Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Managing Director, Teachers' Venture Growth - North America Direct Investing

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan$300K — $380K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of direct investing experience in later-stage venture or growth equity
  • Demonstrated track record leading minority investments in scaled technology companies
  • Meaningful board experience and exposure through exit
  • Deep, credible relationships across Silicon Valley and the North American technology ecosystem
  • Strong transaction leadership and negotiation capabilities
  • Experience investing through multiple market cycles with visible evidence of judgment
  • High standards, intellectual independence, and accountability

Responsibilities

  • Own sector coverage within North American technology
  • Develop differentiated investment theses
  • Originate, lead, and close minority growth investments
  • Write and defend investment committee recommendations
  • Serve as an active board member or observer
  • Develop junior talent and elevate team performance

Benefits

  • Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage
  • A flexible work environment combining in-office collaboration and remote working
  • Competitive time off
  • Flexible Travel Program allowing work abroad up to a month each year
Full Job Description

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Managing Director in San Francisco to join our North America Direct team. We are intentionally looking to add a Silicon Valley-based investor who brings differentiated access, cycle-tested judgment, and the ambition to help scale a high-performing institutional growth platform.

The Mandate

You will:

  • Own sector coverage within North American technology

  • Develop differentiated investment theses

  • Originate, lead, and close minority growth investments (typically Series C +)

  • Write and defend investment committee recommendations

  • Serve as an active board member or observer

  • Develop junior talent and elevate team performance

TVG’s average initial equity commitment is ~US$100M and we frequently lead or co-lead rounds. You will collaborate closely with senior TVG leadership, the TVG Funds team, and adjacent OTPP asset classes, but investment decisions and portfolio ownership resides within TVG.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 12–24 months, you will have:

  • Expanded our access to high-quality companies and founders not already in our network

  • Led and closed compelling later-stage investments

  • Demonstrated strong board engagement and value-add through inflection points

  • Raised the bar for analytical rigor and decision quality across the team

  • Developed junior investors through direct coaching and meaningful ownership

We are building the next phase of our North America platform and this role is expected to contribute materially to that evolution.

The Profile

We are seeking an investor who brings:

  • 12+ years of direct investing experience in later-stage venture or growth equity

  • A demonstrated track record leading minority investments in scaled technology companies

  • Meaningful board experience and exposure through exit

  • Deep, credible relationships across Silicon Valley and the broader North American technology ecosystem

  • Strong transaction leadership and negotiation capabilities

We will not consider candidates whose experience is limited to early-stage investing or those without direct underwriting responsibility.

Equally important:

  • Experience investing through multiple market cycles with visible evidence of judgment shaped by volatility

  • High standards, intellectual independence, and accountability

  • A collaborative, strengths-based leadership style suited to a global institutional platform

We focus primarily on later-stage technology assets across a wide range of sectors, however, we are generally less active in consumer internet and health tech.

Compensation

Base salary range: USD $300,000–$380,000, plus eligibility for Teachers’ annual incentive plan and Long Term Incentive Plan compensation programs. Final compensation reflects experience, capability, and internal alignment.

What we’re offering

  • Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development

  • Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage

  • A flexible work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

  • Competitive time off

  • Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year

How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! You may be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

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Functional Areas:

Investments

Vacancy:

Current

Requisition ID:

6933#LI-WC1

About Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board is an independent organization responsible for administering defined-benefit pensions for school teachers of the Canadian province of Ontario. Ontario Teachers' also invests the plan's pension fund and it is one of the world's largest institutional investors, acting as a partner organization of the World Economic Forum. The plan is a multi-employer pension plan, jointly sponsored by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Teachers' Federation. Ontario Teachers' achieved a 11.1% one-year total-fund net return in 2021 and achieved its ninth consecutive fully funded year.
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