Head of Delivery for Tech Startups
Location
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title: Head of Delivery for Tech Startups
Responsible to: Director of Service Delivery
Term: Permanent
Salary: £42-£50k
Role Overview
Sunderland Software City is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Tech Startups to lead and oversee our work with early-stage tech startups and high-growth potential tech companies. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing a team, driving growth, fostering innovation, and facilitating an environment conducive to the success of startups and enterprises within the technology sector.
Overseeing delivery of one of our four key strategic areas, the Head of Tech Startups will work with tech startup founders to support product development, connecting them with new markets and help them find investment.
As this role forms part of our Senior Leadership Team, we are keen to speak to candidates with a strong track record in the technology ecosystem, understanding the specific needs that tech startups have and ideally coming with an existing network of ecosystem contacts. This could be from previous roles in the startup and business support sectors or from being a successful tech startup founder.
Our work in this space is evolving at a fast pace, making this an exciting opportunity for candidates with ambition, drive and a passion for the North East technology community. Having delivered startup activities with themes such as 5G, Smart Cities and Immersive Technology, we are striving to reach underrepresented communities and transform opportunities for people and businesses in the region.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of professionals dedicated to supporting tech startups and enterprises providing mentorship, guidance, and support to team members.
- Providing strong leadership in fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation to ensure all targets are met and available resources are managed effectively.
- Spending approximately 30% of your time to directly delivering support in our startup programmes while overseeing their implementation and success.
- Collaborate with external partners to create opportunities for funding, collaboration, and market expansion for start-up enterprises.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive network of mentors able to provide support in product development, accelerated business growth and finding investment
- Monitor and evaluate the performance and impact of our start up programs, making data-driven decisions to continuously improve offerings and outcomes.
- Work with our Research and Development team to support the design of new programmes and contribute to funding bids and business development.
- Build and maintain relationships with funders and external stakeholders to ensure delivery is fit for purpose and targets are achieved.
- Work collaboratively with Directors and other senior leaders to support the design, preparation, delivery, and evaluation of client impact for cross-department projects.
- Actively contribute and lead change as part of the Senior Leadership Team.
Important for success
- Strong understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities faced by tech startups and tech sector businesses.
- Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and people management experience.
- Ability to build and maintain external stakeholder relationships.
- Remain solution-focused in an ever-changing environment.
- Clear evidence of successful working across a multi-faceted and complex organisation.
- Ability to collect, analyse and report on complex project and financial data.
- Excellent spoken/written communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in project management and workload management.
- Excellent organisational skills.
Nice to have:
- Proven knowledge of the technology industry and needs of businesses in the sector.
- Proven knowledge of and experience in the North East tech sector and startup ecosystems.
- An understanding of the wider Sunderland Software City programmes and the ability to identify opportunities.
- An understanding of local and national public sector funding.
Working at Sunderland Software City
At Sunderland Software City we celebrate multiple approaches and opinions and believe diversity drives innovation. We are working hard to build a culture where difference is valued. We are a growing team and it’s important to us that we recruit the best people. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
We aim to maintain an entrepreneurial culture within our organisation. As a small team, staff have the opportunity to get involved with different projects in the organisation.
We are also committed to your personal development ( CPD) . If there is a course you’ve spotted, an event you’d like to attend, or if you’d like to shadow a colleague and learn a different skill, we will seek to facilitate this where possible.
We work flexibly , alongside having offices in the heart of Sunderland and Gateshead we support home working and have various partnerships in place with local co-working spaces across the North East to facilitate flexible working.
All our perks:
- Flexible working
- Regular team socials
- Pension contributions
- Basic Bupa health insurance
- Subscription to the ‘Calm’ mental health app
- A range of discounts and promotions via Charlie HR Perks at Work
- Commitment to CPD including events/paid training opportunities.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Birthday gift for all employees
Please Note:
- Completion of a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is essential for this role.
- Safeguarding Level 1 training will be provided as part of this role and must be completed.
- We actively encourage applications from people of under-represented groups as we strive to increase diversity in our workplace.
The deadline for applications is 4th March 2024 at 5pm.
Interviews will be held on w/c 11th March 2024.
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