Manager, Founder & Venture Initiatives

**Description** The **Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking** (Hunter Hub) under the **Office of the President** invites applications for a **Manager, Founder & Venture Initiatives** . This Full-time Fixed Term position is for approximately 24 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension. Created with a transformational gift from the Hunter Family Foundation in 2017, the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking is UCalgary's community innovation hub that transforms lives and economies through fostering entrepreneurial thinking in students, faculty, and the community. Our mission is to create and support game-changing innovators and accelerate their ideas from conception to impact. Located in the President's Office portfolio, the Hunter Hub contributes directly to the University of Calgary's strategic vision to be the most entrepreneurial university in Canada. Comprising a campus community of more than 38,000 students, faculty and staff, the University of Calgary has set ambitious goals for excellence in research, scholarship, teaching, innovative thought, and the student experience. The university strives for inimitable excellence through innovative teaching and learning, cutting-edge exploration, and community linkage. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Programs and Events, the Manager, Founder & Venture Initiatives plays a pivotal role in designing, managing, and scaling initiatives that directly support founders and ventures at the Hunter Hub and the university. This role leads the development and delivery of founder and venture support programs such as the Innovation Sandbox and Innovation Forge and ensures operational excellence across these initiatives. The manager will work closely with internal stakeholders and external actors (e.g., early-stage investors, funding agencies, foundations) when such engagement directly enhances support for founders and ventures. The work is dynamic and complex, requiring strategic thinking, operational design, and a deep understanding of the entrepreneurial journey. The manager will lead a team of staff, interns, and coaches/mentors/advisors, and will be responsible for streamlining processes to reduce administrative burden while maximizing impact. The incumbent will have demonstrated experience in supporting academic founders and ventures, and a strong understanding of the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem. This position has full management responsibility, including recruitment, hiring, annual goal setting, recognition and performance management. The work of this position is dynamic and complex, with varying work volume, multiple priorities, and numerous, often simultaneous deadlines.This is a fixed-term position with a 35-hour work week. **Summary of Key Responsibilities** (job functions include but are not limited to): Founder & Venture Program Management * Direct, motivate and manage activities of staff, students, and interns, including recruitment and hiring,