The 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.
The 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.
Each Activate community supports about 20 fellows and is run by a three-person team.
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The Fellowship Manager (this role) leads the local community and reports to the Fellowship Director, who oversees all five US communities.
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The Fellowship Associate reports to the Fellowship Manager and is responsible for the community’s daily operations.
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The Managing Director is an experienced entrepreneur who mentors the community’s fellows and leads external ecosystem efforts.
All 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.