Managing Director
NextGen Ventures
Managing Director
NextGen Ventures
Pre-seed/seed VC backing student founders
Product & Digital Operations
Develop a deep understanding of Next Gen´s digital products and customer journeys, identifying opportunities to improve usability, conversion, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
Serve as the operational bridge between local market needs and internal teams by identifying product improvements, reporting customer pain points, validating new features, and ensuring successful market launches.
Continuously monitor operational performance and recommend enhancements based on customer behavior, business metrics, and market trends.
Digital Customer Lifecycle
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the complete customer lifecycle, including user acquisition, registration and account creation, identity verification (KYC) and onboarding, first transaction conversion, activation, retention, reactivation, cross selling and upselling, customer segmentation, and lifetime value optimization.
Analyze each stage of the customer funnel to identify opportunities to improve conversion rates, engagement, operational efficiency, and long term customer value.
Data Analysis & Business Performance
Work with operational dashboards and large datasets to monitor business performance, analyzing KPIs like acquisition, conversion, retention, LTV, CAC, revenue, transaction success rates, and customer satisfaction. Identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities, providing data driven recommendations.
Payments & Financial Operations
Develop expertise in digital payment ecosystems, gateways, alternative payment methods, transaction flows, and reconciliation. Monitor payment KPIs and collaborate with providers to improve performance.
Fraud & Risk Operations
Work closely with Risk, Compliance, and Payments teams to identify fraudulent behavior, reduce operational losses, and optimize fraud prevention, balancing risk controls with excellent customer experience.
Preferred Experience
3 to 5 years leading operations in high growth digital businesses, such as fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, e commerce, or travel. Experience optimizing customer lifecycle, CRM, payment operations, and fraud prevention. Strong analytical skills with BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or QuickSight. SQL is a plus.
Nice to Have
Experience in regulated industries, high volume transactional platforms, and basic knowledge of sports, entertainment, or gaming.
Pre-seed/seed VC backing student founders
NextGen Ventures provides first-cheque funding at pre-seed and seed stages to university and early-career Australian founders, often before incorporation, across AI, B2B software, robotics, deeptech, spacetech, agtech, fintech, climate tech, and consumer marketplaces. It sources deals through a network of student investors on campuses and at hackathons, makes equity investments, and offers hands-on post-investment support including fundraising help and mentorship. The fund differentiates itself by focusing on young, university-based founders in Australia and using student-led sourcing plus mentorship-driven post-investment support to accelerate early-stage companies. Its goal is to back ambitious young founders, help them turn ideas into funded, scalable businesses, and generate returns for its wholesale investor partners.
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