Executive Dir, New Venture Accelerator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Auburn, AL 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $100K - $125K 💻 Other 🗓️ February 24th, 2026

K-12

Edtech.com's Summary

Auburn University is hiring an Executive Director for the New Venture Accelerator. The role involves providing strategic leadership to expand and enhance the university's entrepreneurship ecosystem, coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders, managing the accelerator’s team, and representing Auburn in the entrepreneurship community.

Highlights

Provide strategic leadership for the New Venture Accelerator's mission and activities.
Coordinate with university leadership and external partners to grow Auburn's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Serve as the public representative to startups, investors, state officials, corporate partners, and alumni.
Manage and develop a team of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and work closely with the program's administrative director.
Expand entrepreneurship education, alumni programs, incubator facilities, startup capital sources, corporate partnerships, and commercialization efforts.
Requires a bachelor's degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience, including successful entrepreneurial leadership.
Strong knowledge of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Alabama, the Southeast, and nationally is required.
Desired qualifications include university entrepreneurship program experience and advanced degrees, though significant entrepreneurial experience can substitute.
Salary range: $100,000 - $125,000 for a part-time position.
Includes some evening, weekend work, and travel.