Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rice University is an institution supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, venture capital, and research commercialization through the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The Program Manager will lead the Venture Acceleration program by identifying promising research, technologies, founders, and companies; developing accelerator and co-curricular programs; and supporting startup growth, funding, mentorship, partnerships, and ecosystem engagement.
Responsibilities
- Leads the development and implementation of major program(s)
- Collaborates with faculty and / or staff leadership to design programs and establish long range strategic and operational plans
- Identifies promising research and technology from across the Rice University ecosystem
- Oversees the operations, administration and evaluation of programs
- Identifies and implements program changes to ensure alignment with mission and program effectiveness
- Develops and implements strategies related to outreach, events, communications, development, partnerships and fundraising / funding
- Devises and manages financial and budgetary plans for the program(s), approves and monitors expenditures
- May teach a course, seminar or workshop
- Performs all other duties that assigned
- Responsible for tracking and reporting on all program metrics and impact
- You may support other Lilie programming and courses as the need arises
Skills
- * Bachelor's degree
- * Four or more (4+) years of entrepreneurship, program management and/or start-up experience
- * Ability to develop complex and/or multiple program partnerships and funding sources
- * Ability to develop and initiate new strategies
- * Ability to work well under pressure and manage projects simultaneously
- * Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet expected deadlines, schedules, and goals
- * Adept at problem solving, creating contingency plans and handling issues when necessary
- * Excellent organizational and time management skills
- * Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- * Excellent client service orientation
- * Ability to prioritize, take initiative, and ownership of projects
- * Ability to routinely and independently exercise sound judgment in making decisions
- In lieu of the experience requirement, additional related education, above and beyond what is required, may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis
- The ideal candidate is someone who has been a founder or an operator in an early-stage start-up, especially if pursued while a student, and is interested in the worlds of entrepreneurship, deep tech, and venture capital
- The ideal candidate is a proactive, service-oriented communicator who enjoys collaborating with others to iteratively refine products to perfection
- This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in-person on campus Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm
- * Five or more (5+) years of entrepreneurship, program management experience
- * Experience with startups and startup accelerator programs
- * Experience engaging within and across a startup ecosystem
- * Shares work early and often, valuing a process of iterative feedback to produce exceptional results
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