Entrepreneur in Residence; EIR) and Faculty

Position: Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) and Faculty
Location: Kedavūr

Company
AIMER Business School
Location
MKC, Kozhikode.
Designation:
Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) & Faculty
Position reports to:
Academic Director

Job Purpose:

To combine academic delivery with hands-on entrepreneurship mentoring, enabling students to develop strong business fundamentals, validate ideas, build ventures, and gain practical exposure to the startup and industry ecosystem.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Mentor student founders and venture teams through idea validation, customer discovery, business model development and go-to-market planning.

• Support students in developing business plans, pitch decks, financial models, growth roadmaps and fundraising readiness.

• Design and deliver entrepreneurship workshops, bootcamps, hackathons, startup challenges and experiential learning initiatives.

• Build relationships with startups, founders, investors, incubators, accelerators and industry experts and facilitate relevant interactions for students.

• Identify emerging business, technology and market trends and translate relevant insights into classroom and venture-learning activities.

• Track student and startup progress against defined milestones, learning outcomes and performance metrics and take corrective action where required.

• Collaborate with academic and operations teams to strengthen curriculum delivery, entrepreneurship integration, incubation and innovation initiatives.

• Contribute to academic planning, student engagement activities, institutional events, committees and other responsibilities assigned by the management.

• Deliver assigned undergraduate/postgraduate courses in line with the approved curriculum, learning outcomes and academic calendar.

• Prepare lesson plans, learning materials, assessments, rubrics and other academic resources and maintain required academic documentation.

• Facilitate interactive, experiential and application-oriented learning through cases, projects, simulations, discussions, presentations and industry exposure.

• Evaluate student work objectively and provide timely, constructive feedback aligned to expected learning outcomes.

• Mentor and guide students on academic progress, projects, career readiness and professional development.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Engineering, Education or a related field; a master's degree is preferred.

• Relevant academic qualification in the subject areas to be taught, as required by the institution/program.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant hands-on startup, entrepreneurship, innovation, business or venture-building experience.

• Relevant teaching, training, mentoring or academic facilitation experience is preferred.

• Proven experience in launching, scaling or supporting startups/ventures and working with founders or student entrepreneurs.

• Experience with Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Agile practices and experiential/project-based learning.

Skills

• Entrepreneurial mindset, business acumen and strategic thinking.

• Strong teaching, facilitation, coaching and mentoring capability.

• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.

• Ability to translate concepts into practical, industry-relevant learning experiences.

• Networking and relationship-building skills across the startup, investor and industry ecosystem.

• Program management, execution, documentation and follow-through.

• Innovation, creativity, problem-solving and adaptability.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data and performance metrics for student/venture progress.