Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator

University-of-Albert; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alberta is seeking an Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator within the Engineering Incubator. This hybrid role combines remote and in-person work at North Campus, Edmonton, focusing on external-facing program design.

You will own the Explorer Program content, build partnerships across industry, mentorship networks, and sectors, and serve as liaison to the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem. The position emphasizes relationship-building and program development to advance founder

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.