Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator

University of Alberta Careers; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alberta Careers is seeking an Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator for the Engineering Incubator. This hybrid role blends external-facing program design with building strategic partnerships and serving as the liaison to the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem.

You will own the Explorer Program content, support mentor-founder matching, engagement quality, and cohort experience, while coordinating undergraduate entrepreneurship programming through the faculty.

Responsibilities

• Own the Explorer Program content and design.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with external stakeholders across industry, mentorship networks, legal, finance, and manufacturing sectors.
• Coordinate mentor–founder matching, engagement quality, and cohort experience within the Innovator/Entrepreneur programs.

Job description

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal candidates and applicants who were former employees of the University of Alberta will be given priority consideration before external candidates. Please log in to verify your internal candidate status.

This position has a term length of one year plus one day from the date of hire.

Location

This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

The Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator is the Engineering Incubator’s primary external-facing and program design role. The Program Coordinator owns the design and content development of the Explorer Program, builds and maintains strategic partnerships with external stakeholders across industry, mentorship networks, legal, finance, and manufacturing sectors, and serves as the incubator’s liaison to the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem. Within the Innovator Program, this role focuses on the relational and programmatic dimensions, mentor-founder matching, engagement quality, and cohort experience, while operational logistics are handled by the Entrepreneur Program Admin. The Program Coordinator also serves as the faculty’s primary point of contact for undergraduate entrepreneurship academic programming. This role requires strong relationship-building skills, ecosystem knowledge, and the ability to design programming that advances founder development and institutional partnerships.