Temasek · 3 hours ago
Director, Emerging Technologies (Based in San Francisco/Singapore)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expTemasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, focused on delivering sustainable returns through investments in deep-tech and AI innovation. The Director of Emerging Technologies will lead the team in originating and executing investments in high growth areas, while building networks and providing strategic leadership to foster innovation.
Angel InvestmentFinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Originate, structure, and execute investments in emerging, high growth and deep tech domains through direct investments, joint ventures, and new platform creation using first principles thinking of science, engineering, and product development to inform investment decisions
Build foresight and thought leadership in emerging technologies, maintain a global view of emerging trends, competitive dynamics, and value pools across deep tech, AI, advanced engineering, and frontier technologies
Develop, expand, and maintain an ecosystem of innovation networks (deep-tech experts, founders, venture partners, scientific advisors, global collaborators, etc.)
Lead portfolio value creation, as well as provide strategic leadership and guidance to build a high performing team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's/Master's in the science or engineering disciplines
PhD and/or MBA would be viewed favorably
At least 15 years working experience corporate VCs, financial tech VCs, product development, tech strategy, consulting firms, or growth start up space
Good investment and commercial acumen
Strong relationship building skills with good existing network in US or Singapore
Good leadership capabilities to manage high performing team members, multiple priorities, and stakeholders
Skilled and experienced in navigating complex organizational and decision-making structures to drive outcomes
High level of interpersonal skills, integrity, learning agility and self-awareness
“Dare Mighty Things” mindset
Company
Temasek
Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$434 billion (US$324b, €299b, £250b, RMB2.35t) as at 31 March 2025.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Temasek has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (7)
2023 (4)
2022 (1)
2021 (9)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.27B2025-09-04Debt Financing· $771.3M
2025-08-14Debt Financing· $1.5B
Leadership Team
Josh Mitrani
Vice President
Benoit Valentin
Senior Managing Director EMEA, Head of Private Equity Fund Investments, Head of Impact Investing
Recent News
2026-01-22
2026-01-12
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