CEO - Technology Business Incubator

CEO - Technology Business Incubator (Not For Profit)

Industry - Education / Teaching / Training

Category - Sales & Marketing

Job Type - Permanent

Job Description :

- This role is responsible for leading the Incubation Centre and ensuring it remains one of the country's finest for translating businesses offering tech innovation into commercial successes. The role involves liaising closely with internal stakeholders, government at state and central level, international institutions and most importantly technology innovators to position the Centre as a preferred choice for partnership.

Client Details :

Our client is one of the leading Technology Business Incubators in the country. As a unique institution, they are focused on enabling technology startups to reach their full potential and grow to become successful & scalable businesses. The business is driven by their passion for empowering young entrepreneurs and subsequently creating jobs in the market. With an illustrious advisory board and founding team, they are now looking to hire an India CEO, based in Gujarat.

Description :

Reporting to the Founding Team and working closely with the Board, you will be responsible for :

- Stakeholder management and maintaining relationships with the highest levels of State & Central Government

- Handling international / high profile visits, as well as two-way relationships with Ambassadors, Consuls, institutions

- Maintaining relationships with senior management level in Corporates and bodies like CII, ASSOCHAM, FICCI etc.

- Nurturing relationships with Grant giving departments besides maintaining relationships with Start-up India, CSIR, Start-up Nation Central

- Board Management and creating alignment between different sets of directors to ensure that delivery does not get derailed

- Creating strategic plans aligned to expectations of Central Government, State Government as well as the founding team and Board

- Budgeting and fiscal responsibility besides ensuring Utilisation Certificates for various grants are created in line with guidelines, audited and submitted

- Ensure that financial audits are completed in a timely manner and the financials are approved by the Audit Committee and passed by the Board so that the returns can be filed with the regulator in a timely manner

- Branding, Marketing and visibility

- Maintain a very broad visibility of the tech innovation landscape and participate in tech evaluation for selecting start-ups to support

- Maintain a network of relationships with CTO's and CXO's in various organisations and set the sectoral focus and priority areas for intake of fresh start-ups for the coming two to three years

- Deeply understand business modelling and financial modelling for start-ups and mentor start-ups in their scaling up and fund-raising plans

- Maintain a network of Angels / VC's & evaluate senior start-ups for financial support

- Act as an Investment Manager and represent the projects to the Empowered Committee and Board for approval of investment decisions

- Work with a network of subject matter experts who can assist senior start-ups in their GTM

- Set KPI's for the team, review their performance, arrange for salary increments and promotions for them besides Campus Management

Profile :

- The ideal candidate should possess at least 20 years of experience and a strong academic & professional background. Orientation/affinity towards technology & innovation is highly desirable and prior experience in hardware/product manufacturing ecosystem is a must.

- The role involves mentoring start ups and requires high EQ and people management ability.

- Willingness to move with family to Ahmedabad and work out of the campus on all working days is important.

Job Offer

An opportunity to drive strategic portfolio at country level for a leading TBI in a high visibility role.

Contact - Swapnil Khetan - +91 (0) 22 4236 3332

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