Founding CEO of Science & Startup (m/f/d)

Science & Startups, a joint endeavour of Berlins large universities, is one of Europe's leading Startup Hubs. By unfolding an unmatched entrepreneurial potential of over 100.000 students and researchers, a large alumni community, excellent research and intellectual property as well as top tier lab infrastructure, Science & Startups transforms innovation into companies that shape our tomorrow. Since 2010 over 2.000 companies with a valuation of 14 billion EUR have been created.

Our next steps of development include to further merge and professionalize services, to expand our own entrepreneurial activities, to accelerate our digitization/data drivenness and to strengthen our offerings for deep tech startups. (science-startups.berlin)

For leading us into the future we are looking for a Founding CEO of Science & Startups.

Responsibilities

• Development and execution of Science & Startups strategy and roadmap
• Completion of the Science & Startups merger
• Evaluation and optimization of operations and services
• Identification and implementation of new business and services
• Development of the entrepreneurial culture of the Science & Startups team
• Stakeholder management to further improve the ecosystem framework
• Development of our lead clusters in the fields of AI, Quantum and GreenTech

Requirements

• You are an entrepreneur by heart
• You have led and developed teams to success
• You have managed divers stakeholder groups to success
• You have strong networks in the innovation and startup ecosystem
• You have experience in building ecosystems
• You are willing to move to Berlin

Benefits

Unleash the entrepreneurial potential of one of Europe's leading innovation and research hubs to empower individuals with diverse backgrounds from Berlin and all over the world to transform their innovations into companies that will shape our tomorrow.

Become a leading player in Berlins innovation and startup ecosystem with direct access and support from research institutes, startups, politics, corporates, and investors.

Compensation: Market compatible salary, incl. a compensation tied to business results

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