• 8+ years of experience
• Relationships with the tech and government sectors
• Greater China exposure is a plus
1. Incubation
• Design the admission criteria and build the start-up community by recruiting prospect incubates and start-ups across geographies including HK, China and overseas.
• Develop strategies and operating model of the incubation function.
• Design, build or work with partners, to operate the best-of-breed incubation and acceleration programs to support the start-up community.
2. Value chain partnerships
• Build a value added ecosystem to support the start-up community to address their growth and development needs, including but not limited to talent, funding, product commercialization, legal and regulatory, manufacturing and production.
• Collaborate with universities and research institutes in Hong Kong, China and all over the world to collaborate on R&D effort, enable knowledge exchange and talent development.
• Develop partnership with international ecosystem builders, chambers, associations, trade agencies to enable business matchings, knowledge exchange and professional training.
• Analyze and understand the business needs of incubates, grow the incubates with customized support and resource.
3. Talent support and professional development
• Work with universities and R&D institutes to develop professional training and sharing activities to create an efficient learning and knowledge exchange environment.
• Design and develop mentorship programs.
4. Technology adoption support
• Liaise and coordinate with local and overseas tech ventures, corporates, and channel partners in order to facilitate go-to-market activities for incubates and start-ups to commercialize their R&D outcome.
Job Requirements
• University degree in any discipline with MBA a plus
• Minimum 8 years’ solid experience in managing technology partner programs and/or marketing projects
• Experience in negotiating and partnering with technology providers, Government, digital tech associations and academic institutions
• Passionate in science, technology innovation and early-stage investment
• Proficient in both written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua)
• Proven ability to gain maximum value with external partnerships, with effective people management and account management skills
• Mature and independent, a strong team player, analytic-mind, self-motivated and results driven
If you would like to apply for this role or find out more, please contact on +852 2847 9959 or apply online with your latest CV in Word format including your current and expected salary. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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