Strategic Partnerships Intern
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Job Summary
The Engine supports Tough Tech founders working to solve the worlds most pressing challenges in climate health and advanced systems. We do this through powerful founder programs access to shared infrastructure and labs and by convening a national network of corporate partners investors universities experts and other organizations committed to helping breakthrough technologies reach the world.
The Engines community includes approximately 160 companies developing science- and engineering-based technologies across areas including energy advanced materials biotechnology manufacturing computing robotics and other advanced systems.
The Engine is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Internfor a six-month temporary position supporting the execution and management of strategic partnerships across our Tough Tech ecosystem.
Reporting to the Director of Partnerships this role will work closely with corporate partners investors founders and internal teams to translate relationships into tangible opportunities for The Engines community of approximately 140 companies.
The Associate will help identify and execute opportunities that connect founders with prospective customers and commercial partners investors and sources of capital technical expertise infrastructure and other resources that can help companies develop and scale breakthrough technologies more efficiently.
This is a highly collaborative and execution-oriented role for someone who is intellectually curious comfortable working across science technology and business and excited by the opportunity to help early-stage companies navigate the path from breakthrough technology to commercial impact.
Support strategic partner relationships by helping manage ongoing engagement with corporate investor philanthropic and ecosystem partners and ensuring commitments opportunities and follow-up activities are executed effectively.
Connect Engine companies to commercial opportunities by understanding partner priorities and company needs and facilitating introductions to prospective customers strategic partners pilot opportunities technical collaborators and other potential pathways to market.
Support investor and capital connections by helping identify relevant investors for Engine companies coordinating investor introductions and programming and supporting events and initiatives designed to connect founders with sources of capital.
Translate partnerships into founder value by working with internal teams and external partners to identify resources that can help Tough Tech companies develop technologies more capital efficiently including technical expertise equipment services infrastructure software and other forms of support.
Develop an understanding of The Engines company community including company technologies business models development milestones commercial priorities and fundraising needs in order to identify relevant opportunities and connections.
Coordinate partnership activations and programs including partner meetings company introductions office hours workshops Innovation Days investor engagements founder programming and other strategic initiatives.
Prepare partner and company materials including company shortlists briefing documents presentations meeting materials partnership updates and follow-up communications.
Conduct research and analysis on companies industries technologies investors corporate innovation priorities and emerging partnership opportunities.
Maintain strong operational discipline around partnership activity by tracking introductions commitments meetings opportunities and follow-ups in The Engines CRM and other internal systems.
Collaborate across The Engine with programs community events communications and leadership teams to ensure partnerships are coordinated effectively and deliver meaningful value to founders.
Support additional partnership development ecosystem initiatives and special projects as needed.
We recognize that strong candidates may come from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of technical curiosity business judgment relationship-building skills and strong execution.
Bachelors degree required; recent graduates graduate students or MBA candidates are encouraged to apply.
Academic or professional background in engineering biology chemistry physics materials science climate or energy another physical or life science discipline business or a related field.
Strong interest in emerging technologies entrepreneurship commercialization venture capital corporate innovation or the startup ecosystem.
Ability to quickly understand complex scientific or technical concepts and communicate their commercial relevance to nontechnical audiences.
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort engaging with founders investors corporate executives technical experts and other external stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Highly organized detail-oriented and able to manage multiple projects relationships and follow-up activities simultaneously.
Demonstrated initiative and ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment.
Strong research analytical and problem-solving skills
Preferred: Startups venture capital accelerators incubators or entrepreneurship programs
Preferred: Corporate innovation strategy business development or partnerships
Preferred: Technology commercialization or university technology transfer
Preferred: Consulting investment banking or other analytically rigorous business environments
Preferred: Scientific or engineering research
Preferred: Climate tech biotech advanced manufacturing robotics computing materials or other Tough Tech sectors
Preferred: CRM platforms and relationship-management tools
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