Associate Director, Endless Frontier Labs

New York University; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Endless Frontier Labs, founded at New York University, Stern School of Business, seeks an Associate Director to lead program operations including venture recruiting, evaluation, management, and securing follow-on investment for the Digital Health Track.

In collaboration with the Director, you will build external partnerships, develop curriculum, and expand opportunities through centers of innovation, venture funds, and accelerators, while traveling internationally as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's or STEM-focused graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with startups, accelerators, or venture capital.
• Strong business development, relationship management, financial analysis, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Endless Frontier Labs operations and program delivery.
• Lead venture recruiting, evaluation, and management for the Digital Health Track.
• Secure follow-on investment and manage communications and resource mobilization.
• Develop external partnerships with universities, VC funds, incubators, and tech associations.
• Collaborate on curriculum development and student projects.

Skills

Business development

Relationship management

Financial modeling

Market analysis

Strategic planning

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or STEM graduate degree preferred

Job description

Associate Director, Endless Frontier Labs

• Location : US-NY-New York
• Hybrid Remote Work Classification : Hybrid: 60% to 80% Onsite
• Department : Endless Frontier Labs (Administrative)
• School/Division : Stern School of Business (SB1071)
• Compensation Grade : Band 53
• Union : N/A
• FT/PT : Full-Time
• Category : Academic Program Support

Position Summary

Endless Frontier Labs, founded at New York University, Stern School of Business, guides scientific and technical founders through a performance-driven mentoring process. Participating startups receive access to mentorship, venture capital, and business development over the nine-month program. To support these efforts, NYU Stern School of Business has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director, Endless Frontier Labs.

The selected candidate will lead the Endless Frontier Labs operations including venture recruiting, venture evaluation/selection, venture management, securing follow-on investment, communications, and resource mobilization for the Digital Health Track. In collaboration with the Director and colleagues, the Associate Director will strategically develop, implement, and evaluate Endless Frontier Labs and its programs with emphasis on building external business relationships and internal partnerships to ensure programs' success. The Associate Director will execute core programmatic operations for Endless Frontier Labs and identify and cultivate relationships with centers of innovation in US Universities and top foreign universities, venture capital funds, incubators & accelerators, and tech associations to build a strong pipeline of Endless Frontier Labs applicants. The Associate Director will lead initiatives to support the growth and continuous improvement of the Endless Frontier Labs program and expand business development opportunities related to corporate partnerships. The Associate Director will also work with the Director to support curriculum development, student projects with EFL startups, and programming.

Qualifications

The selected candidate will have a bachelor's degree (Master's Degree, MHA, or graduate degree in STEM preferred)and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working with startups, technology companies, incubators, accelerators, angel investors, or venture capital or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Proven ability in business development, relationship management, ability to analyze and evaluate ventures, financial modeling, market analysis, and strategic planning is required. Understanding of business models and drivers of success in startups across several verticals coupled with deep financial literacy and experience with fundraising and venture deals is essential along with excellent project management, organizational, communications skills, team-oriented work ethic and adaptability. Ability to travel internationally.

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $105,000 to USD $125,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

New York University Stern School of Business, located in the heart of Greenwich Village and deeply connected with the City for which it is named, is one of the nation's premier management education schools and research centers. NYU Stern offers a broad portfolio of transformational programs at the graduate, undergraduate and executive levels, all of them enriched by the dynamism and deep resources of one of the world's business capitals. NYU Stern is a welcoming community that inspires its members to embrace and lead change in a rapidly transforming world.

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.