Portfolio & Platform Associate

About JFFVentures

JFFVentures is a specialized investment fund that focuses on technologies aimed at advancing the future of work by enhancing economic mobility for underserved learners and workers. It invests in early-stage enterprises operating within the edtech, workforce tech, and HR tech sectors. JFFVentures’ distinguishing advantage lies in its exclusive partnership with Jobs for the Future (JFF), a respected national nonprofit with a 40-year legacy dedicated to workforce development and educational innovation. This strategic alignment provides portfolio companies with unparalleled access to insights, partnerships, and a vast network across the education-to-workforce continuum.

About this Role

The Portfolio & Platform Associate at JFFVentures is envisioned as a vital systems-oriented operator and relationship cultivator, invigorated by facilitating the success of entrepreneurial ventures. This role prominently revolves around platform optimization and portfolio value enhancement, while also offering substantive exposure to investment activities. The associate will primarily serve as the pivotal interface for portfolio companies post-investment, fostering robust relationships and articulating value-driven initiatives that benefit founders through customer introductions and strategic partnerships. In addition, the associate will actively participate in managing internal frameworks that bolster investment tracking, onboarding processes, and relationship management, while leading fund reporting initiatives and LP communications. A significant emphasis is placed on measuring, communicating, and aligning impact strategies to fortify JFFVentures’ Investment Measurement Methodology (IMM) approach by crafting frameworks, monitoring results, and establishing performance goals across the portfolio. Concurrently, the role involves contributing to the investment pipeline by sourcing and evaluating early-stage investment opportunities in workforce, edtech, and future work paradigms. Activities include conducting comprehensive market research, shaping investment hypotheses, supporting diligence efforts, and nurturing professional networks with founders, accelerators, and co-investors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for portfolio companies post-investment, building trusted relationships, understanding their needs, and connecting the dots.
• Design and execute programs that create tangible value for founders, including customer introductions, partnerships, talent support, and peer learning.
• Act as the connective tissue between JFFVentures and JFF to unlock strategic partnerships across education and workforce.
• Build and manage internal systems and tools that power investment tracking, founder onboarding, and relationship management.
• Manage fund reporting and LP communications.
• Lead how we measure and communicate impact, turning portfolio data into stories that resonate with LPs, partners, and the broader ecosystem.
• Partner with founders to develop their impact strategies while strengthening JFFVentures’ IMM approach — building frameworks, tracking outcomes, and setting impact performance goals across the portfolio.
• Lead impact reporting and communications – managing our annual impact report, producing data-driven insights for LPs and partners, and translating portfolio outcomes into compelling narratives that reflect the real-world change our companies are driving.
• Help grow JFFVentures’ presence in the ecosystem through events, partnerships, thought leadership, marketing, and communications.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of relevant work experience, ideally in venture capital, management consulting, or a high-performing technology startup.
• Highly organized with exceptional follow-through, building systems, setting expectations, and delivering results.
• A natural relationship builder who earns trust with founders, partners, and investors.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of determining priorities without a pre-defined playbook.
• Energized by multitasking and engaging wherever needed, valuing all tasks as essential to progress.
• A strong written and verbal communicator adept at translating complexity into clarity.
• Comfortable with data and financial analysis.
• Passionate about workforce development and economic mobility, motivated by the real-world impact of the companies supported.

Benefits

• The base salary range for this role is $100k to $120k with potential for annual bonuses.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to grow with a small, high-ownership team.
• Access to JFFVentures and Jobs for the Future events, convenings, and network.

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