About Hassad:
HASSAD is an Agritech Accelerator, launched in May 2019 and is fully owned by Integrated Entrepreneurial Programs Development Company “VentureX” and it provides a business acceleration program designed for the next generation of Agritech & Agrifood startup companies in Jordan.
HASSAD Accelerator pushes towards establishing an open laboratory to adopt ideas, innovations and solutions for small and medium investments in the agritech sector. The accelerator aims to support startups and SMEs that are solving the pain points and coming up with innovative solutions in this endlessly growing sector from all around the world. HASSAD aims to be a catalyst for the development of the agricultural sector in Jordan through its innovative startups.
Job Description:
HASSAD’s Agritech accelerator helps innovative technologies solve some of the industry’s biggest problems. Our team is looking for a Program Manager to lead our Agritech programs each year.
As a Program Manager, you’ll oversee and manage the execution of HASSAD’s Acceleration program for our selected startups. You’ll work with some of the region’s most innovative and exciting ideas/ solutions to support them in their journey into towards success. For each cohort, you’ll put together and manage three months of intensive acceleration focused on; Business Modelling, Financial Modelling and Forecasting, Pitching, Networking and Marketing, Validation and Testing, etc.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Required Skills and Competences:
Additional Information:
You’ll love it here if you value a culture that is:
Are you a hustler?
Our managing partners go through +8 meetings a day and still hold sessions in the evening. Our Accelerator unit manager manages +7 programs at once. Our comms manager creates +11 graphic options only to choose one of them. Our network manager reaches out to +20 new faces a day. How do you hustle?
Send us your CV and cover letter: [email protected]
HASSAD is an Agritech Accelerator, launched in May 2019 and is fully owned by Integrated Entrepreneurial Programs Development Company “VentureX” and it provides a business acceleration program designed for the next generation of Agritech & Agrifood startup companies in Jordan.
HASSAD Accelerator pushes towards establishing an open laboratory to adopt ideas, innovations and solutions for small and medium investments in the agritech sector. The accelerator aims to support startups and SMEs that are solving the pain points and coming up with innovative solutions in this endlessly growing sector from all around the world. HASSAD aims to be a catalyst for the development of the agricultural sector in Jordan through its innovative startups.
Job Description:
HASSAD’s Agritech accelerator helps innovative technologies solve some of the industry’s biggest problems. Our team is looking for a Program Manager to lead our Agritech programs each year.
As a Program Manager, you’ll oversee and manage the execution of HASSAD’s Acceleration program for our selected startups. You’ll work with some of the region’s most innovative and exciting ideas/ solutions to support them in their journey into towards success. For each cohort, you’ll put together and manage three months of intensive acceleration focused on; Business Modelling, Financial Modelling and Forecasting, Pitching, Networking and Marketing, Validation and Testing, etc.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Plan, implement and manage a total of 3 cohorts per year with a minimum target of 9 successful portfolio companies per year.
- Manage the selection process of the participants per cohort according to the identified criteria and ensure selecting applicants with the potential of raising a minimum investment of 30K with a pre-money valuation of 350K.
- Design and execute business plan competitions, workshops, event facilitation, linking program participants with potential investors, ongoing mentorship of program participants.
- Constantly revise and maintain a flexible curriculum that is aligned with the industry’s current best practices.
- Participate and represent the programs in the local, regional, and global Startup community.
- Recruit mentors and partners to participate in programs.
- Conduct operational and detailed coordination with multiple stakeholders and partners and manage relationships with partners, sponsors, and clients.
- Work with the team to deliver mentoring one-on-one, connecting with mentors and funders, working on pitch-decks and communication, strategizing with entrepreneurs about how to make the most of investors, mentors, and partners.
- Document all the lessons learned across the acceleration process and conduct monthly as well as end-of-cohort reporting.
- Design and create surveys and alternative assessment tools to gather and analyze data for acceleration program planning, decision-making, and reporting
- Identify and secure a minimum of 1 sponsorship/grant per year.
- Identify potential sources of capital and working to develop and implement a strategy for making the accelerator financially self-sustainable.
- Conduct an ongoing mapping of key industry players and reach out to potential partners with an objective to support the acceleration/ validation process for Hassad’s participants.
- Provide logistical and operational support and oversight to Program ecosystem, Coop’s and interns.
- Work with HASSAD’s leadership team to identify ways to incorporate the Acceleration program into other business lines.
Required Skills and Competences:
- Bachelor's degree, in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Agriculture and AgriTech, and any other relevant fields.
- 3+ years of work experience.
- Solid technical/industry depth to understand and work with everything related to the Agritech field.
- The ability to lead a small team and manage a program – project/program management, experience dealing with clients, and event planning
- Ability to speak confidently in settings varying from large group events to meetings with senior government, industry, and startup leaders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Arabic and English).
Additional Information:
You’ll love it here if you value a culture that is:
- Flexible and fast-paced
- Diverse and inclusive.
- Full of energy and fun!
- Caring and encouraging.
Are you a hustler?
Our managing partners go through +8 meetings a day and still hold sessions in the evening. Our Accelerator unit manager manages +7 programs at once. Our comms manager creates +11 graphic options only to choose one of them. Our network manager reaches out to +20 new faces a day. How do you hustle?
Send us your CV and cover letter: [email protected]