Entrepreneurship Program Manager

The Disruptors Den

Program Manager for ALX Ventures leading centralized delivery of entrepreneurship programs across Africa. Responsible for managing programs from idea-stage validation to venture acceleration.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead centralized rollout of the FA cohorts, including onboarding, live sessions, milestone management, and grading.
Ensure seamless communication and coordination across content, platform, and city support teams.
Work closely with curriculum and ecosystem stakeholders to continuously improve Founder Academy's structure and outcomes.
Manage recruitment and onboarding of mentors, reviewers, and session facilitators.
Coordinate decentralized delivery of the incubator program across cities, providing central support tools and frameworks.
Track incubator progress across cohorts and hubs, aligning cities to shared standards and timelines.
Support planning and execution of final showcase events, including coordinating city inputs and participant selection.
Manage the Learning Management System (LMS) and Community Platform for FA and Incubator, ensuring smooth learner access and milestone tracking.
Coordinate with the technical team to monitor learner progress and engagement using analytics dashboards.
Oversee grading workflows, learner support escalation, and implementation of program updates.
Define and track cohort-level KPIs: show-up, activation, milestone completion, graduation, and learner quality.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8-10 years of experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment (e.g., tech, entrepreneurship, consulting, operations, strategy).
Proven track record of leading large-scale entrepreneurship initiatives, assuming ownership, and delivering results in high visibility and/or large scale contexts.
Strong access to networks and influence within the African entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Deep experience in early-stage venture building.
Must have led or built founder-facing programs, such as accelerators, incubators, venture studios, or entrepreneurship fellowships and demonstrated ability to guide aspiring founders from ideation through launch in emerging market contexts.
Strategic and operational program leadership.
Proven experience in designing, evolving, and executing complex, in-country and regional programs.
Strong people and team leadership.
High emotional intelligence, capable of navigating interpersonal dynamics, mediating team conflict, and supporting diverse talent.
Regional familiarity and ecosystem fluency.
Deeply organized, tech-savvy, and energized by working with emerging technology startup founders and comfortable navigating complexity across multiple teams, cities, and workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular communication with city teams to align localized support and coordinate city team involvement in core delivery.
Provide toolkits and support to city teams implementing complementary incubator activities.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, CX Ops, and the Cities team.
Maintain a clear documentation system and contribute to the scaling playbook for FA and Incubator programs.
Foster a strong peer-to-peer learning community within FA cohorts.
Maintain regular communication with city teams to align localized support and coordinate city team involvement in core delivery.
Hire and manage technical reviewers, facilitators, and support staff and interns as needed.

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementKPI trackingonboardingmilestone managementgrading workflowsanalytics dashboardscurriculum developmententrepreneurship program designventure buildingcohort management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationemotional intelligenceconflict mediationteam managementorganizational skillsnetworkingstrategic thinkingadaptabilitycollaboration