Hermes Growth Partners: Hermes Growth Partners (“HGP”) is a private equity firm that focuses on growth–‐stage companies in the telecom, media and technology (“TMT”) sectors globally. The firm’s primary objective is to help high–‐potential companies drive growth to create value. The firm is the exclusive advisor for the Canepa Global TMT Fund, seeking to invest $10m–‐$50m into each situation.

HGP brings a combination of long–‐term capital, extensive operational management skills and financial asset management experience to each situation. As such HGP views itself more as a strategic partner than a purely financial investor and will only consider situations where there is an opportunity to drive growth through its active involvement.

HGP has several ways in which it helps companies drive growth, including placing key members of the management team, acting as advisors to the existing management team, and investing in a company via another investment to accelerate both companies’ trajectories.

HGP’s profile attracts companies and investors who seek TMT expertise alongside long–‐term capital. Consequently, HGP is often offered opportunities on an exclusive or restricted basis. Current investments include the groundbreaking MVNO Virgin Mobile Latin America; Sunbay A.G., a Swiss software company which has a state–‐of–‐the–‐art solution for data compression, security and control across telco and enterprise data networks; and RingCentral in California, the pre–‐eminent cloud–‐ based PBX solution for SMEs.

HGP comprises four Partners each of whom serve on the Fund’s investment committee:

Juan Villalonga (Co–‐Founder): Former Chairman and CEO of Telefonica Group. Named by Harvard Business Review in its list of Top 50 CEOs of all time. Board member at Axiata (Malaysia), Idea (India), Virgin Mobile Latin America and Sunbay AG. Former partner at McKinsey and Company with focus on telecommunications and financial institutions. LLB, University of Deusto; MBA, IESE Barcelona.

Bobby Yerramilli–‐Rao (Co–‐Founder): Former Marketing Director for Internet Services and Corporate Strategy Director for Vodafone Group. Former member of Vodafone Group’s investment committee. Board member at RingCentral. Former partner at McKinsey and Company in London, New York and Palo Alto with focus on TMT and high growth companies. M.A. Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge; D. Phil Robotics, University of Oxford. Alejandro Sanchez: Former Private Investments Manager at Heisenberg Partners, leading all US private equity investments. Former partner at McKinsey and Company in Caracas, Santiago, Moscow and Miami, leading the TMT practice in each location. M.S. Engineering–‐Economic Systems, Stanford University.

Jose Vicini: Co–‐Founder of Canepa Asset Management and board member across a range of companies. Formerly an Equity Analyst at American Capital Management and prior to that a key member of the Risk Arbitrage Desk at Natixis Bleichroder in New York. Graduate of Northwestern University.

In addition, Michael Patsalos–‐Fox is Senior Advisor to HGP. Michael is the former leader of McKinsey and Company’s Americas Practice, North American Corporate Finance Practice and European Telecom Practice. He has also served on McKinsey’s Board and Operating Committee. Michael serves on the Boards of NM Incite, Quid.com, Finalta and Cognizant.

Role Description:

Hermes Growth Partners is seeking an Associate to work in either its London office or its New York office. The Associate will serve as a key member of the team and will work directly on identifying and evaluating investment opportunities. Responsibilities will include:

• Develop quantitative and qualitative analyses of sectors, or of particular companies which are investment candidates
• Assist in the sourcing of potential investment opportunities
• Inform investment decisions through financial and non- financial diligence
• Prepare transaction documents and investment memorandums
• Define key performance indicators to track actual versus planned performance of assets
• Work with and support portfolio companies
• Assist team with fund raising efforts

Role Requirements: Candidate must possess the following background and skill sets:

• Understanding of financial modeling
• Knowledge of and passion for the TMT sector
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Entrepreneurial experience is a plus

Application: Please send resume (or cover letter and resume) to Charlie Newark–‐French ([email protected])

Contact: Leigh Cresswell – [email protected]

Job Description:  Student Programs and Partnerships

Do you have a passion for technology and education? Do you believe technology can make a major difference in throughout a student’s academic and professional life? Do you have a drive to learn new technologies and compete to win? Do you want to reach millions of people through cool sales programs and partnerships? Do you want to work with a smart, dynamic team who is passionate about what they do?

The Worldwide Public Sector Education team is looking for a smart, talented, passionate graduating MBA hire to help win the hearts and minds students globally while competing with Apple and Google. This is an exciting role for the right candidate to leverage our wealth of institution relationships to help build Microsoft’s capacity and strength to win students and drive awareness around learning solutions. This role also has the opportunity to identify external partnership opportunities and build relationships with key parties to extend Microsoft’s reach in education. This role requires someone who can think strategically, analyze competitive opportunities quickly and partner internally and externally to execute upon winning solution areas and programs for teachers and students for Windows and Office. You MUST be a self-starter, have a drive for results and a passion to compete now and for the future of Microsoft.

Microsoft has been committed to education for over 30 years and invests more in the area than almost any technology company in the world. Our innovative programs such as Partners in Learning, Shape the Future, IT Academy, DreamSpark and Imagine Cup leverage our cutting-edge platforms and solutions. Overall, our mission is to help students and educators realize their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to develop connections internally across the business groups to drive collective student programs and accelerate marketing efforts
• Work across the business to develop new student offers and incentives, in alignment with core education value proposition
• Leverage existing student, institution and consumer outreach to drive further awareness and use of Microsoft solutions with students
• Work closely with licensing teams to deliver leadership on student license agreements, and connect with marketing and sales efforts.
• Be the subject matter expert for students for the business groups and for Public Sector;
• Drive strategy and communicate with field, partners and customers to successfully land it in market;
• Develop messaging and value proposition for Windows and Office365 for students;
• Success will be overall increase in market share, student sales and student perception of Windows 8 and Office365
• Source and build external partnerships to help scale Microsoft’s education messaging, build credibility and reach more students and educators around the world

Qualifications:

• Education/Experience: MBA with 4+ years experience, strong Business Management, Sales, Product Management/Product Marketing.

Skills/Abilities:

This position requires strong knowledge, experience and track record in the following areas:

• Strong oral and written communication skills, with equally strong presentation skills.
• Cross-group collaboration, especially with regard to influencing without direct authority

Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms, emphasizing business opportunity and stakeholder actions required for success

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Contact: Leigh Cresswell – [email protected]

Job Description:  Technical solution specialist

Do you have a passion for technology and education? Do you believe technology can make a major difference in throughout a student’s academic and professional life? Do you have a drive to learn new technologies and compete to win? Do you want to reach millions of people through cool sales programs and partnerships? Do you want to work with a smart, dynamic team who is passionate about what they do?

The Worldwide Public Sector Education team is looking for a smart, talented, passionate MBA Technical Solution Specialist, who can build best practices around technology adoption in education institutions globally, and provide technical expertise across the full Microsoft platform. This role requires someone who can think strategically, analyze competitive opportunities quickly and partner internally and externally to execute upon winning solution and technology areas for institutions. You MUST be a self-starter, have a drive for results and a passion to compete now and for the future of Microsoft.

Microsoft has been committed to education for over 30 years and invests more in the area than almost any technology company in the world. Our innovative programs such as Partners in Learning, Shape the Future, IT Academy, DreamSpark and Imagine Cup leverage our cutting-edge platforms and solutions. Overall, our mission is to help students and educators realize their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical architectural leadership to corporate and field education teams
• Work across Microsoft business groups to build education technology strategy, influencing product roadmaps
• Provide technical support on Shape the Future national deals
• Developing and delivering technology compete strategies.
• Be a spokesperson for education technology, to represent Microsoft with customer briefings and support partners

Qualifications:

• Education/Experience: MBA with 4+ years experience and experience/undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, IT.  Strong Business Management, Sales, Product Management/Product Marketing preferred. Experience working in institution IT department also a plus.

Skills/Abilities:

This position requires strong knowledge, experience and track record in the following areas:

• Strong oral and written communication skills, with equally strong presentation skills.
• Cross-group collaboration, especially with regard to influencing without direct authority
• Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms, emphasizing business opportunity and stakeholder actions required for success
• Technological / sales knowledge experience.

Conversion Product Owner

Shutterstock, Inc. is seeking a talented Product Owner and numbers geek to join a small, fast-moving team intensely focused on constantly improving website conversion and customer experience through rigorous testing. The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, metrics-driven, goal-oriented, commercially-focused, and generally unstoppable. If you like the notion of having an idea in the morning and testing it with real users by lunch, this is the job for you. More details on the job below.

Interested candidates should send their resume to [email protected]

Google’s Summer 2013 intern roles are posted on their student jobs website. Please note that Google will only review applications that have submitted both part 1 and part 2 of the online application. Google has a rolling application process, and their recruiters will begin reviewing applications in December, so Google encourages all students to apply early if they know they are interested in Google.

Comcast has posted summer MBA intern opportunities on CareerHub and is eager to consider talent from HBS for the following summer 2013 MBA intern roles (Philadelphia based):

• Finance
  • Comcast: Intern – Strategic & Financial Planning
• Marketing
  • Comcast: Intern – .com Strategy & Analytics
  • Comcast: Intern – Marketing Intelligence
  • Comcast: Intern – Retention Channel Management

The postings are set to expire end-of-day Thursday, January 3, 2013.  If you have questions regarding the opportunities or Comcast, you may contact Walter Griffin, recruiter, at [email protected].

Please see below for an independent project opportunity from Michael Share ([email protected]):

I am an established, industry-recognized travel entrepreneur, looking for a business-, start-up, entrepreneurial-minded MBA student to assist me on designing and structuring the foundations for my next on line web based travel start-up. I recently sold a travel-services management company that had annual sales of $800mm, and now I’m looking to do it again.

The ideal candidate is passionate about start-ups, consumer-oriented web-businesses, travel, and a variety of web-based programming. I am not necessarily looking for a coder/programmer, but I am looking for someone whom is familiar enough with web programming key to making my new website work and that he/she is able to fully and confidently assess potential CTOs/developer teams, etc. Duties include:

-market/industry research;

-identifying and vetting potential partners;

-assisting with business model development and market testing;

-assisting with document production (executive summary, high-level P&L, projections, etc.)

Title: Chief of Staff, Games.com

The Chief of Staff acts as the right hand operator of the CEO/General Manager and leads top priority projects across Games.com. The candidate must operate in a manner that encompasses: speed, smarts, analytical, high EQ, forceful but proper and nice. The candidate must be able to influence action without actually having direct reporting authority. The candidate should also be external facing capabilities in order to work with different partners to solve problems or negotiate new deals. The candidate will need to both provide insight and roll-up their sleeves to implement solutions. He/she will have proven analytical and operational abilities in the past through top-of-class performance in challenging analytical environments, such as management consulting, financial analysis or product development. He/she will have graduated at the top of his/her class from a leading undergraduate academic institution, and will be able to demonstrate a passion for the media/tech industry.

Direct report to the General Manager.

Games.com has very high performance standards and everyone is expected to work aggressively to achieve challenging goals. We are looking for self-starters who can work in a rapidly changing industry, tolerate ambiguity, lead through influence and demonstrate problem-solving leadership with limited oversight.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and operationalize special projects cross-company
• Run weekly executive staff meetings and ensure all follow up projects are complete
• Work closely with the Business Development team on top deals and cross-company initiatives
• Work with all General Manager direct reports to ensure operational alignment on key initiatives

Previous employment: Preferably a 2nd or 3rd year top consulting firm Business Analyst or 2^nd year Associate. Experience in Media is preferred but not required. Previous experience in strategy or operations is preferred.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in technical or business fields with excellent academic record preferred; recent MBA or graduate technical degree a plus.

• Experience in or passion for the consumer internet and media industries
• Understanding of what makes a good product design/implementation, what consumers are looking for, etc
• 2+ years relevant experience in media operations, management consulting, finance, corporate strategy, product development or similar environment. Demonstrated strong performance in prior roles with increasing levels of responsibility and independence.  Proven ability to lead and execute
• Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills and impeccable business judgment
• Strong ability to adapt, parallel process and operate independently
• Fluency in English, additional languages a plus
• Experience with startups or entrepreneurship a plus

Contact Neda Navab if interested: [email protected]