Mission Statement for Role

Startmate is the epicentre of startup ambition in ANZ, and believing in people before they believe in themselves is at the heart of everything we do. We run Fellowships to supercharge people in their startup careers. We raise funds to supercharge startups with financial investment. And, at the core of it all lies our ability to identify, accelerate and fiercely believe in the best founders in Australia and New Zealand.

The Student Fellowship is one of Startmate’s flagship programs that has ignited a spark for over 1000 students to become the next generation of startup founders and operators. We want to 10x the impact and are looking for someone to build the blueprint for a new era of student inspiration.

In this role, the Student Fellowship will be yours to unleash its full potential. In addition, you will pave the way for our next student initiative. As the mastermind behind the students' business unit, you will shape the future, determining the who, what, where, when and how for this initiative. From PhD students to high school students, the possibilities are limitless. Startmate is your boundless playground to leave an indelible mark on the startup ecosystem.

Role Scope: Your Responsibilities

• Responsibility 1: Development & launch of Startmate's next student initiative

  • Description: Launch a program for a new segment of students, and grow this to be highly impactful and financially sustainable. 

  • Example: Research the customer group; run an experiment initiative; evaluate the success key metrics; brand building.

• Responsibility 2: Student Fellowship program delivery & iteration

  • Description: Facilitate and iterate the Student Fellowship twice per year, including the following components: 

    • Community outreach and brand building

    • Inspiring content sessions

    • Coaching and peer groups

    • A challenge that helps founders come together and test an idea

  • Example: Vet & select the cohort; Customer journey mapping; Selecting speakers & outreach; Session facilitation; Program analysis and iteration

• Responsibility 3: Community management & engagement

  • Description: Engage, manage and grow the student communities and champion these customer groups within Startmate. 

  • Example: Run ongoing engagement initiatives + invite them to broader SM events; engage with students on Slack; unearth their stories to be distributed.

Position Requirements

• Community Superhero - As the custodian of the student communities, you understand and empathise with their pain points and barriers to growth. With high EQ, exceptional people skills, and an inspiring energy, you build trust and relationships, accelerating their careers.

• Organisation & Get-Shit-Done wizard - Mastering personal systems and efficiency. You thrive under pressure and ambiguity, and make sure nothing slips through the cracks.

• Creative problem-solver - You prevent, manage, and iterate solutions based on learnings, troubleshooting on the fly.

• Strategic thinker - You think critically and strategically about opportunities in the student space, make well-reasoned decisions, and have the ownership to execute.

Working at Startmate

We believe that building a diverse and inclusive team is critical to Startmate’s success. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. We use Applied to ensure every applicant gets an equal chance of success.

We offer:

• Community: The Startmate community is a unique mix of founders, operators and investors — the one thing everyone has in common is ambition. Startmate is much more than just our team, it’s a community built on paying it forward.

• Autonomy: You will have very high autonomy to realise your dreams within your area

• Flexibility: We are a remote-first team with coverage across Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and New Zealand. We currently have offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland.

• Access: You get to work with every well known and less well-known Australian and Kiwi startup, VC and angel — Canva, Safety Culture, Propeller, Vend, Xero, Blackbird, Square Peg, AirTree, rampersand, Folklore — you name it!

• Great vibes: Being able to bring your best self to work is really important to us. We index heavily on wellbeing and engagement to make sure that you’re able to turn up with energy and resilience each day.

• A share of Startmate’s success: We think it is important to share successes with the whole team. All Startmate employees receive carry in our funds and are owners in the management company.

About Startmate

We’re making Australia and New Zealand the best place in the world to build a startup. We’re achieving that through building a platform that unleashes startup ambition and accelerates exceptional companies.

At our core, we’re a community of the most ambitious founders, operators and investors propelled by a highly-trusted mentor-driven community, and backed by the best angels, venture funds and tech startups in the region.

Over the past decade we have invested in 180+ startups, with a combined value of $2 billion.

We’ve written a lot about what we love at Startmate, so check out our blog if you want some more information about us, and check out our mission, values, and team, and one of our most ambitious goals...