Program Co-Director, FoundersBoost Healthcare & Accessibility Accelerator (Remote)

Use this link to apply: https://www.foundersboost.com/jobs-apply About FoundersBoost FoundersBoost is a global startup accelerator dedicated to helping early-stage founders achieve Acceleration, Investment, and Revenue. Over the past eight years, we’ve launched more than 20 accelerator chapters across four continents and supported more than 600 startups that have gone on to raise more than $400M in funding. More than 80% of the startups we’ve supported have underrepresented founders. FoundersBoost runs both non-profit and for-profit initiatives. The Accelerator Through a partnership with MVMT Ventures, we’re launching a virtual Healthcare & Accessibility Accelerator. MVMT Ventures, an initiative focused on using innovation to tackle disability and the greater social determinants of health through a targeted half-billion-dollar fund. MVMT's vision is to support the most promising companies from the earliest stages through later rounds of growth, ensuring great founders have the resources they need to succeed. The Healthcare & Accessibility Accelerator is made more impactful through our first Center of Excellence in partnership with Los Angeles’ Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare innovation and health equity. This partnership will provide founders with access to healthcare expertise, data, strategic partners, and real-world environments where innovative solutions can be validated and refined. All startups will receive at least $50K in grant funding, and select startups will receive a $250K investment opportunity. They’ll also have the opportunity to pitch at our San Francisco Demo Day and at CES. All expenses are covered ($25K value), including a booth at CES. The Role We are seeking an experienced startup ecosystem leader to serve as our co-Director for our virtual Healthcare & Accessibility Accelerator, launching this fall. This is a highly visible, part-time leadership role (approximately 15 hours per week) for a seasoned operator, founder, investor, accelerator leader, or ecosystem builder with healthcare experience who can drive outcomes through influence, expertise, and strong networks. The co-Director will co-lead with one other co-Director and Program Manager and share overall ownership of the outcomes of the 6-week accelerator. In this role, you will serve as the primary representative of FoundersBoost within the ecosystem, leveraging your passion and deep understanding of the community to foster growth and innovation. Beyond typical accelerator recruiting and programming facilitation, you’ll be responsible for partnership engagement and coordination with MVMT Ventures and MLK Hospital. The accelerator culminates with in-person opportunities with a November Demo Day in SF and a January showcase at CES in Las Vegas. All travel expenses are covered.

What You'll Do

• Program Ownership: Manage a lean support team including a Program Manager and Volunteer Associates. Liaise with HQ, MVMT Ventures, and the MLK Hospital innovation team. Co-lead all phases of the accelerator cohort, including recruiting, in-program sessions, and post-programming support. Source and evaluate high-potential startups, selecting 8 startup teams from a pool of applicants.
• Support Founder Success: Provide guidance to entrepreneurs on business model refinement, market strategy, partnerships, and pitch preparation. Shape a high-quality founder and partner experience that delivers measurable progress toward fundraising, pilot opportunities, and customer growth.
• Ecosystem Development: Deepen community partnerships and leverage startup ecosystem leaders such as mentors, investors, and other seed-stage accelerators. Strengthen collaboration with MVMT Ventures and MLK Community Hospital.
• Program Delivery: Host weekly 3-hour virtual sessions. Source potential mentors, guest speakers, and industry experts to participate in the weekly sessions. Facilitate meaningful introductions to startups that create long-term value.
• Demo Day Preparation and Execution: Guide startups in preparing for a high-visibility, in-person Demo Day, ensuring they effectively showcase their progress and potential to investors and stakeholders. Work with our Event Coordinator to oversee, coordinate, and delegate tasks for our exclusive in-person Demo Day event in San Francisco. Execute on a great demo day.
• CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Preparation: Guide startups in preparing for a high-visibility presentation at CES in Las Vegas.

Who We're Looking For Even if you don’t meet all of these requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

• Deep experience supporting healthcare startups
• Experience evaluating and selecting startups for funded programs (grants or equity).
• Strong operational expertise, with a track record of proactively managing projects and teams effectively.
• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and guide participants and team members.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders. Comfortable speaking to audiences of 50+ people.
• Experience with pre-investment-stage startups, including fundraising and investor relations, is highly desirable.
• Strong network of startup leaders, exited founders, and other professionals with deep, early-scale experience, who can serve as mentors and speakers.
• Passion for supporting startup ecosystems and a commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
• You use AI as a force multiplier for planning, analysis, research, and execution.
• US-based with significant overlap with Pacific Time working hours preferred

Compensation: Flat project fee of $25,000 for accelerator cycle running July–January. Expected commitment averages approximately 15 hours per week, with workload varying throughout recruiting, program delivery, Demo Day, and CES preparation. Application Process Applications will be accepted at least until July 10th. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, we encourage you to submit your application. Full Job Description here: https://app.notion.com/p/Program-Co-Director-FoundersBoost-Healthcare-Accessibility-Accelerator-38aa781bd80c80d18672d0b3a942186f Apply To This Job