Startup World Cup - Growth Lead
About the job
Pegasus Tech Ventures is looking for an analyst/manager to organize regional events for the Startup World Cup platform. Startup World Cup (www.startupworldcup.io) is a series of global startup conferences and competitions, consisting of 100+ regional startup competitions around the world, leading up to the Grand Finale in Silicon Valley. The first half of the finale will be conference style sessions, featuring prominent industry expert guest speakers. Then, top startups from each regional event will fly out to the USA to compete for a $1,000,000 prize.
Many of the regional events are partnered with established technology/startup conferences in each country. The ideal candidate will have great multi-tasking skills to coordinate logistics and administrative tasks for all partner events. You will work cross-functionally to understand marketing needs, and act as a platform ambassador to external sources.
Responsibilities
- Secure new partnerships for startup world cup regionals
- Coordinate regional and final event organization
- Collaborate with existing internal and external partners / secure new partners
- Analyze and track performance marketing performance metrics
- Spearhead a variety of administrative tasks including coordinating ground support and sponsorships for Regional and Grand Finale events
- Other ad-hoc projects as needed
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, entrepreneurship, marketing or similar area of study
- 1~2+ years of relevant experience
- Event management experience
- Excellent business acumen
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strong written and presentation skills
- Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- A high energy self-starter with the ability to multi-task
- Experience in VC/startup, or investment knowledge a plus