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About the Role

The Year 2 Program Lead executes the Year 2 fellowship experience, translating program strategy into day-to-day coaching and support for fellows leveraging Project Scholarship funds for eco-preneurial learning and impact. This role directs venture coaches, evaluates program components against Year 2 goals, and leads Project Scholarship execution and reporting. The lead ensures fellows are coached toward growing planet-positive projects and manages their transition into the alumni community and ecosystem support.

Responsibilities

Recruit, hire, and manage up to 4 FTE venture coaches across time zones, sustainability themes, and project development.
Ensure Year 2 fellows receive high-quality coaching to grow and scale their planet-positive projects.
Uphold coaching standards set by the Director of Program across the Year 2 coaching team.
Conduct performance reviews and professional development for venture coaches.
Plan and adjust venture coach capacity as shifts require, managing in-house and freelance team members.
Execute the Year 2 program strategy, ensuring fellows are set up for long-term project impact.
Evaluate the program for coherence and effectiveness against Year 2 entrepreneurial stages and learning goals.
Update learning modules, expert sessions, and venture coaching offerings, resolving gaps with the Director of Program.
Adapt Year 2 sequencing and delivery to remain responsive to cohort progress.
Coordinate with the Ecosystem Development team on follow-on opportunities, summits, pods, and local hubs.
Report on Year 2 results and KPIs to the Director of Program, focusing on project scholarship and project KPIs.
Track and share stories on the short- and long-term impact of entrepreneurial fellows.
Advise and coordinate with the Communications Department on fellow impact stories.
Translate reporting insights into continuous improvement actions for coaching, program delivery, and cohort support.
Maintain accurate, timely data on fellow progress to inform program-wide decision-making.
Ensure Project Scholarship funds are implemented and deployed as per Fellow contracts and reporting.
Manage mid-line and end-line Project Scholarship reporting for donor and annual reporting.
Cooperate with the Finance Department on Project Scholarship financial allocations and policies.
Own fellow communications regarding Year 2 programming.
Oversee the successful transition of Year 2 fellows into the alumni community and ecosystem opportunities.

Requirements

Several years of experience in program management and team leadership within entrepreneurship, coaching, or cohort-based programs.
Experience in recruiting, performance management, and managing in-house/freelance capacity across time zones.
Proven experience designing and scaling program components (coaching, curriculum, portfolio management) to support planet-positive ventures through growth, scaling, and graduation.
Track record managing scholarship or grant funds end-to-end, including mid- and end-line financial/donor reporting, ideally in cooperation with finance functions.
Data-driven approach to prioritizing program investment based on field outcomes.
Experience reporting progress and KPIs on a regular cadence and translating insights into continuous improvement actions.
Experience coordinating program delivery and impact storytelling with adjacent functions (ecosystem, communications).
Experience owning structured transitions for participants moving into alumni communities or follow-on support.
Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Skills

Program Management
Team Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Coaching
Cohort-based Programs
Recruiting
Performance Management
Capacity Management
Curriculum Design
Portfolio Management
Scholarship Fund Management
Grant Management
Financial Reporting
Donor Reporting
Data Analysis
KPI Reporting
Continuous Improvement
Impact Storytelling
Communication

Location

Remote
Germany

Work Type

Remote
Mobile Work (up to 50%)

Experience Level

Several years of experience

Benefits

Competitive salary
Benefits
Team-building activities
Professional development opportunities
Flexible and remote work modalities
30 days of paid leave annually
Company pension scheme
Possibility for mobile work (up to 50% of the working time)
Possibility for remote work, also outside of Germany, for up to six weeks in total annually
Regular team offsites, team events and parties
Employee Benefits like Urban Sports Club or shopping vouchers

About the Company

The DO School Fellowships is a purposeful organization with a global reach working to make an impact, where purpose, passion, and your ideas matter.
You will work with an entrepreneurial, creative, and international team as well as a global community of purposeful DOers from over 100 countries.
The DO School Fellowships gGmbH is a non-profit organization based in Berlin, Germany.
Our core mission is to offer training and fellowship programs to empower young people globally to launch projects addressing global and local challenges around environment and society.
With our work, we are training the next generation of impact entrepreneurs in innovative educational and fellowship programs.

Equal Opportunity

The DO School Fellowships is an inclusive organization and explicitly welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, whether that’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, disability or alternative professional paths.