Venture Builder Incubator Programme Manager at The University of Edinburgh

The Venture Builder Incubator Programme (VBI) Manager will provide specialist leadership in the design, content and delivery of the University of Edinburgh’s flagship Venture Builder Incubator (VBI) programme, ensuring quality, tailored education and practical support for annual cohorts of up to 36 early-stage founders  

with a research background, to create and develop robust data driven/ deep tech start-ups. These founders are from Universities across Scotland and the Programme partners with Techscaler and Cancer Research Horizon.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), we welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time hours or flexible working patterns and secondments. We also support hybrid working on a non-contractual basis, offering a blend of home and on-site working to help you balance work and life effectively.

The experience and qualities we are looking for: 

• Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering successful innovation/entrepreneurial support Programmes
• Experience of delivering entrepreneurship activities in a Higher Education setting (ideally for student/PhD programmes) and supporting research created founders. 
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of startup business growth and digital development issues & solutions 
• Experience of being a Founder (successful or otherwise) or involved in a start-up/scale up company.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – thought leadership experience.