Director of Residency Programs - The Open Accelerator

1. Curriculum Architecture & Strategy

• Design the Roadmap: Define and maintain the comprehensive Residency curriculum, focusing on product-market fit for enterprise AI, technical scaling, security/compliance, and go-to-market strategies.
• Continuous Evolution: Iteratively update the curriculum based on cohort feedback and the rapidly shifting AI landscape (e.g., LLM operations, data privacy, and ethical AI).
• Milestone Definition: Establish a clear structure and provide the technical and business clarity required for startups to navigate the program and soar toward enterprise-ready deployment.

2. Expert & Faculty Coordination

• Orchestrate Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): Identify and recruit internal technical leaders from Red Hat and IBM, as well as external industry veterans, to lead workshops and deep-dive sessions.
• Collaborative Design: Work with external innovation partners (VCs, academic leaders, and successful founders) to ensure the curriculum remains grounded in real-world startup challenges.
• Briefing & Alignment: Ensure all guest speakers and mentors are properly briefed on the specific needs of the current cohort to maximize the relevance of their sessions.

3. On-Site Program Delivery & Orchestration

• Physical Presence: Lead the day-to-state operations at the residency site during active cohort cycles, serving as the primary point of contact for founders.
• Event Management: Plan and execute all residency-specific programming, ranging from recurring cohort huddles and check-ins to structured mentoring and technical architectural reviews, speaker series, and pitch rehearsals.
• Mentorship Matching: Facilitate the high-touch matching process between resident founders and mentors, ensuring a consistent cadence of meaningful 1:1 interaction.
• Cohort Culture & Alumni Community: Foster a collaborative, high-performance community within the residency space where founders serve as a support system for one another. You will extend this impact by building and maintaining a vibrant alumni network, ensuring the community remains a source of value for founders long after the residency concludes.

4. Stakeholder & Community Integration

• Internal Alignment: Coordinate closely with The Open Accelerator team to ensure that sourcing efforts are aligned with the curriculum's strengths.
• Investor Relations: Work with the investor network to prepare startups for Demo Day and private matching sessions, ensuring they can articulate their "enterprise-ready" value proposition.
• Enterprise Customer community : Connect founders and enterprise customers to share insights regarding enterprise needs and requirements as well as give founders a platform to early engage with potential deployment partners.

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in technical program leadership, with a track record of working with software companies across various lifecycle stages.
• Operational Excellence: Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs with high attention to detail and on-site logistical requirements.
• AI Fluency & Technical Literacy: High proficiency in Generative AI tools and a strong foundational understanding of AI/ML trends to credibly guide technical founders.
• Collaborative Leadership: Ability to command the respect of C-suite executives, high-level engineers, and first-time founders alike.
• Communication: Exceptional presentation and facilitation skills; comfort "hosting" the room and leading interactive group sessions.
• Mindset: Deeply empathetic toward the founder journey, highly organized, and thrive in an "all-hands-on-deck" environment.

• Cohort Satisfaction & NPS: Quality of the curriculum and on-site experience as rated by resident founders.
• Growth & Progress Tracking: Demonstrated advancement of resident startups against curriculum milestones and their individual path toward enterprise-readiness.
• Cohort Engagement & Attendance: Active participation and consistent attendance of founders at curriculum events, mentoring sessions, and technical huddles.
• Expert Engagement: Consistency and quality of contributions from the Red Hat, IBM, and external mentor network.
• Alumni Engagement: Longevity and activity levels of the community beyond the active residency phase.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

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