Managing Director, Curql Accelerate
gener8tor is a nationally ranked network of accelerators that supports startups, artists, and career seekers by combining mentorship, community, investment capital, and coaching. It runs investment accelerators, free coaching accelerators, skills accelerators for career growth, corporate innovation programs, and creative accelerators for artists.
About gener8tor
gener8tor runs a portfolio of accelerator programs designed to bridge community talent with opportunity through mentorship, network, conviction, and capital. Its Investment Accelerators provide $100K in capital and business mentorship through a 12-week investment-for-equity program for high-growth startups, while its Free Accelerators offer 4- or 7-week coaching programs to help build wealth and jobs in local communities. The organization also runs Skills Accelerators, offering workshop-style courses for career seekers to develop proficiency in in-demand digital economy skills, and works with Corporations to develop corporate venture capital and innovation practices. Its Creative Accelerators support visual and music artists in building business acumen through workshops, speakers, and industry series. With over 450 startups accelerated, more than $2.2B in total funding raised, and a presence across 50+ communities worldwide, gener8tor serves a diverse range of clients including early-stage startups, artists, career seekers, and corporate innovation teams.
Skills
About the Role
You'll lead the programming for the Curql Accelerate Powered by gener8tor Accelerator, sourcing, recruiting and selecting fintech companies for each 12-week hybrid cohort that runs about every nine months. You'll design and execute program content, coach founders directly, and act as the connective tissue between mentors, investors and participating startups. You'll own the recruitment and selection process, working closely with Curql on due diligence, and you'll build and maintain relationships with credit unions and other ecosystem partners to strengthen the support system around your portfolio companies. Three weeks of each cohort take place on-site at credit unions across the country, so you'll be traveling and engaging in person with partners and founders. You'll report to the market's Associate VP of Accelerators while collaborating with gener8tor's centralized support teams, and you'll continue supporting alumni with mentor, sponsor and investor relations even after their program has ended.
Requirements
- Entrepreneurial spirit and self-starter mindset; experience as a founder, employee in a venture-backed company or in venture capital recommended
- Familiarity and experience with credit unions and/or community banking and personal interest in fintech
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with executive presence
- Collaborative, team-based mindset working with other managing directors, founders and external stakeholders
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly independent environment juggling multiple projects and relationships
- Flexibility to travel up to 25% and work some nights and weekends
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to intensively and rapidly deepen knowledge of fintech, startups, strategic investment and credit union communities
Responsibilities
- Recruit startup applicants and lead the due diligence and selection process for accelerator programs every nine months
- Find and develop relationships with fintech mentors, investors, credit unions and other industry partners
- Plan logistics, engage with the network and execute accelerator programs and related activities
- Act as the lead mentor-coach for cohort participants, including after the program has ended
- Build relationships with ecosystem partners and engage in the broader fintech and banking startup community
- Coordinate and collaborate with gener8tor staff, Curql and external program partners
- Provide reporting for and manage elements of account management with external program partners
- Collaborate with other gener8tor team members to support national programs
- Assist program alumni with ongoing mentor, sponsor and investor relations following the program