Careers - SecondMuse

Let’s Grow Together

We invite you to explore the positions listed below and to apply to work with our team – to build strong communities and influence local, regional and global networks, and to add your expertise to our growing team and portfolio.

From Brooklyn to Singapore, our programs span geographies, scales and sectors. What makes us different? Ours is not a zero-sum game. Our focus is not the next unicorn; we are building economies where everyone succeeds. Our expertise is in facilitating a process, not dictating solutions. Our method enables communities to work towards a prosperous future that is all-inclusive, where everyone has a voice, including the planet itself.

Work Globally

Join our team around the globe and bring communities together to build resilient economies.

CHICAGO

Program Manager, GET Chicago

SecondMuse is seeking a Chicago-based Program Manager for GET (Gender Equity in Tech) Cities in Chicago. GET Cities is a city-based initiative designed to accelerate the representation and leadership of women in tech. GET Cities has been developed in collaboration with Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, and Break Through Tech (formerly WiTNY). The Manager will report to the GET Cities Chicago Director and will work closely with the GET Cities Chicago and National teams to develop best practices to significantly increase the representation of women in all facets of tech over the next five years.

Social Media Associate

SecondMuse is seeking a Social Media Associate to support work on the Headstream and NASA Space Apps programs. This role reports to our SecondMuse Studio team that leads on marketing and communications for the whole company and across programs. The Social Media Associate will work primarily with the SecondMuse Studio team to support program strategies, but will also be embedded into the program teams to stay up to date on all of the program initiatives, milestones, and needs. Must have social media management experience and be comfortable working across multiple teams to thrive in a collaborative work environment.

GARY, INDIANA

Program Manager

We are looking for a Program Manager who will act as coordinator for the Indiana Statewide Network of Entrepreneur Support project in Gary, Indiana. You will supervise and organize activities and ensure that project goals align with the program and company objectives.

GLOBAL

Program Manager, Headstream

This is a full-time position ideally located in the US West: San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, Albuquerque, NM, Midwest: Chicago, IL, East: Washington, DC, NYC. This person should be willing to accommodate global hours across multiple timezones.

We are looking to expand our team by hiring a Program Manager to lead the next phase of work for Headstream, a national innovation program focused on creating a just and thriving digital economy that supports the wellbeing of young people as they grow up. Headstream exists as a bridge between those with a lot of systemic power and those with less. Over the last three years, Headstream has focused on influencing and reshaping the social tech, ed-tech, and digital health sectors so that they serve the needs of young people. We are particularly motivated to support innovations and structural changes that address the needs of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQIA+, and multi-hyphenated youth and entrepreneurs.

INDIANAPOLIS

Program Manager

We are looking for a Program Manager who will act as coordinator for the Indiana Statewide Network of Entrepreneur Support project in Indianapolis, Indiana. You will supervise and organize activities and ensure that project goals align with the program and company objectives.

NEW YORK

Social Media Associate

SecondMuse is seeking a Social Media Associate to support work on the Headstream and NASA Space Apps programs. This role reports to our SecondMuse Studio team that leads on marketing and communications for the whole company and across programs. The Social Media Associate will work primarily with the SecondMuse Studio team to support program strategies, but will also be embedded into the program teams to stay up to date on all of the program initiatives, milestones, and needs. Must have social media management experience and be comfortable working across multiple teams to thrive in a collaborative work environment.

For ClimateTech Intern

We are looking for an intern to support the delivery of the For ClimateTech programs designed to help Climate Tech startups get to market faster. The intern will focus on providing manufacturing support and resources to startups.

This position is 20-30 hours per week and is based out of our Dumbo office. Please note that our US offices are currently closed due to the COVID-19, therefore this role will be based remotely for the foreseeable future. The timing and work schedule is flexible, but at least a three-month commitment is required and the intern is expected to work 2-3 days per week with a possibility of extension.

PORTLAND

Senior Design Manager

We are looking for a design specialist that is responsible for building and evolving the global company’s service design process, building accessibility and understanding of company methods and products, and increasing capability of program teams and the broader organization to design with human experience and impact at the center. In order to support program teams around the world to engage with the design and research process, this role will be housed within the Global Program Design and Innovation team.

REMOTE

Tech Coach, GET Chicago

GET Cities Chicago is seeking an independent tech coach to support the collaborative projects being undertaken by the GET Chicago Fellows. We’re looking for candidates with an entrepreneurial spirit, passion for building a more inclusive tech industry, background in a technical role, and experience mentoring, teaching, or tutoring early-career folks and/or students.

Senior Associate, OPPA

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our Ocean Plastic Prevention Accelerator (OPPA) program. This position is to support the implementation of OPPA and will report to the OPPA Program Manager. The initial employment period is 3 months (pre-employee) with the possibility of extending to a 1 year contract (full-time employee).

Senior Program Associate

This is a contract position ideally located in the US West: San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, Albuquerque, NM, Midwest: Chicago, IL, East: Washington, DC, NYC, or APAC: Singapore, or Indonesia. This person should be willing to accommodate global hours across multiple timezones.

As Senior Project Associate you will act as a lead coordinator for a series of workshops designed to connect people with promising solutions with UN Food System Summit participants. You will plan logistics, organize activities and ensure project goals align with the project objectives. We are looking for an ecosystem thinker, people and relationship-driven, have stellar communication and writing skills, are comfortable in complex and ambiguous spaces, entrepreneurial, and independently proactive.

SAN FRANCISCO

Senior Design Manager

We are looking for a design specialist that is responsible for building and evolving the global company’s service design process, building accessibility and understanding of company methods and products, and increasing capability of program teams and the broader organization to design with human experience and impact at the center. In order to support program teams around the world to engage with the design and research process, this role will be housed within the Global Program Design and Innovation team.

SINGAPORE

Program Manager, Circularity (Plastics Systems)

We are looking for suitably qualified candidate to join The Incubation Network team to help us achieve our goal of preventing plastic entering the world’s oceans. The successful candidate will be a strong project manager who loves working to solve complex problems. Experience in environmental engineering, circularity, waste management and recycling will be strongly advantageous.

The role will require a dynamic, driven and resourceful individual to work both independently and in collaboration with the broader team as well as external partners. The job includes elements of waste systems research, strategy, co-design, stakeholder management and more.

Operations Intern

We are looking for an Operations Intern to support The Incubation Network’s Operations Team. Your mission is to support the team in different areas (HR, Finance and Office/Program Operations) and develop your skills to the next level. This is a full-time internship with a minimum commitment of 2 to 3 months.

WASHINGTON D.C.

Associate, GET D.C.

SecondMuse is seeking an Associate to support the local implementation of GET (Gender Equality in Tech) Cities in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding DMV region. GET Cities is an initiative designed to accelerate the representation and leadership of women in tech through the development of inclusive tech hubs across the United States. GET Cities has been created in collaboration with Pivotal Ventures, the investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates. The DC Associate will be responsible for supporting the program throughout its lifecycle, including community building, understanding the landscape and efforts already being made to support women in tech in DC, Maryland and Virginia, convening diverse stakeholders, event planning/ management, and program communications.

Grants and Program Manager

SecondMuse Foundation is in a nascent stage and looking for a Programs and Grants Manager who is ready to roll up their sleeves on multiple levels, from admin work to strategy, to build program and grant making capacities within the Foundation. Specifically, the Programs and Grants manager will be responsible for operations, developing, monitoring and overseeing procedures for grants management, tracking and administration from application intake to grantee selection, funder management and reporting, as well as supporting growth and new funding opportunities.

Social Media Associate

SecondMuse is seeking a Social Media Associate to support work on the Headstream and NASA Space Apps programs. This role reports to our SecondMuse Studio team that leads on marketing and communications for the whole company and across programs. The Social Media Associate will work primarily with the SecondMuse Studio team to support program strategies, but will also be embedded into the program teams to stay up to date on all of the program initiatives, milestones, and needs. Must have social media management experience and be comfortable working across multiple teams to thrive in a collaborative work environment.

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