Are you a Chief Revenue Officer or Senior Business Development executive? Do you enjoy identifying new revenue streams within businesses? Have you been leading mergers, acquisitions, and integrations of businesses? We are looking for a Chief Investment Officer to drive new revenue, business development, and acquisitions in our growing businesses in a diverse set of industries including professional soccer, wine, luxury hospitality, retail, transportation, and more.

What You’ll Do

Provide vision, definition, and leadership to develop new revenue and acquisition strategy
Identify new revenue and innovation generating ideas within existing Krause Group businesses
Identify and evaluate potential target businesses for acquisition using financial models
Lead the acquisition and integration of new businesses
Lead a team of analysts engaged in various stages of market development, evaluation, and execution life cycle
Define go-to-market models across segments to access buyers, customers, and influencers
Partner with the businesses to differentiate offers and influence them to adopt new recommendations to accelerate growth

What We’re Looking For

Strong business acumen with 10+ years of experience in revenue, business development, marketing, sales, or related areas
Proven track record of growing revenue through innovations, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions
Significant P/L leadership experience
Inspirational leader with hands on approach
International experience
M&A experience including integration
Ability to travel up to 40% internationally
Proficiency in Italian AND English required
Relocation to the Des Moines, IA area required. This is not a remote role.

Leadership Competencies

Communication: Delivers clear, effective communication and listens to others
Conceptual/Systems Thinking: Recognizes patterns, trends, themes, and connections in information to develop innovative ideas and solutions
Constructive Engagement: Expresses ideas and disagreements, constructively resolves conflict, and encourages others to do the same
Customer Orientation: Meets the expectations and needs of internal and external customers
Decision Making: Makes good decisions in a timely manner
Empowerment: Takes initiative and solves problems
Talent Development: Maximizes potential and improves overall performance
Influence: Proactively builds relationships and influences others
Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Accurately assesses problems and effectively and efficiently arrives at solutions
Strategic Thinking: Understands the current state and can visualize the ideal state and how to achieve it.

About Krause Group

Krause Group is an Iowa-based company housing a diverse set of businesses with over 5,000 associates across the U.S. and Italy. These companies include Kum & Go, L.C., Solar Transport, Krause+, Pro Iowa, and the Des Moines Menace soccer team. Krause Group is also home to Italian wineries Vietti and Enrico Serafino, the historic soccer club Parma Calcio 1913, and boutique luxury hotel Casa di Langa, located in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Krause Group believes in People First. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer building a culture of equity and inclusion.

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