Strategic Community Leader

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom CIC Full time

**Join Our Innovation Ecosystem Team**

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director to lead the launch and expansion of our innovative community across three UK cities.

This strategic role, beginning with Venture Café London in King's Cross, offers a unique opportunity to establish and operate hubs for innovation and connection, in close collaboration with ARIA.

As a pioneer in innovation ecosystems, Venture Café was founded by Tim Rowe, founder and CEO of CIC, in 2009 and has helped fuel the growth of one of the world's most powerful innovation ecosystems: Over the past 15 years, we have united over 750,000 visionaries, developers, creatives, and civic leaders across 15 cities worldwide, building a global community of communities.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Develop and execute a robust strategy to attract and retain funding and program partners, including building a strong initial community of the UK's leading startups, researchers, investors, and innovators.
  2. Oversee operational launch and ensure proper coordination for space, vendor onboarding and implementation of internal systems.
  3. Working with our People Success Team to recruit, hire, and train a strong team of staff.
  4. Working with our Finance Teams to establish and execute accurate financial and KPI reporting for partners.
  5. Supporting the execution of marketing campaigns to drive membership growth and enhance brand visibility in the market.
Your Ongoing Work:
  • Managing the business, including P&L responsibility.
  • Reporting on evaluative data in a number of areas, including community and partner satisfaction and business performance.
  • Being the champion of our policies and philosophies, as well as the primary advocate for our UK team and clients alike.
Management:
  • Effectively building and leading operations, sales, programs, and strategic partnership teams; helping individuals grow professionally;
  • Communicating and directing work across local teams;
  • Growing and supporting the innovation ecosystem by developing relationships with our partners, as well as local entrepreneurs and community leaders through partnership building with key allies, networking, speaking engagements, and involvement with area civic and industry organizations.
  • Expanding community offerings through partnership development.
  • Nurturing existing initiatives to support our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging efforts, while bringing a visionary approach to developing and expanding DEIB-driven programming and partnership opportunities.

**Salary:** £70,000 - £100,000 per year

About Us:

We are looking for a highly capable, self-motivated individual who can take the lead in launching the full array of functions of a successful community, constantly improving and evolving. Our ideal candidate should have experience in nurturing new businesses and a solid understanding of financial statements or the capacity to learn quickly.

Requirements:

  • Experience in building or expanding a business within the UK market, coupled with strong financial acumen to navigate its nonprofit economic landscape effectively.
  • Knowledge of the UK's innovation community, key influencers, networks and organizations.
  • Minimum of a bachelor's degree (advanced degree preferred).
  • Fluency in English (additional language preferred).
  • Mastery of Google Apps for Business (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) and of Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, etc.) as well as Salesforce and WordPress.
  • Global outlook with local roots and commitment.
  • Frequent attendance at innovation community gatherings across the UK, after regular business hours and very infrequently on weekends.
  • Domestic and international travel to other locations as part of team events.

Our Benefits:

  • Employment contract.
  • Competitive compensation based on experience.

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