About the role
The EIR will work closely with AlphaLab Program Managers and founders, with particular depth supporting healthcare-focused companies. This is a hands-on strategic role. The EIR will engage deeply with company teams, help founders identify and work through their most important business challenges, and bring experienced operating judgment to decisions around commercialization, customers, partnerships, capital, and company strategy. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Build strong working relationships with cohort companies and become a trusted strategic resource to founders
- Participate in regular 1:1 company meetings and help teams identify their most important near-term priorities, risks, and milestones
- Work directly with founders on customer discovery, commercialization strategy, go-to-market planning, partnerships, fundraising, and company positioning
- Help teams translate broad strategic goals into clear priorities, decisions, experiments, and next steps
- Pressure-test business models, market assumptions, customer hypotheses, pricing, channel strategies, and growth plans
- Provide candid, practical feedback on difficult company-building decisions and help founders evaluate tradeoffs
More about this role
CONTRACT ROLE
Contract Role | 5 Months (January–May), 40 hrs/week
AlphaLab, part of Innovation Works, has been helping build high-growth startups since 2008. Founded as one of the first startup accelerators in the United States, AlphaLab is recognized by TIME and Statista among America’s Best Startup Accelerators and as the top-ranked accelerator in Pennsylvania. Through our 3Cs of Customer, Capital, and Community, we combine hands-on company building, investment, and access to a strong regional network to help early-stage founders build scalable businesses.
We’re hiring a five-month Entrepreneur-in-Residence to work directly with AlphaLab founders and our accelerator team during the core program cycle. We are specifically seeking someone with deep entrepreneurial and operating experience in healthcare and life sciences, ideally with firsthand experience building or leading an early-stage company.
The EIR will work closely with AlphaLab Program Managers and founders, with particular depth supporting healthcare-focused companies.
This is a hands-on strategic role. The EIR will engage deeply with company teams, help founders identify and work through their most important business...
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