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About the Role

The Year 1 Program Lead is responsible for executing the Year 1 fellowship experience for 250 fellows, translating program strategy into day-to-day coaching and support. This role directs venture coaches, evaluates program components, and reports on results for continuous improvement, ensuring fellows develop, launch, and grow planet-positive projects.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire and manage up to 4 FTE venture coaches across time zones, sustainability themes, and project development.
• Ensure Year 1 fellows receive high-quality coaching to develop, launch, and grow their planet-positive projects.
• Uphold the coaching standards set by the Director of Program across the Year 1 coaching team.
• Conduct performance reviews and professional development for venture coaches.
• Plan and adjust venture coach capacity as shifts require, including managing inhouse and freelance team members.
• Ensure Year 1 fellows are set up for long-term project impact by executing the Year 1 learning strategy.
• Iterate coaching plans and milestones for the Year 1 cohort based on learning and continuous improvement.
• Flag gaps, redundancies, or misalignment between program content and fellow needs.
• Update learning modules and venture coaching offerings, feeding into in-person events, and adjusting milestones.
• Adapt sequencing and delivery within Year 1 to keep the program responsive to cohort progress.
• Coordinate Year 1 program with Ecosystem Development Department on in-person summits, pods, and local hubs.
• Report on Year 1 results and KPIs to the Director of Program on a regular cadence.
• Translate reporting insights into continuous improvement actions for coaching, curriculum delivery, and cohort support.
• Maintain accurate, timely data on fellow progress to inform program-wide decision-making.
• Own the Project Scholarship application process, including presenting, defending and adjusting Year 1 Project Scholarship finalists for approval.
• Own the fellow communication and coordination of social media announcements on Project Scholarship results.
• Oversee the successful transition of Year 1 fellows to Year 2 or alumni community.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in program management and team leadership within entrepreneurship, coaching, or cohort-based programs.
• Experience recruiting, performance management, and managing in-house/freelance capacity across time zones.
• Proven experience designing and scaling program components — coaching, curriculum, and portfolio management — that convert early-stage ideas into concrete, planet-positive outcomes.
• Track record managing budgets across multi-component program portfolios, including coaching, content, and scholarship or grant funds.
• 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 with adjacent functions (events, ecosystem, community).
• Experience owning structured selection or funding processes, including presenting and defending decisions for approval.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Skills

• Program Management
• Team Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Coaching
• Cohort-based Programs
• Recruiting
• Performance Management
• Budget Management
• Data Analysis
• Reporting
• Communication

Location

• Remote (up to 50% of working time)
• Remote (outside of Germany for up to six weeks annually)

Work Type

• Full-time
• Remote
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Several years of experience

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• 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
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

• 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.
• We are training the next generation of impact entrepreneurs in innovative educational and fellowship programs.
• We are 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.

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.