Fin Tech Incubator Executive Director
Springfield, MA, United States
Fin Tech Incubator Executive Director
Western New England Universityis seeking an Executive Director to help establish and manage the first FinTechIncubator (FTI) in Western Massachusetts. The FTI offers FinTech services toentrepreneurs, existing businesses, and academic institutions in the region.The incubator is housed in the College of Business and has collaborative spacesfor startups and businesses to work on FinTech projects. In addition, the FTIhas a high-performance computing data center which hosts an AI supercomputer onthe WNE campus in Springfield.
Within the normal work scheduleset forth in the Western new England University Employee Handbook, thisposition will involve hours outside of the normal workday, including someevenings and weekends, as necessary to perform essential and/or other tasks.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES: The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following qualifications/experience:
Sales skills, including prospecting, negotiation, territory management, and closing skills.
Project management skills, including the ability to present project data and concepts to non-project audiences.
Excellent communication skills with a flexible mindset open to new ideas and capable of building strong relationships while results-oriented with demonstrated ability to deliver results in a timely fashion.
Ability to be flexible to handle rapid change and multiple tasks at once.
Exceptional collaboration skills necessary for interacting with key stakeholders at all levels across the University to manage, inform, and influence outcomes.
Possess knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project).
A working knowledge of FinTech and AI is a plus.
QUALIFICATIONS:
MBA/MS university degree with a concentration in marketing, promotions,advertising sales, or business administration preferred.
Project management certification, such as the PMP, is a plus.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project).
Basic administration skills.
At least five years of industry sales and/or project management experience.
A working knowledge of FinTech, Analytics, Finance and/or AI is a plus.
Excellent benefits including tuition remission for employee, spouse, and dependent children.
WesternNew England University (WNE)is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus onpreparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield,Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE's 215-acre suburbancampus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-timeundergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts andSciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and Schoolof Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the fourWestern Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in USNews and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineeringprograms, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the CarnegieClassification of Institutions of Higher Education.
WesternNew England University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.We welcome candidates whose background maycontribute to the further diversification of our community.
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