Program Consultant, Robotics Factory Accelerate
Innovation WorksHighlight
Summary
About the Role
About You
- Bachelor's degree required; an advanced degree in business, engineering, or a related technical field is a plus.
- 5–10+ years of professional experience, including time working in startup operations at an early-stage company.
- Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a direct, transparent, and empathetic communication style.
- Proficiency with tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Calendly, Salesforce, and virtual communication platforms.
- Experience working in robotic startups.
- Experience working in an accelerator, venture fund, or innovation program.
- Passion for supporting entrepreneurs and building a strong hardware and robotics community.
- Prior experience in a Product Management role or ability to guide early-stage teams through engineering milestones.
Innovation Works (IW) is the Pittsburgh region’s most active investor in and supporter of early-stage companies developing hardware, software and life sciences technologies. Though focused exclusively on helping startups in the southwest PA region, IW’s level of investment activity makes it one of the most active investors in the U.S. Innovation Works is part of the statewide Ben Franklin Technology Partners, a network of four centers developed to help diversify PA’s economy and retain the state’s high caliber innovations that are invented and incubated here. The Ben Franklin Technology Partners are partially funded by the Commonwealth of PA and overseen by the Department of Community and Economic Development. Founder of AlphaLab (http://alphalab.org)--one of the nation's top startup accelerators-- AlphaLab Gear (http://alphalabgear.org)--its hardware program -- AlphaLab Health (https://alphalabhealth.org/) -- its life sciences program and -- Robotics Factory (https://roboticsfactory.org/) -- its robotics program.