Manager, Program - Entrepreneurial Climate and Research Capacity

About Us

The Technology Alliance is a statewide, non-profit organization of leaders from Washington’s technology-based businesses and research institutions. United by our vision of a vibrant innovation economy that benefits all of our state's citizens. Through programs, events, data analysis, and policy activities, we advance excellence in education, research, and entrepreneurship to support the growth of our high-impact industries; the creation of high-wage jobs;

and economic prosperity for our entire state.

We represent companies and organizations spanning Washington’s diverse sectors – aerospace, energy, IT, and life sciences - and position innovation as core to their growth and impact. Through research, events, and program incubation, the Tech Alliance keeps the state focused on key pillars of innovation – a strong education system, a robust climate for entrepreneurship, a significant investment in R&D, and a shared understanding of the impact & opportunity created by an innovation-driven economy.

Organization:
Technology Alliance

Job Title:

Manager, Program - Entrepreneurial Climate and Research Capacity

Classification:
Part-Time, Non-Exempt

Reports To:

CEO, Technology Alliance

• Serve as program manager for the Entrepreneurial Climate and Research Capacity committees, advancing two board-approved workplans beginning in October 2026.
• Directly manage two University Fellows supporting the committee workplans, including onboarding, work planning, task delegation, regular check-in, quality control, coaching, and accountability.
• Ensure the Fellows’ work is well-directed, productive, and aligned with committee goals, minimizing the need for day-to-day CEO oversight.
• Develop and maintain a strong working understanding of Washington’s innovation ecosystem, including entrepreneurship, research capacity, commercialization, technology-based industries, public policy, universities, funders, founders, and regional economic-development partners.
• Translate committee priorities into concrete programs, projects, timelines, deliverables, and decision points.
• Lead implementation of the Entrepreneurial Climate workplan, including founder and funder listening, landscape mapping, gap/opportunity analysis, startup roadmap development, angel network support, startup talent matching, legislative engagement, sponsorship planning, and evaluation.
• Lead implementation of the Research Capacity workplan, including committee input, problem-statement decomposition, university liaison engagement, platform-moment development, pilot scoping, progress tracking, evaluation, and recommendations to the TA Board.
• Plan, organize, and support committee meetings, including agenda development, pre-work, meeting materials, notes, follow-up items, and progress dashboards.
• Conduct and synthesize research, interviews, stakeholder input, ecosystem mapping, policy information, and best practices to inform committee decisions and program design.
• Monitor progress, identify barriers, recommend adjustments, and help ensure successful delivery of priority initiatives and workplan objectives.
• Review, edit, and synthesize Fellow work products, including research memos, interview summaries, landscape scans, pilot proposals, presentations, dashboards, and recommendations.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with business, academic, nonprofit, philanthropic, startup, investor, and public-sector stakeholders connected to entrepreneurship and research capacity.
• Develop program concepts, events, briefings, reports, materials, and other activities that help public- and private-sector leaders understand and act on innovation-economy priorities.
• Track milestones, deliverables, participation, outcomes, risks, and lessons learned across both committee workplans.
• Prepare clear written materials for the CEO, committees, board members, partners, and other stakeholders, including summaries, recommendations, presentations, correspondence, briefing documents, and impact reports.
• Identify opportunities for sponsorship, partnership, board engagement, and long-term sustainability for committee-related initiatives.
• Maintain alignment between committee work,…