Director, Venture Acceleration
MATTER, United States
Job Description
We believe that collaboration between entrepreneurs and industry leaders is the fastest, most effective way to accelerate innovation, advance care and improve lives.
With MATTER’s 501(c)(3) non-profit structure and our no-equity model as the foundation, our community is a neutral platform where entrepreneurs can come together with industry leaders, scientists and clinicians from across the globe to collaborate on developing next-generation healthcare and life sciences technologies.
About the Role
MATTER is looking for a dynamic leader for our venture acceleration team someone who is passionate about the opportunity for new technologies to improve health and healthcare, and who loves to help entrepreneurs navigate the ups and downs of their world-changing journeys. As director, you will be responsible for designing and implementing MATTER’s startup incubation program strategy to drive value for our growing portfolio of digital health and life sciences companies.
In this role, you will:
- Set the strategic direction for MATTER’s venture acceleration function and optimize program offerings based on learnings and market feedback.
- Build a diverse, high-performing team of business development, operational and account management staff to ensure execution of strategic priorities.
- Scale delivery of MATTER’s startup incubation programs by overseeing large-scale digitization initiatives and cross-functional projects.
- Develop meaningful and respectful partnerships with community-based organizations and organizations in Chicago’s innovation ecosystem.
- Promote a data-driven culture with the development of approaches to set performance targets, forecasting and ongoing program optimization goals.
- Act as a business development leader, targeting and developing strategic collaborations to drive growth of MATTER’s healthcare entrepreneur community.
- Develop and deliver regular updates on business performance and growth strategy to the CEO and external clients.
- Support MATTER’s community of healthcare startups through key milestones, increasing their probability of success in the customer acquisition and scaling stages.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s in business or entrepreneurship preferred.
- 8+ years of work experience in healthcare entrepreneurship, healthcare innovation, healthcare consulting and/or related field.
- Deep understanding of startups in the healthcare space, with past experience founding or leading one highly preferred.
- Past experience in developing incubator or accelerator programs highly preferred.
- Demonstrated understanding of growth and commercialization challenges of a startup in the healthcare industry.
- Experience leading small teams, with demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment decisions.
- A strong communicator and relationship builder with the ability to excel in independent working environments.
- Flexible, able to balance multiple priorities, and comfortable working within a fast-moving environment while driving toward solutions.
MATTER’s Values
We recruit individuals who are passionate about our mission and who exemplify our values.
Our Values
- Be the host
- Make others successful
- Speak your mind
- Turn over rocks
- Never stop experimenting
Commitment to Diversity
MATTER welcomes and actively encourages individuals of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our team and our community.
About MATTER
At MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes more than 200 cutting-edge startups from around the world, working together with dozens of hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives. For more information, visit matter.health and follow @MATTERhealth.