Program Manager - Cox Cleantech Residency powered by gener8tor

Program Manager - Cox Cleantech Residency powered by gener8tor

Location: Atlanta, GA

Salary: $70,000 - $80,000

Description

Are you ready to work with the best and brightest researchers and early-stage cleantech entrepreneurs? Do you get excited about helping deep tech innovators build from the ground up? Are you committed to providing opportunities across race, place and gender? If so, this position is for you!

gener8tor is a nationally recognized startup accelerator and entrepreneurial support organization. The Program Manager will manage the Cox Cleantech Residency, a multi-week intensive program designed to take cleantech researchers and entrepreneurs from zero to one. This program is supported by Cox Enterprises and focuses on recruiting postdoctoral researchers, PhD candidates, and early-stage founders from Southeastern universities and research labs to build the foundational infrastructure they need to launch.

The Program Manager will support one program per year, recruit and select participants, execute programming focused on customer discovery, grant readiness, and legal/financial infrastructure, provide coaching, and build networking opportunities with the cleantech ecosystem. Throughout the year, the Program Director will support the broader Cox Cleantech Accelerator team with recruitment, alumni engagement, showcase events, and ecosystem building activities in Atlanta and across the Southeast. 

As a member of the gener8tor team, you will play a crucial role in our global 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 the Cox Cleantech Residency PM will impact startups by working specifically with researchers and founders in collaboration with a network of partners, mentors, investors, and university stakeholders.

Success for the PM looks like owning all aspects of the program logistics and operations, including the operational elements of recruiting and selecting the best researchers and founders from Southeast universities, coordinating weekly program sessions focused on ICP development, grant preparation, incorporation, financial setup, and infrastructure building, planning cohort community-building events, and leading planning of the end-of-program showcase event. You will coordinate program logistics under the guidance of your manager and the Cox Cleantech team, and will collaborate across the organization with gener8tor's centralized support teams and the broader gener8tor Sustainability Team.

Responsibilities

Recruitment and Base Building:

• Recruit startup applicants from Southeast universities, research institutions, etc, with a focus on postdocs, PhD researchers, and early-stage founders, and assist with selection process for the annual cohort
• Build relationships with university technology transfer offices, research labs, and faculty across the Southeast
• Find and develop relationships with mentors, grant advisors, investors and other cleantech ecosystem partners in Atlanta who can help support the program and participating companies
• Attend office hours with researchers and early-stage founders
• Lead base building efforts, attending meetings with key university partners, investors, and mentors to ensure consistent support of the Cox Cleantech Residency

Execute Residency Programs:

• In partnership with the Managing Director and Program Director, manage logistics and ensure the operational success of all aspects of the Cox Cleantech Residency
• Ensure all program KPIs are met
• Actively plan and participate in all aspects of the residency program including, but not limited to recruitment, team sessions, infrastructure workshops (ICP development, grant readiness, incorporation, financial/legal setup), networking events, and showcase planning
• Coordinate with subject matter experts and service providers for specialized curriculum content
• Help refine the playbook for future cohorts in the years to come
• Continuously support Cox Cleantech Residency and gener8tor alumni
• Be the #1 cheerleader for the Southeast cleantech ecosystem and the researchers 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 Cox Cleantech MD and PM, and in turn Cox Ente