Position Summary

NYU’s Stern School of Business has an exciting opportunity available for an Associate Director at the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship. In collaboration with the Executive Director, the Associate Director will lead all Berkley Center programs, including venture accelerators, extensive skills development and thought leadership offerings, startup advising services, and community-building activities. The selected candidate will strategically develop and implement Berkley Center programs, with particular emphasis on fostering high-potential founders, expanding the pipeline of investable ventures, and improving outcomes for NYU startups. They will develop and deploy programs that promote innovation and catalyze entrepreneurship at the University. The Associate Director will help lead initiatives to support the growth and continuous improvement of the Berkley Center, help seek and secure the resources necessary to fulfill the Center’s mission, and serve as a liaison for building external relationships and internal partnerships that support the department’s success. They will also lead the development and supervise the maintenance of a comprehensive database to track program impact and effectiveness, as well as monitor university-wide startup alumni activity.

Qualifications

The selected candidate must have a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience facilitating the success of startups, whether through an accelerator, incubator, angel network, or venture capital fund, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The selected candidate has successfully developed and managed programs with multiple stakeholders and has proven community-building experience. The ability to provide hands-on support and strategic guidance to early-stage ventures, as well as a deep understanding of the new venture creation process, are required. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, strong presentation skills, the ability to conduct workshops on key startup concepts, and familiarity with CRM and project management software are also required.

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $85,000.00 to USD $105,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

New York University Stern School of Business, located in the heart of Greenwich Village and deeply connected with the City for which it is named, is one of the nation’s premier management education schools and research centers. NYU Stern offers a broad portfolio of transformational programs at the graduate, undergraduate and executive levels, all of them enriched by the dynamism and deep resources of one of the world’s business capitals. NYU Stern is a welcoming community that inspires its members to embrace and lead change in a rapidly transforming world.For more information about working at NYU please visit our website at: http://www.nyu.edu/about/careers-at-nyu.html.

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.

Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship