Startuplifers is on a mission to nurture the next generation of future builders in the Nordics. To fulfill our mission, we send talented Nordic tech, design and business students and graduates to work at some of the best startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. To ensure the quality of the talents’ experience, we keep the bar high for our startup partners.

Also, we don't want to help just any startup to grow and build their product with the talent we match them with, but instead we focus on the ones whose products make a real impact in the world. That's why we mainly collaborate with alumni startups from top-tier accelerator programs like Y Combinator, StartX and AngelPad. In addition to matching the startups with top Nordic talent, we help them understand and communicate their hiring needs better and reach the right applicants.

Some of the companies we've worked with include Coinbase, Webflow, Applied Intuition, Curology, UnifyID, Safety Wing and Synack. With the learnings from working at these companies, the majority of our over 200 alumni are now playing an essential role in the fastest-growing Nordic startups like Wolt, Varjo, Blok, Singa, Valohai, Matchmade, Smartly.io and many more.

At Startuplifers, you'll get to develop your leadership skills in a fast-paced environment together with exceptionally talented team members, who get excited about ambitious goals but who also love to have fun at work. As we're working with some of the brightest minds in the startup ecosystem, you'll get to establish an extensive international network in the field and make friends with CEOs of future top companies. Are you looking for a role where you can leave your mark and help young people outgrow their potential and skyrocket their careers? This is your place.

Now we're looking for a driven person to take the lead at Startuplifers as the CEO.

What you'll work on in this role

• People and culture: Lead a team of 6 people and support them in achieving their goals (and make sure they're having fun while doing so!).

• Strategy and operations: Develop and implement a strategically sustainable financing and business model together with the board and the team.

• Product: Ensure the relevance of our offering and develop it based on our key stakeholders' feedback.

• Partnerships: Find suitable partners for win-win-win collaborations and make sure that what we deliver to them is valuable.

About you

• You know your numbers. You have 2+ years of professional experience in project or operations management or business analysis.

• You're impact-driven. You're passionate about helping young people to outgrow their potential and committed to making an impact with technology.

• You're an aspiring leader. You're an inspiring and energetic person who's able to get others excited about ambitious goals, while being able to talk difficult things and reflect. Previous leadership experience in this role is highly preferred.

• You've got a growth mindset. You don't have to know everything, but you should be excited about learning bunch of stuff to get things done.

• You speak tech and startups. You have a basic understanding of how the world of VCs and technology startups work.

Our story began in 2011 by a group of students from Aalto University’s entrepreneurial community. They wanted to change the negative attitude towards entrepreneurship and make it more accessible to emerging talent. With this mission in mind, we've sent over 200 ambitious students and graduates to fast-growing startups in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn from the world’s largest tech ecosystem. In the process, they’ve realized that they, too, can become the creators of the future. Our goal is to help them find the confidence to create world-changing innovations themselves. And that’s why we do it not-for-profit. Startuplifers is an association funded by Aalto University, Ministry of Education and Culture, and the partnering startups.

Interested? Fill out a brief application by May 31st, and we'll be in touch with you. If you have any concerns or questions regarding the position, reach out to our CEO Joni Joentakanen.