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Through partnerships with government, philanthropy, universities, and industry, Activate builds the cross-sector ecosystem that drives hard tech innovation-equipping scientists and engineers with world-class resources, training, and community to bring their work from discovery to deployment.\nSince 2015, Activate's flagship fellowship has supported nearly 350 fellows across the United States, who have launched more than 275 companies and secured over $5.5 billion in follow-on funding. Now expanding beyond its flagship program, Activate is reaching scientists and engineers at more stages of their entrepreneurial journey across the world-multiplying the pathways from innovation to commercialization. Learn more atActivate.org.\nPosition Summary \nThe Fellowship Manager, New York, is the strategic and operational program lead for Activate's New York community, supporting a cohort of scientist-entrepreneurs. In this role, you will work closely with founders throughout their two-year Activate fellowship journey as they build breakthrough hard-tech companies in fields like climate tech, new materials, biomanufacturing, and aerospace.\nThe Fellowship Manager, New York, is responsible for delivering an exceptional two-year fellowship experience while cultivating one of the nation's leading hard-tech founder communities. This role combines founder support, community building, operational excellence, ecosystem engagement, and team leadership to create a program helping fellows successfully commercialize transformative technologies.\nEach Activate community supports about 20 fellows and is run by a three-person team. \nThe Fellowship Manager (this role) leads the local community and reports to the Fellowship Director, who oversees all five US communities.\nThe Fellowship Associate reports to the Fellowship Manager and is responsible for the community’s daily operations.\nThe Managing Director is an experienced entrepreneur who mentors the community’s fellows and leads external ecosystem efforts. \nAll three roles sit within the Fellowship team and benefit from being on a team of peers performing similar work in other communities. This role is one of 5 Fellowship Managers at Activate, each responsible for one of our US communities. \nPrimary Responsibilities\nOwn end-to-end fellow experience, including the strategy and health of the Activate New York community, continuously evolving the fellowship experience through programming, partnerships, operational improvements, and community-building initiatives.\nDirect New York community programming, including bi-weekly in-person programming and quarterly virtual programming. \nManage local program operations, including fellow selection, fellow onboarding, fellow data, and fellow benefits.\nManage the Fellowship Associate to ensure high-performance execution of local community operations and support their professional development.\nPartner with the Managing Director to provide targeted support to New York fellows.\nOversee community budgeting, strategy, team meetings, and team-wide coordination.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to translate fellowship insights and stories into strategies that amplify organizational impact.\nContribute to broader Fellowship team-wide initiatives, operations, and cross-functional working groups.\nOversee and coordinate ecosystem events hosted by Activate in New York\nRepresent Activate across New York's hard tech innovation ecosystem by cultivating partnerships, engaging alumni, and participating in conferences, recruitment events, and industry convenings.\nChampion a positive, welcoming environment while contributing to the wider Activate culture.\nThe Ideal Candidate...\nHas 4+ years of professional experience, including at least 1 year supporting scientists, research, hard tech, or entrepreneurship.\nHas a passion for and experience with community building.\nIs experienced with facilitating personal connections, collaborations, and mutual support within a community.\nGets the details right and takes pride in being organized and prepared.\nCan smoothly manage a complex program through changing external circumstances.\nProactively collects and analyzes the data needed to drive continuous improvement and be two steps ahead of any problem.\nIs eager and capable of gathering the shared challenges of entrepreneurs and translating them into programming.\nCommunicates nuanced information clearly in any context, including on a stage, in a heartfelt conversation, or with a graph-filled presentation.\nIs excited to grow their skills as a manager and help others reach their full potential.\nSwitches smoothly between collaboration and individual work, between words and numbers, and between strategic and nitty-gritty tasks.\nIs passionate about building entrepreneurial ecosystems and supporting hard-tech founders tackling society's hardest challenges.\nLoves science and is ready to learn a lot of it.\nAbout the Role\nThis is a full-time position with a competitive annual salary of $100,000 and a generous benefits package that includes professional development, $2,000 in annual wellness funds, flexible paid time off, healthcare coverage for employees and dependents, with 90-100% of premiums covered, and the opportunity to join a retirement plan with a 3% match beginning after 3 months at Activate. \nThis position is based in New York City. Because we operate an in-person community, our team typically works from the office Tuesday through Thursday each week.\nEncouraging Applications from All Backgrounds \nWe celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a welcoming workplace for all employees. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. 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