Program Director (m/f/d) – Nonprofit Organization

beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

30 days leave

Pension scheme

Mobile/Remote work

Remote work abroad up to 6 weeks

Team offsites

Employee benefits

Zusammenfassung

The DO School Fellowships gGmbH in Berlin seeks a Director of Program to own end-to-end program components, from venture coaching to scholarships, serving 250 fellows annually.

You will lead the program strategy, manage budgets, and guide two Program Leads to ensure coherent fellow journeys across both years, while partnering with cross-functional teams to drive environmental impact.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience designing and scaling program components that translate ideas into outcomes.
• Track record of managing budgets across multi-component programs including coaching and scholarships.
• Strong leadership directing program teams across cohorts or years.

Aufgaben

• Set direction for end-to-end program components to produce scaled outcomes for 250 fellows.
• Shape and approve programming that creates environmental impact while managing the budget.
• Oversee venture coaching, AI venture coach, and Project Scholarships delivery.
• Direct Year 1 and Year 2 Leads to ensure coherence across fellowship years.

Kenntnisse

Program design

Budget management

People leadership

Data-driven prioritization

Team leadership across cohorts

Freelancers management

Jobbeschreibung

Your mission

The Director of Program holds end-to-end accountability for the full suite of program components that carry fellows from early-stage ideas to concrete, environmentally impactful projects, as set out in the new fellowship concept for an annual intake of 250 fellows. This role sets the strategic direction for project support infrastructure and acceleration partnerships across both years of the program, and owns the budget that funds them. The Director translates program strategy into results by directing the two Program Leads and ensuring their work stays coherent across the full fellow journey.

Your mission

The Director of Program holds end-to-end accountability for the full suite of program components that carry fellows from early-stage ideas to concrete, environmentally impactful projects, as set out in the new fellowship concept for an annual intake of 250 fellows. This role sets the strategic direction for project support infrastructure and acceleration partnerships across both years of the program, and owns the budget that funds them. The Director translates program strategy into results by directing the two Program Leads and ensuring their work stays coherent across the full fellow journey.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Delivery Leadership

• Set direction for the end-to-end program components — venture coaching, the AI venture coach, and Project Scholarships — so they produce accountable, scaled outcomes for an annual intake of 250 fellows, working closely with the program team and other departments
• Shape and approve programming that converts into concrete environmental innovation on the ground, holding accountability for the associated budget
• Decide where the team invests across program components, using field experience and data to prioritize what actually drives environmental and entrepreneurial results

Project Support & Program Delivery

• Set strategy and oversee execution for venture coaching (including the AI venture coach) and Project Scholarships
• Supervise the milestone structure and community-based project support elements that keep fellow projects progressing
• Provide relevant, effective content for the learning platform that supports fellow project milestones, in coordination with the team accountable for the platform's build-out

Partnerships & Impact Accountability

• Advise on partnership priorities based directly on what fellows need to advance
• Responsible for program-related KPIs, including Year 1 and Year 2 applied program outcomes
• Own budgetary responsibility across program components, including venture coaching, the AI venture coach, content creation, and Project Scholarships
• Cooperate with Compliance Officer to ensure exemplary financial stewardship of Project Scholarship funds and overall budget

Team Leadership

• Direct the Year 1 and Year 2 Program Leads, ensuring consistent standards and close coordination between the two fellowship years
• Proactively contribute to a high-functioning directors team, including cross-functional and cross-departmental collaboration

Your profile

• Proven experience designing and scaling program components, coaching, acceleration, and portfolio management, that convert early-stage ideas into concrete outcomes
• Track record managing budgets across multi-component program portfolios, including coaching, content, technology-enabled support, and scholarship funds
• Strong people leadership experience directing program teams across cohorts or program years
• Data-driven approach to prioritizing program investment based on field outcomes and impact evidence
• Experience managing significant budget and teams with multiple freelancers.

Why us?

Why join The DO School Fellowships?

• We are a purposeful organization with a global reach working to make an impact, where purpose, passion, and your ideas matter.
• You will work with an entrepreneurial, creative, and international team as well as a global community of purposeful DOers from over 100 countries.
• We offer a competitive salary, benefits, team-building activities, professional development opportunities, and flexible and remote work modalities.

Benefits include:

• 30 days of paid leave annually (based on a five-day working week)
• Company pension scheme ("Betriebliche Altersvorsorge")
• Possibility for mobile work (up to 50% of the working time)
• Possibility for remote work, also outside of Germany, for up to six weeks in total annually
• Regular team offsites, team events and parties
• Employee Benefits like Urban Sports Club or shopping vouchers

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

About Us

About The DO School Fellowships

The DO School Fellowships gGmbH is a non-profit organization based in Berlin, Germany. Our core mission is to offer training and fellowship programs to empower young people globally to launch projects addressing global and local challenges around environment and society. With our work, we are training the next generation of impact entrepreneurs in innovative educational and fellowship programs.

The DO School Fellowships is an inclusive organization and explicitly welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, whether that’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, disability or alternative professional paths.