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About The Role:
Are you an experienced leader in higher education that supports capacity building in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)? Are you passionate about enhancing inclusive innovation ecosystems with institutions of higher education, industry and government? If so, VentureWell has the perfect opportunity for you!
The Director, Higher Education Ecosystems is responsible for spearheading VentureWell's growth and new strategic focus in ecosystem development with colleges and universities by providing leadership and day to day management of the unit's staff, existing programs and new initiatives. This new position will join the Higher Education Innovation Ecosystems (HEIE) team, which is responsible for collaborating and interfacing with ecosystem leaders (university faculty and leadership, innovation practitioners, workforce developers, investors, and federal agencies) to drive the growth of equitable and inclusive innovative ecosystems.
By providing direct oversight of technical assistance and training programs to stakeholders in higher education environments, this role will be critical in creating and defining strategies to help institutions create system level change in I&E on campuses across the country. This individual will manage a team of three which runs a portfolio of programs with sustainability and equity integrated into each: faculty initiatives (e.g. grant-making, training, Communities of Practice, etc.), the annual OPEN conference, and other initiatives that support systems change in higher education. This person will be accustomed to working with Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs).
We value staff members who are curious, committed to environmental sustainability, and have experience (either through work or personal life) working with marginalized groups affected by racism, sexism, or classism.
This position is fully remote but will require travel approximately 15-25% of the time to execute role responsibilities. This role will report to the Vice President, Higher Education Innovation Ecosystems.
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Business Development & Fundraising
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About VentureWell:
VentureWell supports the cultivation of an emerging generation of science and technology inventors and the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems that are critical to their success. Since its founding in 1995, VentureWell has funded or trained over 16,000 science and technology inventors and innovators, resulting in the emergence of over 3,000 ventures with groundbreaking technological advancements in fields like biomedicine and healthcare, sustainable energy and materials, and solutions for low-resource settings. The startups they have supported have raised subsequent funds totaling close to 5.3 billion and are reaching millions of people in nearly 50 countries.
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Full Time
$124k-180k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/20/2024
venturewell.org
HADLEY, MA
25 - 50
1995
PHIL WEILERSTEIN
$10M - $50M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
VentureWell is a non-profit organization on a mission to cultivate a pipeline of inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven to solve the world's biggest challenges and to create lasting impact. We foster collaboration among the best minds from research labs, classrooms, and beyond to advance innovation and entrepreneurship education and to provide unique opportunities for STEM students and researchers to fully realize their potential to improve the world. Since our founding in 1995, weve funded or trained over 4,500 science and technology inventors and innovators and nurtured nearly a tho ...
usand of their startups reaching millions of people in over 50 countries with ground-breaking technological advancements in fields such as biomedicine and healthcare, sustainable energy and materials, and solutions for low-resource settings. We are proud that leading institutions, from foundations to government agencies to major businesses, support our mission to transform higher education and technology entrepreneurship. The Lemelson Foundation, National Science Foundation (NSF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are among those who recognize ours as as a powerful model for supporting emerging STEM innovators and the entrepreneurship ecosystems that are critical to their success.
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