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# Venture Associate, Innovation at NobleReach Foundation

- **Company:** NobleReach Foundation
- **Location:** Washington, DC / Boston, MA / Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $80k–$95k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/noblereach/4eef8e84-7ee5-4ef2-9679-4300502c55c1

## Job description

Company Overview NobleReach Foundation is a civic leadership platform committed to rekindling a spirit of national service across all career stages. We believe the greatest challenges facing America demand technology, science, and business leaders fluent in government, industry, and academia—leaders who belong across sectors, not confined to one. We’re a hub where current and aspiring leaders can connect to opportunities that can meet their ambition for personal success and their passion to impact the world through public service.

Job Overview Reporting to the Director, Innovation, the Venture Associate will be a central member of our venture development team, providing technical, business, and operational assistance to early-stage ventures. Working directly with Senior Commercialization Advisors and Commercialization Advisors, the Venture Associate will help gather and analyze data, create content and reports, conduct research, and execute on tailored strategies for ventures in our portfolio. This position serves as a key support function between technical innovation and commercial success, working closely with research teams, startup founders, and advisors to support commercialization pathways.

## Responsibilities

- Gather and analyze data to support market research and competitive analysis for emerging technologies
- Conduct technical evaluations and due diligence to assess commercial potential of portfolio ventures
- Create high-quality content, presentations, and reports for both internal teams and venture partners
- Assist in developing business models, financial projections, and go-to-market strategies
- Support the implementation of tailored commercialization strategies for ventures
- Help identify and connect ventures with resources, funding opportunities, and potential partnerships
- Help identify and support integration of ecosystem initiatives to impact venture development at scale
- Coordinate meetings, workshops, and review sessions
- Maintain accurate tracking against milestones and provide regular status updates
- Develop and maintain templates, defined processes, and automations to ensure repeatable consistency
- Execute specific venture support or ecosystem support tasks as directed by Commercialization Advisors

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in physical science or engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience in engineering, business functions or research functions in industry
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts for various audiences
- Demonstrated interest in technology productization and entrepreneurship
- Working knowledge in one or more target technology areas (Advanced Materials, Cybersecurity, IoT, AI, Physical Systems)
- Ability to support multiple ventures simultaneously while maintaining high-quality work
- Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment; ability to exercise flexibility and good judgment in complex situations
- Appetite for curiosity and desire to learn
- Must have an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong desire to have an impact on society

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

## About NobleReach Foundation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NobleReach Foundation is a civic leadership nonprofit that connects talented leaders from industry, academia, and government to solve America’s most pressing national and economic security challenges through public service, technology commercialization, and talent development.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Nonprofit) – formed in 2022 as a spin-off from the government consultancy LMI.
- **Headquarters**: Tysons, Virginia, USA
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as individuals; the foundation was created when LMI split into a for-profit and a nonprofit entity. Arun Gupta serves as CEO and Board Member.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Civic leadership, national security, technology transfer, talent pipeline development, and public-private partnership facilitation.
- **Target customers**: Government agencies, private-sector companies, academic institutions, and individual leaders (mid-career to senior) seeking public service opportunities.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Rekindling a spirit of national service across all career stages” by building a community of leaders who move fluidly between sectors to tackle large-scale challenges.

## Products & Services
- **NobleReach Innovation (formerly Emerge)**: A program that accelerates the commercialization of federally funded research. It has placed 99 technologies on a path toward commercialization and raised $1.3B to transition government research into commercial applications [noblereach.org](https://noblereach.org/).
- **Scholars Program**: Connects talented individuals with public service opportunities, likely through fellowships and placements.
- **Fellows Program**: Engages National Innovation Fellows and other leaders to work on cross-sector initiatives.
- **Strategic Alliances & Partnerships**: Works with government, industry, and academia to deepen trust and enable collaboration (e.g., SVP Victoria Virasingh leads this function).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (nonprofit). Financials are not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: $1.3B raised for the transition of government research into commercial applications; 99 technologies commercialized or in process [noblereach.org](https://noblereach.org/).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The foundation is not investor-backed. Key partners include LMI (the original entity), government agencies, and academic institutions. Board Chair Krishnan Rajagopalan and CEO Arun Gupta are notable leaders.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2022, the organization has rapidly built a team of former government, industry, and academic leaders, including a Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Programs Officer, and SVP of Technology Operations & AI Enablement. It is expanding its regional presence across the U.S.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique position as a bridge**: The foundation is designed to break down silos between government, industry, and academia – a rare nonprofit dedicated to national service and talent mobility.
- **Proven track record**: Through NobleReach Innovation, it has already demonstrated ability to commercialize government research at scale ($1.3B raised).
- **Mission-driven network**: Attracts top-tier talent motivated by public service, creating a self-reinforcing community of leaders.

## Strategic Focus
- **National talent pipeline**: Build a “thriving national community of leaders” who serve across sectors at every career stage.
- **Technology enablement**: Led by Rabi Chitrakar (SVP, Technology Operations & AI Enablement), the foundation is investing in AI transformation, secure infrastructure, and automation to scale its mission while keeping teams lean.
- **Regional expansion**: Bringing programs and capacity to regional partners across the country to support national security innovation.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & mission**: A supportive, inclusive workplace dedicated to “rekindling a spirit of national service.” Employees are motivated by solving high-impact national problems.
- **Benefits** (from [noblereach.org/about-noblereach/noblereach-jobs-internships](https://noblereach.org/about-noblereach/noblereach-jobs-internships/)):
  - Full health, dental, vision coverage; flexible spending account and health savings account with employer contributions.
  - 401(k) plan with employer contributions – regardless of employee contribution.
  - Commuter benefits.
  - Unlimited vacation time, paid parental leave, 11 paid federal holidays.
  - Professional development: tuition assistance, student loan reimbursement, paid professional memberships.
- **Work environment**: Based in Tysons, VA. Remote/hybrid policy is not explicitly stated, but the team includes leaders from across the country. The organization uses AI tools to support the hiring process.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on “secure infrastructure, strong governance, and intuitive tools” – a tech-forward approach within a nonprofit setting.

## Sources
1. [NobleReach Foundation Homepage](https://noblereach.org/)
2. [NobleReach Careers Page (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/noblereach)
3. [About NobleReach](https://noblereach.org/about-noblereach/)
4. [NobleReach Jobs & Internships](https://noblereach.org/about-noblereach/noblereach-jobs-internships/)
5. [Team & Board](https://noblereach.org/about-noblereach/team-and-board/)

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- [Salesforce Platform Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/salesforce-platform-engineer-noblereach-foundation-tysons-corner-maehb3f9k7j2) — Tysons Corner, VA