Head of Ideation & Incubation (re-post) at Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship
Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE) exists to empower students in unleashing their entrepreneurial potential. It is the unit of practical and applied entrepreneurship at CBS that engages in preparing students to be business ready. CSE is the largest Danish university business incubator where students are supported in testing business ideas, concepts and in building their own startups. Besides the incubator and the acknowledged Go Grow Accelerator Programme, CSE runs a range of educational and entrepreneurial activities and events.
With hundreds of student startups coming to CSE each year, the ideation and incubation programmes are often the beginning of a student’s exploration of entrepreneurship, and the start of a rewarding experience growing their ideas and building a business. These activities include a suite of offerings such as Proof of Idea, Proof of Concept and Proof of Business. Successful companies from CSE’s incubation programmes progress into the Go Grow Accelerator or other excellent acceleration programmes, making ideation and incubation an important foundational step in the Danish entrepreneurial pipeline.
What does the average day of the Head of Ideation and Incubation look like?
No day is ever the same in this role. Your day will often feature business development sessions with startups – drawing from your strong knowledge in business models, finance and/or sustainability to guide students in finding the right methods to execute their ideas.
You will have the ongoing responsibility of overall quality for the incubation process, working with the business developers to continuously refine and improve our activities and output, whilst also implementing larger strategic goals under the CSE Director.
You will draw from your experience with business intelligence platforms to build a strong repository of compliant data to derive insights about our community, their development and the impact of CSE.
This role will be at the heart of the organisation, with a strong student-facing emphasis, playing an important role in the student community during their time with CSE. You will be an ambassador for the programme, promoting it across the university and building relationships with academic counterparts. There will be no direct reports within this role, but it will be responsible for quality of the team deliverables.
As Head of Ideation and Incubation you will be responsible for
Providing practical advice to early-stage startups, drawing from knowledge of business models and sustainability.
Taking key responsibility for the quality delivered in our ideation and incubation related offers.
Redesigning and improving our incubation activities to serve the growing number of entrepreneurs joining CSE and our increased focus on sustainability and impact.
Support our startups at the different stages of their startup development and progress through the CSE Proof Program.
Take part in and lead business ideation, development sessions and workshops.
Represent CSE at different events and participate in spreading the word about the opportunities that we offer to students and startups.
Support and strengthen our community in becoming a world leading entrepreneurial learning environment (e.g. strong focus on diversity & inclusion, cross-disciplinary team creation, match making, peer-to-peer learning, self-actualization etc.)
Many backgrounds can be relevant for this position. You should however have experience with idea, concept and business development and a strong interest in the challenges and opportunities for early-stage startups and new sustainable business models.
Experience, qualifications and personal skills - Strong business and sustainability profile
Proven experience mentoring and guiding others through the startup journey
Knowledge about the entrepreneurial environment – nationally and internationally
Structured and experienced project manager
Understanding of the key ingredients to develop an impactful environment for ideation and incubation
Ability to work in an innovative and flexible environment
Is proficient in reaching out to new people, stakeholder management and networking
Solid social and communicative skills
Speaks and writes fluent English
What do we offer?We offer you a versatile job in a growing organization with an established portfolio of programmes, initiatives and verticals. You will become part of a truly multinational and diverse team of enthusiastic employees and be surrounded by several hundred committed and skilled students who make their own companies. CSE is located at Porcelænshaven 26 at CBS, Frederiksberg.
Employment The position is full time and is expected to start as soon as possible. We will contact and interview applicants ongoing and we will hire as soon as we find the right candidate.
Employment and remuneration take place in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the relevant organization, with a classification and remuneration depending on qualifications and experience. Upon employment, it will be possible to negotiate personal allowances. The employment is 37 hours per week.
Do you want to know more?If you have questions for the position, you are welcome to contact the Director of CSE, Andreas Aasted Gjede at ag.cse@cbs.dk.
Read more about CSE:
http://cse.cbs.dk/ and
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