tailored to public and private-sector audiences
- RFP and proposal development: Support the capital and partnership formation strategy for prospective location deals
- RFP and proposal development: Lead RFI/RFP submissions by coordinating inputs across internal teams and external partners to deliver timely, high-quality responses
- Project management & Cross-functional / stakeholder coordination: Project manage market development initiatives setting timelines, developing and managing workplans, tracking risks/dependencies, and drive accountable execution across internal
- Project management & Cross-functional / stakeholder coordination: Serve as primary liaison to key external stakeholders, managing communications and information flows, coordinating inputs, and ensuring consistent strategic alignment
- Project management & Cross-functional / stakeholder coordination: Support engagement model design with strategic industry, academic and other region-specific stakeholders that could be core, founding partners in Newlab’s prospective location platform
- Internal continuous improvement: Synthesize research, stakeholder input, and market signals into actionable recommendations that can be applied to improve internal processes and support rapid decision-making
- Internal continuous improvement: Support the development of repeatable frameworks, tools, and templates to improve how the organization evaluates new locations and market opportunities
- Internal continuous improvement: Monitor market and policy trends in relevant industries and geographies to inform long-term growth strategy and/or identify opportunities to develop centralized initiatives that can drive growth across existing and new locations
- Experience evaluating or launching new markets, regions, or physical locations
- Familiarity with public-sector processes, economic development incentives, or federally and state-funded programs
- Experience working in or with industrial innovation, startup ecosystems, and/or large-scale public-private project development
- Exposure to early and/or growth stage startups and deep founder empathy
Newlab is a venture platform for critical-technology startups transforming core industrial sectors. It accelerates commercialization by coordinating infrastructure, projects, and capital across five locations—Brooklyn, Detroit, New Orleans, Montevideo, and Riyadh—and partners with over 50 industry and government entities worldwide. The platform supports pilots, manufacturing access, and capital connections through an ecosystem-driven model that ties real-world infrastructure to funding. Its track record includes 400+ startups backed with over $5.8 billion in venture capital, $2.3 billion in exits, and a collective valuation above $20 billion, with a goal of speeding commercialization and scale of essential technologies by connecting startups to needed resources in strategic geographies.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$152.4M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2016
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What believers are saying
- JERA partnership accelerates PSC commercialization for gas turbines by 2026.
- NSA site's 1.5M sq ft campus enables rapid startup pilot deployments.
- Shell, LSU, and FUEL alliances provide funding and demonstration networks.
What critics are saying
- NSA construction delays from remediation halt operations in 6-12 months.
- JERA picks rival startup, diverting $50M from Newlab in 12-18 months.
- Shell cuts funding as ExxonMobil's Port Fourchon hub steals startups.
What makes Newlab unique
- Newlab New Orleans specializes in industrial-scale facilities for carbon capture pilots at NSA site.
- Partners with JERA to commercialize low-concentration CO2 capture by 2026.
- Focuses on energy, carbon management, and maritime tech unlike urban incubators.
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JERA partners with Newlab New Orleans to advance low-concentration CO[2] capture technologies. BY JERA JERA Co., Inc., through its venture capital arm JERA Ventures, has entered a partnership with Newlab New Orleans to accelerate development of carbon capture technologies targeting low-concentration CO[2] emissions from power generation. Newlab New Orleans, a public-private innovation hub focused on energy and industrial technologies, will work with JERA to evaluate point-source capture (PSC) solutions suited for emissions from combined-cycle gas turbines. Such emissions present a technical challenge, as lower CO[2] concentrations make conventional capture methods inefficient and costly. The partners said next-generation PSC technologies are essential to enabling scalable decarbonization of gas-fired power systems. Under the agreement, JERA and Newlab will identify promising PSC startups, conduct proof-of-concept testing under real-world industrial conditions and, by 2026, select one technology for deeper development and potential commercialization. The collaboration includes advancing candidates into pilot planning and undertaking engineering and partnership work needed to prepare for deployment at gas-fired power plants. Leaders from both organizations emphasized the global relevance of the effort. Takeshi Kodama, head of JERA Ventures, said the partnership will help validate breakthrough technologies in industrial settings and lay the groundwork for commercial-scale projects across JERA's global markets. Sahil Jain, vice president of strategy at Newlab, said Louisiana's industrial corridor offers ideal conditions to test emerging PSC solutions on authentic flue gas profiles. The initiative builds on JERA's ongoing investments in Louisiana's energy sector, including its development of a large low-carbon ammonia facility, its stake in the 300-megawatt Oxbow Solar Farm, upstream shale gas assets in the Haynesville basin and long-term LNG offtake. Together, the companies said, these efforts reflect a commitment to advancing practical decarbonization technologies for the power sector.
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Newlab New Orleans will bolster the state's competitiveness to attract startups across energy growth sectors by aligning cross-sector partners, technical infrastructure, and risk capitalNEW ORLEANS, May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global venture platform Newlab today announced its expansion into Louisiana and the establishment of its newest innovation hub, Newlab New Orleans. The platform aims to advance the development, demonstration, and scaling of technologies critical to the reindustrialization and diversification of Louisiana's energy sector.Newlab New Orleans is catalyzed by a public-private partnership that includes Louisiana Economic Development (LED), the City of New Orleans, Future Use of Energy in Louisiana ("FUEL", an NSF Engine), Louisiana State University, Greater New Orleans, Inc. and Shell.The platform will attract leading startups and accelerate technology commercialization across three initial focus areas:Industrial Power: Advancing low-cost hydrogen production, low-carbon energy generation, and thermal electrification, while enhancing grid resiliency through modernization, energy efficiency, and integration of alternative fuelsAdvancing low-cost hydrogen production, low-carbon energy generation, and thermal electrification, while enhancing grid resiliency through modernization, energy efficiency, and integration of alternative fuels Carbon Management & Utilization: Enhancing carbon removal, point-source carbon capture, storage, and utilization such as converting captured carbon into high-value products including chemicals, sustainable aviation fuels and other low-carbon fuels, and clean construction materialsEnhancing carbon removal, point-source carbon capture, storage, and utilization such as converting captured carbon into high-value products including chemicals, sustainable aviation fuels and other low-carbon fuels, and clean construction materials Shipping and Maritime: Accelerating solutions in critical port infrastructure and operations, alternative maritime fuels, energy efficiency, and other emissions-reduction technologiesNewlab New Orleans will be anchored in a purpose-built, newly constructed hub at the Naval Support Activity (NSA) site located at the intersection of the Intercoastal Industrial Canal and the Mississippi River. The NSA complex formerly operated as a 1.5 million square foot logistics center for the U.S. Navy, with the last military personnel departing the base in 2011. As part of the master plan by local developers, EMDRC Partners, and the City of New Orleans to reimagine the NSA campus, Newlab New Orleans will help to reactivate the historic site by creating a center of gravity for critical technology startups to drive measurable economic impact in the state.The hub will feature industrial scale-up spaces, outfitted with specialized equipment and capabilities, allowing startups to fabricate, assemble, and pre-commission demonstration-scale process units for in-field deployments
Listen to this articleThe New York Robotics Network is building a community in the metro area and worldwide. Credit: Adobe Stock. As robots spread from factories and warehouses around the world, robotics clusters are popping up wherever there’s a critical mass of industrial need, skilled workers, and innovative entrepreneurs. Since 2021, the New York Robotics Network has been growing and organizing events to help startups, engineers, investors, and end users connect. The organization said it is in the “fastest-growing tech ecosystem in the U.S.”