Operations Associate

Location: Washington, D.C - onsite 

Operations Associate, Techstars Healthcare Accelerator powered by Permanente Medicine Mid-Atlantic States 2025

This Operations Associate role is responsible for the administrative duties and operational execution throughout the duration of the accelerator program. You will assist with the day-to-day operations of the Techstars program and assist the Techstars Managing Director, Investment Manager & Program Associate in ensuring that all needs of the program and its cohort are met. There’s no job too big or too small; you’ll work closely in partnership with the whole team to build an incredible experience for founders. Logistics experience as well as familiarity with the early stage venture backed company ecosystem is preferred. A willingness to learn and comfort tackling new problems is a must. This role is a temporary full-time position through December 2025.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with Techstars founders and plan activities, meetings and events that drive them toward success
• Coordinate the scheduling of mentors, corporate partners, founders, and sponsor visits
• Follow best practices and execute upon outlined content and curriculum of the program
• Event planning, set up, and execution
• Develop scalable processes for the accelerator team to optimize founder work and activities
• Enter and track program data

Qualifications:

• Ability to work onsite for the duration of the program from September 4, 2025 through December 5, 2025
• Willing to commit to the equivalent of a full-time position for a three-month time period and available days, evenings, and whenever else needed. Schedule is flexible but a strong commitment is expected.
• Hyper-organized and detail-oriented self-starter with experience in operations, logistics and event planning.
• Demonstrated interest in technology, startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital, etc.
• Able to jump in and knock out any task quickly and effectively.
• Effective, communicative problem solver.
• Comfortable with a variety of responsibilities. 
• Strong desire to learn with an enthusiasm for meeting new people.
• Proven attention to detail through prior work or life experience.
• Comfortable with tools like Google Suite, Airtable, Zapier, Notion, etc. It’s especially important to have experience building and using formulas within Excel/Google sheets.

Compensation range: $3,000 - $4,000 per month for the duration of program

About Techstars

Techstars is the most active pre-seed investor in the world having invested through its accelerators in more than 4,800 companies. Founded in 2006, Techstars believes that entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to invest in an unprecedented number of startups per year enabling more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. www.techstars.com

Techstars is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity nor any other basis prohibited by law.

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