Venture Program Leader

Vor 4 Tagen

Lausanne, Schweiz emploi.epfl.ch Vollzeit

**Mission**
- Join EPFL's innovation ecosystem and help world-class researchers become world-changing founders.
- As **Venture Program Leader**, you will drive the incubation programs for science-based startups, supporting founders as they transition from their lab to launching their company.
- Lead the development and execution of EPFL's deep tech incubation program, supporting the creation of startups.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership. Foster a vibrant entrepreunarial ecosystem.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Program Design & Management**
- Lead EPFL's incubation program tailored to science-based ventures, bringing them from research to company incorporation.
- Implement rigorous, trasparent selection and evaluation processes.
- Define and track KPIs and outcomes to measure impact. Manage program budgets.
- Benchmarkt against leading global programs

**Founder Support & Community Building**
- Provide tailored mentorship and strategic guidance to founders, supporting them through early development, customer validation, and initial fundraising.
- Build an engaged community of startup founders — both during incubation and post incorporation.
- Represent EPFL's incubation program at events and selection juries, raising visibility for the program and its startups.

**Ecosystem Engagement & Stakeholder Relations**
- Build strong relationship with EPFL's research community.
- Forster engagement with external partners including public funding agencies and non-for-profit organizations.
- Maintain a network of experts and investors who can provide strategic support to startups

**Required Skills & Competencies**
- Engineering background, preferably PhD
- 5-10 years of experience beyond academia, preferably in or around early-stage startups
- Deep understanding of venture building in science domains. Experience bringing a product to market is a plus
- Proven track record in program or project management
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on mind-set
- Excellent interpersonal skills and engaging personality
- Strong comunication and presentation skills in both English and French (German is a plus)

**Informations**
- Contract Start Date:

- Activity Rate Min : 80.00
- Activity Rate Max : 100.00
- Contract Type: CDI
- Reference: 1561

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