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Hybrid Associate Director, Pitch Competitions
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About the role
- Associate Director managing pitch competitions at Venture Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Leading startup challenges and facilitating entrepreneurship opportunities for students.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and management for Venture Lab’s pitch competitions.
- Enable Venture Lab to deliver co-curricular learning opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Connect students to Penn alumni leaders and experts for mentoring and networking support.
- Responsible for strategy, program design, and end-to-end execution of competitions.
- Lead the annual Startup Challenge and multiple pitch nights throughout the academic year.
- Collaborate with the Venture Lab founders team to manage the Summer at Venture Lab initiative.
- Prepare management reports and presentations for Venture Lab leadership.
- Maintain performance measurement frameworks and analyze program data for improvements.
Requirements
- Strong project management fundamentals across complex, multi-part initiatives.
- Systems thinking; comfort analyzing and interpreting competition and program data.
- Judgment to navigate time-sensitive, high-visibility events involving alumni and student stakeholders.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Strong collaboration and team building skills.
- Forward-thinking mindset; demonstrated creativity, problem-solving, critical analysis, initiative, judgment, decision-making skills, and bias toward action.
Benefits
- Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts: Comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.
- Tuition: Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and dependent children at Penn and other institutions.
- Retirement: Generous retirement plans with a variety of investment options.
- Time Away from Work: Substantial time away from work for personal needs.
- Long-Term Care Insurance: Insurance for eligible family members to help cover long-term care services.
- Wellness and Work-life Resources: Programs to support health and work-life balance.
- Professional and Personal Development: Resources to help advance personally and professionally.
- University Resources: Access to a range of University resources, cultural and recreational activities.
- Discounts and Special Services: Great deals on various products and services for faculty and staff.
- Flexible Work Hours: Options for completing work while promoting balance between work and personal commitments.
- Penn Home Ownership Services: Forgivable loan for eligible employees interested in buying a home in West Philadelphia.
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