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Req #: 248269

Department: FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Posting Date: 07/30/2025

Closing Info:

Closes On 08/06/2025

Salary: $5,810 - $8,714 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes:

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL-Seattle) is an objectives-based mentorship program for massively scalable, science- and technology-driven startups. The program's mission is to enhance the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind. The program takes no equity and charges no fees - it is funded through philanthropy and corporate partnerships.

CDL-Seattle specializes in founders starting companies in Computational Health and software and systems for Advanced Manufacturing. Over the course of 4 sessions in 9 months, the program pairs incredible mentors with two cohorts of 20 ventures each. At each full-day session, spaced 8 weeks apart, mentors work with founders to set three key objectives. Mentors then commit to work with the founders to help them achieve these objectives in the following 8-week sprint. Mentors are serial entrepreneurs, technologists and experts. Since 2022, startups that have completed the program have raised $200 million.

CDL-Seattle is run as a partnership between CDL-Global and the business schools of a dozen leading universities. The universities act as a convener of talent, bringing together mentors, world-class scientists, and economists to accelerate and enable investment in promising new ventures.

Every year, the CDL-Seattle team revisits and revises the area of focus for the streams. Future areas of interest for potential new streams include next-generation computing, aging and longevity, climate technologies, quantum, space, and other areas of deep-tech and science innovation.

See CDL-Seattle Mentors: https://creativedestructionlab.com/mentors/?location=seattle

See CDL-Seattle Alumni Ventures: https://creativedestructionlab.com/companies/?location=seattle

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** **Recruitment, Evaluation, and Selection: 25%

• Lead recruitment and selection processes for seed-stage startups (aka ventures) for CDL-Seattle cohorts from research institutions/organizations in Washington State and beyond, as well as from incubators, accelerators, research universities, venture capital lists, Pitchbook, and Crunchbase.

• Build a prospect pipeline within Salesforce to monitor and convert leads into applications, leveraging LinkedIn and Pardot to execute outreach strategies.

• Conduct interviews with vetted program applicants and founders to select the best ventures for upcoming cohorts.

Venture Management: 50%

• Manage bi-monthly documentation workflow for ventures within the current cohort and regularly prepare venture summaries, venture updates, financial due diligence briefs, etc.

• Collect and analyze data on venture progress and program outcomes to inform decision-making. Prepare reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders, highlighting key achievements and insights that are relevant to their needs.

• Advise ventures through the program by learning about their businesses in-depth, coaching founders on communicating their value propositions, summarizing their technologies, and drafting short-term SMART objectives.

• Act as liaison between ventures, mentors (entrepreneurs and investors), scientists, and students throughout the program. Schedule and coordinate mentor meetings, track progress, and gather feedback to enhance the interactions between mentors and ventures.

Program Operations: 25%

• Aid the operations team in planning and coordinating the Session Day events throughout the program year.

• Support Session Days for other CDL sites and CDL-Global as needed. This may include conferences and CDL’s annual Super Session. Both virtual and in-person opportunities are available, depending on whether travel is of interest.

• Form and strengthen relationships with innovation centers to improve the CDL presence in the local startup and venture capital ecosystems. This could include creating social media content, organizing outreach events, or other special projects.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, science, or a related field.

• Three year of relevant work experience.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.** **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Proven track record in high-performing teams and managing multiple stakeholders.

• Project management experience with the ability to oversee events, including other staff and volunteers.

• Strong analytical abilities; proficient in market analysis and strategic planning. Financial modeling capabilities are desirable but not required.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills; able to prioritize and manage multiple projects.

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate degrees are desirable but not required.

• Experience with start-ups, technology companies, or venture capital is a plus.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for startups and venture capital.

• Highly motivated, autonomous, and forward-thinking.

• Team-oriented with a strong work ethic.

• Adaptable, calm under pressure, and committed to maintaining high standards of quality.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

**Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.