Jobs at CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)

Leads real estate feasibility assessments and complex international expansion projects for future CIC centers. Coordinates finance, legal, design, construction, operations, and advisory workstreams; manages plans, risks, decisions, milestones, and stakeholder communications. Supports commercial negotiations, transaction documentation, public-sector RFPs, executive recommendations, and implementation handoffs while maintaining accurate pipeline data and improving expansion processes.

Supports coworking community members through responsive service, onboarding, office moves, event preparation, concierge operations, and community events. Maintains kitchens, conference rooms, print stations, offices, and lab spaces; resets spaces after move-outs; performs light repairs and troubleshooting; and coordinates facilities requests with building maintenance. The role requires a personable, organized, hands-on problem solver with at least one year of professional experience.

The Systems & Network Engineer will ensure network reliability, security, and scalability, managing physical access controls, monitoring traffic, and collaborating with vendors. Responsibilities include troubleshooting networks, documenting systems, and participating in an on-call rotation for emergencies.

The Accounting Manager oversees accounting operations, manages a small team, ensures accurate financial reporting, and supports financial process improvements. Role includes handling multi-entity accounting and compliance while collaborating with the Finance Director and global teams.

Support the Founder by managing calendar and inbox, planning complex international travel, maintaining commitments and briefings, researching opportunities, stewarding senior relationships, operating the podcast and media tasks, and building AI-driven systems to automate work and preserve institutional memory. Embedded at a CIC campus and occasionally coordinating across time zones and travel-focused periods.

Provide high-trust executive support to the Founder: manage calendar and inbox, plan complex international travel, maintain systems for commitments and briefings, steward senior relationships, support podcast and media operations, and build AI-enabled systems to automate routine work and preserve institutional memory.

Partner with Japan (and future Korea) leadership to deliver strategic HR: talent acquisition, leadership coaching, performance management, compensation, payroll oversight, employee relations under Japanese labor law, HR analytics, and regional HR coordination.

Lead CIC Japan's marketing strategy across Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Osaka. Develop go-to-market plans for new centers, oversee digital and offline campaigns, manage budgets and agencies, drive lead generation and CRM-based nurturing, report market insights, and lead annual business planning and KPIs.

CIC is inviting general interest submissions from candidates interested in opportunities within their organization, focused on community and innovation.