Assistant Director, Upskill Practice (for startups)

This role leads development and learning management initiatives for our high-performance startups in HKSTP’s startup ecosystem. This appointee drives development and execution of multiple initiatives helping startups to achieve tangible business growth. In the process, he/ she leads coordination and alignment with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure positive business outcome.

The position

• Drive continuous development and refinement of initiatives (e.g. boosters, community-led upskill initiatives) to further enhance business value to startups
• Spreadhead new initiatives/ extension of existing initiatives and develop relevant working model with stakeholders
• Manage a team to deliver the business improvement to high-performing startups, in coordinated and aligned manners with other functions/ teams
• Provide oversights to execution to ensure quality and compliance to internal processes
• Build and broadcast of relevant success stories through marketing/PR
• Deliver business results for a focused promotion of high-performing startups (“ARENA”)
• Lead execution of ARENA, including regular selection of startup candidates, preparation and staging in venue, ensuring proper curation of candidates to audience, driving visits and off-venue exposure to ARENA candidates, coordination with other teams/ departments to follow up and drive results as well as budgeting and administration
• Build ARENA brands through promotion of success stories to startups, internal and external audience
• Identify and execute further opportunities to drive business outcome for startups leveraging ARENA construct and brand
• Align and coordinate closely and continuously with internal and external stakeholders (including but not limited to start-up programme managers, co-acceleration funds, investor engagement, etc…) on actions to drive business outcome of start-ups
• Own end-to-end governance for ARENA and related initiatives, including progress tracking, performance reporting, and improvement recommendations to maximize business impact
• Perform any other duties as assigned
  
  

The Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, Engineering, Entrepeneurship, Information Technology or other related disciplines
• 10 years of working experience including 5 years of experience in people management, preferably in services industry (including financial services, professional services) or product development gained from MNCs with multi-location responsibility
• Proven experience and success in delivering multiple complex service products or projects
• Exhibit passion for building start-up ecosystem for Hong Kong
• Excellent leadership and proven ability to work with all level of stakeholders including senior executives in highly-dynamic environments
• Strong knowledge of start-up development phases and acceleration means
• Uphold high standards of integrity, professionalism and ethical conduct
• Good command of written and spoken English and Cantonese including Mandarin
• Higher education or professional qualifications with less experience will also be considered

What We offer  

• Unique Work.Live.Play.Learn culture in Hong Kong’s largest Innovation & Technology ecosystem
• 5-day work week, attractive annual leave and additional special leave
• Medical benefits including dental and annual check-up from Day-1, with extended coverage to dependent(s)
• Professional training and career advancement opportunities
• Accessible to various bus service with network across different locations in HK

Interested parties please submit your application by clicking “Apply Now”.  Commencing position will be commensurate with qualifications, relevant experience, and competencies.  

The application will remain open until the position is filled. HKSTP reserves the right not to fill the position.

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Applicants not invited for interview within 6 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful.  Personal data of unsuccessful applicants will be retained for a maximum of two years counting from the date the vacancy has been filled.

About Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation

 
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) was established in 2001 to create a thriving I&T ecosystem grooming 13 unicorns, more than 15,000 research professionals and over 2,000 technology companies from 28 countries and regions focused on developing healthtech, AI and robotics, fintech and smart city technologies, etc.
 

More information about HKSTP is available at www.hkstp.org.