Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Category: Top Management/Executive
Type: Part Time
Deadline: 10-Oct-19 12:00:00 AM
Salary: N/A
Description
Job Vacancy Announcement
Application deadline: 5:45pm; October 10, 2019
Company: American University of Armenia (AUA), Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Centre (EPIC)
Position: Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Contract type: Part-time
Job Location: Yerevan, Armenia
The Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) is the business venture and start-up incubator of AUA. EPIC provides an ecosystem for emerging entrepreneurs from both inside and outside AUA. Twice a year, teams made up of AUA students and outside entrepreneurs compete to enter EPIC where they receive further entrepreneurial education, mentorship, and other resources to grow and advance their start-ups. EPIC also sponsors lectures, startup conferences, hackathons, and maintains a sophisticated prototyping and reverse-engineering laboratory in the basement of AUA's main building.
In coordination with the Director of EPIC, the EIR will provide entrepreneurial experience and programmatic support to EPIC including lectures, workshops, interact with community entrepreneurs, mentor startups, and bring real world expertise and entrepreneurial practice to EPIC.
This position will work with the EPIC Operations Manager to support, coordinate and mentor EPIC startup teams and the EPIC incubator program.
Responsibilities
-Support Pre-EPIC/EPIC incubation program to ensure success of program against EPIC's intended goals, especially EPIC's program focus areas, workshops, meetings and mentoring programs.
-Help plan the content of workshops/events/seminars/conferences including help to procure high quality speakers.
-Support and mentoring of EPIC startup teams in conjunction with AUA faculty, alumni, and outside mentors and advisors.
-Help to establish and maintain a network of experienced entrepreneurs and investors that are good candidates for future support of and interaction with EPIC.
-Attend events and network within the business community (local and overseas) to promote EPIC and to identify opportunities for collaboration.
-Support and participate in EPIC programs overseas including Europe, US, Asia, and the Middle East. Further, within Armenia, to help implement the AUA-directed strategy associated with reality labs and outreach for strengthening the country's regions.
-Participate in new, future EPIC initiatives including investment fund, crowdfunding platform, innovation programs, international collaborations, etc.
-Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor/s
RequiredQualifications
-Bachelor's degree or higher. Master's degree would be a plus. A degree in business would be preferred (technical backgrounds are acceptable).
-Experience and success in a business start-up or growing, early-stage venture in Armenia and/or overseas.
-Knowledge of business, management, and entrepreneurship education and principles including the Lean Startup approach and Business Model Canvas.
-Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Armenian (desirable).
-Strong management, collaborative, and interpersonal skills and proven ability to interface effectively with diverse teams.
-Flexible schedule, ability to travel.
Benefits
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