Manager, Climate Entrepreneurship Programs, Harvard Innovation Labs

Job Summary: Are you passionate about fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the fight against climate change? The Manager, Climate Entrepreneurship Programs at the Harvard Innovation Labs will play a critical role in running a suite of programs aimed at empowering emerging climate-focused ventures. These include the Climate Circle Accelerator, “How to Create a Climate Venture” ideation bootcamp, and other climate programs, as well as helping build future offerings. This position requires exceptional organizational skills, program management expertise, sound stakeholder management in a complex institutional environment, and a strong commitment to advancing sustainability. This position reports to the Senior Advisor, Social Impact + Climate. The mission of the Harvard Innovation Labs is to champion the people behind the ideas — equipping Harvard entrepreneurs with the community, skills, and opportunities to turn insights into impact. Support extends from pre-idea students to an incubator for early-stage entrepreneurs to accelerators and beyond. Visit innovationlabs.harvard.edu for more information. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Program Management: Programming Vision and Planning • Supports annual climate programming vision and planning, translating plans into scheduled sessions and events. • On an ongoing basis, manages the annual calendar and cadence for climate entrepreneurship programming, ensuring all key milestones and deadlines are met. • Proactively oversees the administrative processes for the student i-lab climate cohort, the Climate Circle Accelerator, and the climate ideation bootcamp. Sets up the structure for and manages day-to-day cohort operations — communications, content, calendar, and events — working across all programs in partnership with  i-lab Member Experience team. • Evaluates program outcomes — working with the broader team to define what gets measured, gather it, and suggest recommendations based on the data. Event and Program Logistics • Organizes and executes events, workshops, orientations, pitch days, showcases and program-related activities, ensuring high-quality experiences for participants. Manages logistics for each of these events, such as registrations, speaker coordination, material preparation, day-of staffing, recordings, follow-up communications and event feedback. • Works closely with the i-lab’s program, operations, and communication teams to help create best practices, standard operating procedures, and utilize existing systems. Planning and Execution for Climate Circle Accelerator and Climate Ideation Bootcamp: Climate Circle Accelerator • Manages the application process for the Climate Circle Accelerator including application design, setting up cohort interviews, monitoring acceptance decisions, and executing applicant communications. • Manages recruitment, application vetting, participant orientation, the in-person Summit, and program events throughout the year for the Climate Circle Accelerator. Collaborates with Marketing on outreach to ensure a high-quality applicant pool, recruited via targeted partnerships. • Supports the Climate Circle Accelerator’s major annual events — orientation and summit, workshops and venture programming, virtual venture showcase and pitch prep, President’s Innovation Challenge — working with the Venture Acceleration team. • Keeps venture resource guides and toolkits up to date with the latest climate entrepreneurship information. Climate Ideation Bootcamp • Leads recruitment, vetting, administration, online engagement, and follow-up from the “How to Create a Climate Venture” bootcamp. • Helps prepare registered participants, including ensuring all have access to materials, calendar invitations and virtual link access. • Supports in-c