{"id":983598,"url":"https://alion.io/job/gener8tor-managing-director-cox-cleantech-accelerator-powered-by-gener8tor","title":"Managing Director - Cox Cleantech Accelerator powered by gener8tor","company":{"id":704033,"name":"gener8tor","domain":"gener8tor.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/gener8tor","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":true,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Atlanta, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":175000,"max":200000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":200000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-29T18:32:58Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-30","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T12:55:31Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":56,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":56},"description":"Managing Director - Cox Cleantech Accelerator powered by gener8tor\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nSalary: $175,000 - $200,000\nDescription\nAre you passionate about investing in the future of our planet? Do you want to support the best and brightest climate tech entrepreneurs? Are you committed to providing opportunities across race, place and gender? If so, this position is for you!\ngener8tor fosters innovation ecosystems through its accelerator programs, venture capital funds, and skills-based workforce initiatives. With a strong track record of supporting high-growth companies, gener8tor has expanded across the U.S. and internationally, building partnerships with governments, corporations, universities and economic development organizations to drive entrepreneurship and economic impact. gener8tor operates accelerators across 50 cities, 32 states and 9 countries, working with more than 300 startups per year. To date, gener8tor has worked with more than 2,300 startups that have cumulatively gone on to raise more than $3B in financing and employ more than 15,600 people.\ngener8tor is a nationally recognized startup accelerator and entrepreneurial support organization and is seeking a Managing Director (MD) to lead the Cox Cleantech Accelerator program in Atlanta, GA. This program is supported by Cox Enterprises and is in partnership with Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub. The MD will directly oversee and run a 12-week program that invests $250,000 into 5-7 early-stage cleantech startups annually, and will also support the recently launched Cox Cleantech Residency, a multi-week intensive program designed to take cleantech researchers and entrepreneurs from zero to one.\nAs the Managing Director of the Cox Cleantech Accelerator, you will be responsible for recruiting, selecting, and investing in the most promising early-stage cleantech startups in energy, food/land use, transportation, carbon, industry and the built environment, while building relationships with ecosystem partners to strengthen the support system for your portfolio. \nSuccess for an MD looks like building a strong portfolio of early-stage cleantech startups, investing in the best and brightest founders, and making Atlanta a leading cleantech hub. You will develop relationships with a personally curated group of mentors, investors and community partners to engage with the founders while bending over backward to ensure the startups are set up for success. You will have ownership over the program and will report to the Senior Managing Director of Sustainability while collaborating across the organization with gener8tor's centralized support teams.\nResponsibilities\nRecruit startup applicants and lead the due diligence and selection process for one cohort of 5-7 of the very best cleantech startups per year.\nFind and develop relationships with mentors, investors, and others who can help support the programs and participating companies.\nWork closely with the Director of the Cox Cleantech Residency program to ensure we are building a strong pipeline of promising cleantech starts in the Southeast.\nPlan logistics, engage with the network, execute the accelerator programs and other related activities.\nAct as the lead mentor, cheerleader and point of contact for investments before, during and after the program. This includes continuously monitoring and updating progress for each startup post-program.\nBuild relationships with ecosystem partners and engage in the broader Atlanta climate tech startup community.\nCoordinate and collaborate with gener8tor staff and external program partners.\nManage relationships with external program partners by providing ongoing updates, program reporting and key metrics.\nAssist alumni with ongoing mentor, sponsor and investor relations following the program.\nRequirements\nEntrepreneurial spirit and a self-starter. Experience as a founder, employee in a venture-backed company or in venture capital required. \nCollaborative, team-based mindset. You will be working closely with other Managing Directors, founders, external program partners, and ecosystem stakeholders. You are expected to support the overall sustainability team. \nAbility to work in a fast-paced, highly independent environment and juggle multiple ongoing projects, responsibilities and external relationships.\nWillingness to intensively and rapidly dive deeper into the startup and venture capital communities even if already familiar. \nFlexibility to travel up to 25%, work some nights and weekends.\nStrong interpersonal and relationship-building skills. \nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nA “no job is beneath me” mentality.\nCommitment to equity across race, place and gender.\nAt gener8tor we…\nSee genius in every community. We believe the company has a chance to accomplish a generational challenge in bridging genius with opportunity.\nNever self-defeat and have a “play to win” mentality. We revolve everything we do around helping the entrepreneurs in our programs.\nAre curious. We work hard to find hidden gems others overlook.\nBelieve no job is beneath us. We wipe down the tables and load up the U-Hauls with enthusiasm. Work as a team to get things done!\nStrive for “that guy emailed me.” Based on a story from our founders, we share a commitment to take a bottom-up approach to building strong, personal, 1-1 relationships. We believe that the best way to quality is through quantity. \nOur values are core to how we work. If they don’t resonate with you, this role might not be the right fit.\nApply\nTo apply, please fill out the form below.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5569,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Venture Capital","Corporate Training"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-16T22:36:26Z"}],"liveness":{"score":21,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.586,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":56,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":200000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gener8tor-managing-director-cox-cleantech-accelerator-powered-by-gener8tor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gener8tor-managing-director-cox-cleantech-accelerator-powered-by-gener8tor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T13:14:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}