Program Manager - gBETA Pennsylvania Together with Meta

Program Manager - gBETA Pennsylvania Together with Meta

Location: Pennsylvania

Salary: $60,000-$70,000

Reports to: gBETA Managing Director

Description

Are you ready to find and work with the best and brightest entrepreneurs? Do you get excited about supporting startups so they can bring new innovations to life? Are you passionate about supporting small businesses? Do you want to be a driving force in Pennsylvania’s startup ecosystem? If so, this position is for you.

gener8tor fosters innovation ecosystems through its accelerator programs, venture capital funds, and skills-based workforce initiatives. With a strong track record of supporting high-growth companies, gener8tor has expanded across the U.S. and internationally, building partnerships with governments, corporations, universities and economic development organizations to drive entrepreneurship and economic impact. gener8tor operates accelerators across 45 cities, 25 states and 3 countries, working with more than 300 startups per year. To date, gener8tor has worked with more than 2,000 startups that have cumulatively gone on to raise more than $2.9B in financing and employ more than 14,000 people.

The Program Manager (PM) will lead the gBETA Pennsylvania together by Meta accelerator. The PM recruits and selects companies and executes programming tailored to researchers and entrepreneurs solving problems across all industries in rural Pennsylvania. The PM will coach small businesses and startups, create networks and introductions for an accelerator program of ten companies. The program is seven weeks and will be hosted in a hybrid format. Outside of the formal accelerator program, the PM will continue to work with accelerator alumni, recruit and hold office hours with startups and actively participate in the Pennsylvania startup community, building relationships with stakeholders, mentors and investors.

As a member of the gener8tor team you will be an essential part of our overall international platform. The full gener8tor platform connects startup founders, musicians, researchers, artists, investors, universities and corporations and includes pre-accelerators, accelerators, corporate programming, conferences and fellowships. Your support as our gBETA Pennsylvania PM will impact startups and small businesses through working specifically with entrepreneurs in collaboration with a network of partners, mentors and investors.

Success for the PM looks like owning all aspects of the program logistics and operations, including the operational elements of recruiting, interviewing and selecting the best and brightest founders, coordinating weekly program events such as startup meetings, cohort community-building events, mentor networking events and leading planning of the end-of-program showcase event. You will coordinate program logistics under the guidance of your manager, the program’s Managing Director, and will collaborate across the organization with gener8tor’s centralized support teams.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment and base building:
• Recruit applicants and assist with selection process of companies for the program.
• Find and develop relationships with mentors, investors and other industry/ecosystem partners who can help support the programs and participating companies.
• Attend office hours with startups and small businesses
• Lead base building efforts, attending meetings with key investors and mentors to ensure consistent support of our gBETA Pennsylvania partners.
• Capture 40+ eligible applications per cohort, executing gener8tor’s established recruitment strategies.
• Execute Accelerator Programs:
• Manage logistics and ensure the operational success of all aspects of gBETA Pennsylvania.
• Ensure all program KPIs are met.
• Actively plan and participate in all aspects of the gener8tor accelerator program including, but not limited to recruitment, team meetings, Mentor Swarms, Investor Swarms, Lunch & Learns and networking events
• Continuously support gener8tor and gBETA Pennsylvania alumni.
• Be the #1 cheerleader for the startup ecosystems and the startups and entrepreneurs we work with.
• Measure and Report Program Metrics and Operations:
• Work with cohort participants and alumni to gather and track data and metrics related to the progress and outcomes of the startups. 
• Gather and track data and metrics related to the progress and outcomes of the program.
• Analyze and report data and metrics to the MD, and in turn our partners and gener8tor broadly.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
• Manage relationships with our gBETA Pennsylvania partners.
• Attend regular meetings between gener8tor and our partners.
• Provide weekly update reporting.
• Community Involvement:
• Represent gener8tor and the Pennsylvania startup community; actively participate in the startup ecosystem by attending events and building relationships.
• gener8tor Support:
• Collaborate with and support other members of the gener8tor team across various initiatives that support the growth and competitiveness of the company and its programs

Requirements

• Experience with operations, logistics, program/project management and/or documentation is required. 
• Past experience as a program/project manager, in supporting an accelerator, incubator or venture fund.
• Experience with or strong interest in event planning.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a self-starter. 
• Total devotion to and a willingness to intensively and rapidly dive deeper into the rural Pennsylvania startup ecosystems, even if already familiar.
• Collaborative, team-based mindset. You will be working closely with other Program Managers, Managing Directors, founders, external program partners, and ecosystem stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly independent environment and juggle multiple ongoing projects, responsibilities and external relationships.
• Flexibility to travel, work some nights and weekends.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

At gener8tor we…

• See genius in every community. We believe the company has a chance to accomplish a generational challenge in bridging genius with opportunity.
• Never self-defeat and have a “play to win” mentality. We revolve everything we do around helping the entrepreneurs in our programs.
• Are curious. We work hard to find hidden gems others overlook.
• Believe no job is beneath us. We wipe down the tables and load up the U-Hauls with enthusiasm. Work as a team to get things done!
• Strive for “that guy emailed me.” Based on a story from our founders, we share a commitment to take a bottom-up approach to building strong, personal, 1-1 relationships. We believe that the best way to quality is through quantity. 

Our values are core to how we work. If they don’t resonate with you, this role might not be the right fit.

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