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Program Coordinator

The Engine · Cambridge, MA · Hybrid

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About The Engine

We invest in Tough Tech founders.

About the role

The Program Coordinator keeps The Builder Platform's programming, content, and events running on schedule. The role manages logistics for virtual sessions and in-person convenings, coordinates content production, drafts TBP newsletters, keeps the TBP website current, and provides day-to-day support to the full TBP team. Data: Keep programming, content, and event records accurate and up to date in shared systems, and work with the Ops team to maintain, archive, and QC data, tools, and reporting. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Experience: 2 years minimum in program coordination, events, communications, or operations, ideally in a mission-driven or startup ecosystem setting
  • Education: Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Organizational Skills: Able to keep many moving pieces on track (calendars, logistics, deadlines) with strong follow-through and strong attention to details
  • Communication Skills: Clear, concise writer, comfortable drafting newsletters, session descriptions, and event materials, and able to communicate with both technical teams and business stakeholders. Strong verbal communication skills
  • Systems Fluency: Comfort with Google Workspace, Airtable, HubSpot, Circle, or similar tools, with interest in using AI tools to improve team workflows
  • Soft Skills: Team player, results-oriented, a good listener, and able to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment
More about this role

Program Coordinator, The Builder Platform

Full-Time, Hybrid (based at The Engine in Cambridge), with some travel for in-person convenings

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and public benefit organization, The Engine supports Tough Tech founders working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges in climate, health, and advanced systems. We do this through powerful founder programs, access to shared infrastructure and labs, and by convening a national network of corporate partners, investors, and experts.

Established through a collaboration between the National Science Foundation and The Engine, a Tough Tech incubator and accelerator built by MIT, The Builder Platform is a human-centered network designed to empower the nation’s top emerging technology ecosystems.

Bringing together the brightest minds in Tough Tech, The Builder Platform connects regional ecosystem builders to the capital, partners, tools and support they need to scale.

Our tailored support is fueling the growth of ecosystems supported by the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program - a flagship initiative that is driving regional innovation across the country.

The Program Coordinator keeps The Builder Platform's...

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