Job Title: Program Co-Director, FoundersBoost Accelerator
Location: New York City, New York - onsite
Job Type: Paid (10 hrs per week)
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About FoundersBoost
FoundersBoost is a global startup accelerator dedicated to helping early-stage founders achieve Acceleration, Investment, and Revenue.
Over the past eight years, we’ve launched more than 20 accelerator chapters across four continents and supported more than 600 startups that have gone on to raise more than $400M in funding. More than 80% of the startups we’ve supported have underrepresented founders. FoundersBoost runs both non-profit and for-profit initiatives.
The Role
The co-Director will co-lead with one other director and share overall ownership and operational success of the full accelerator cycle, from company sourcing, the 6-week program, and through Demo Day. In this role, you will serve as the primary representative of our organization within the ecosystem, leveraging your passion, network, and deep understanding of the community to foster growth and innovation.
This is a part-time position requiring a consistent 8-10 hour per week time commitment, with some weeks averaging 10-15 hours, depending on the cohort program cycle. The sessions & demo day will require the candidate to be in-person, while much of the remaining commitment can take place remotely.
What You’ll Do
- Program Execution: Lead all phases of the accelerator cohort, including recruiting, in-program sessions, and post-programming support. FoundersBoost maintains a robust back-end admin portal and application management system to aid in operational tasks.
- Team Leadership: Manage a small support team including a Program Manager and Associate and liaise with HQ. Deepen community partnerships and leverage startup ecosystem leaders such as mentors, investors, and other seed-stage accelerators. Represent FoundersBoost at industry events.
- Application Process Oversight: Help in sourcing startup teams within the local community. Decision-making responsibility for selecting 8 startup teams from a pool of applicants.
- Entrepreneurial Support: Act as the Lead Mentor for cohort founders. Provide guidance to entrepreneurs on business model refinement, market strategy, partnerships, and pitch preparation.
- Weekly Sessions: Host 3-hour, in-person, weekly sessions. Source potential mentors, guest speakers, and industry experts to participate in the weekly sessions.
- Partnership Development: Find and work with ecosystem partners and sponsors to help further the capacity of the program.
- Demo Day Preparation: Guide participants in preparing for demo day, ensuring they effectively showcase their progress and potential to investors and stakeholders.
- Demo Day Event Logistics: Oversee, coordinate, and delegate tasks for our exclusive Demo Day event.
Who We’re Looking For
- Strong operational expertise, with a track record of pro-actively managing projects and teams effectively.
- Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and guide participants and team members.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders. Comfortable speaking to audiences in excess of 50 people.
- Experience in pre-investment stages of startups, including fundraising and investor relations, is highly desirable.
- Strong local network of startup leaders, exited founders, and other professionals with deep, early-scale experience, to serve as mentors and speakers.
- Passion for supporting local startup ecosystems and a commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
Compensation:
Compensation is $10k per cohort (5 months) with the possibility of additional sponsorship commission.
This position has historically been a volunteer role because of the many non-monetary benefits. The primary reason being the ability to meaningfully give back to founders. Additional benefits include: VC-like operator experience, enhancing your personal brand, expanding your professional network, and shaping the future of your local startup ecosystem.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted at least until Oct 2nd, but we may fill the role sooner.
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We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, we encourage you to submit your application.