Your mission

The Year 2 Program Lead is accountable for executing the Year 2 fellowship experience, translating program strategy into day-to-day coaching and support for the cohort as fellows leverage Project Scholarship funds for eco-preneurial learning and impact. This role directs the venture coaches dedicated to Year 2, evaluates how program components land against Year 2's entrepreneurial and learning goals, and leads the Fellowship's Project Scholarship execution and reporting from end to end. The Year 2 Program Lead ensures every fellow is coached toward growing and scaling a planet-positive project, and owns the fellow's transition out of the fellowship into the alumni community and, where relevant, into follow-on ecosystem support.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Fellow Coaching Quality

• Recruit, hire, and manage up to 4 FTE venture coaches dedicated to Year 2 fellows, across time zones, sustainability themes, and project development

• Ensure Year 2 fellows receive high-quality coaching to grow and scale their planet-positive projects through to graduation

• Uphold the coaching standards set by the Director of Program across the Year 2 coaching team throughout the overall beVisioneers learning journey

• Conduct performance reviews and professional development as needed

• Plan and adjust venture coach capacity as shifts require, including managing in-house and freelance team members

Year 2 Program Execution, Continuous Improvement & Reporting 

• Execute the Year 2 program strategy, ensuring fellows are set up for long-term project impact beyond the fellowship

• Evaluate the program and ensure its coherence and effectiveness against entrepreneurial stages and learning goals specific to Year 2, including updating learning modules, expert sessions and venture coaching offerings, resolving gaps jointly with the Director of Program

• Adapt sequencing and delivery within Year 2 to keep the program responsive to cohort progress, coordinating with the Ecosystem Development team on follow-on opportunities for fellows, in-person summits, pods, and local hubs

• Report on Year 2 results and KPIs to the Director of Program on a regular cadence, with project scholarship and project KPIs as the primary metric

• Track and raise stories on the short- and long-term impact of entrepreneurial fellows for team learning, advising and coordinating 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

Project Scholarship Strategy & Fellow Transition 

• Ensure the Fellowship's Project Scholarship funds are implemented and deployed as foreseen through Fellow contracts and reporting

• Responsible for mid-line and end-line Project Scholarship reporting, including 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, as relevant

Your profile

• Several years of experience in program management and team leadership within entrepreneurship, coaching, or cohort-based programs, including 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 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, with 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), including owning structured transitions for participants moving into alumni communities or follow-on support
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Why us?

Why join The DO School Fellowships?

• 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.
• We offer a competitive salary, benefits, team-building activities, professional development opportunities, and flexible and remote work modalities.

Benefits include:

• 30 days of paid leave annually (based on a five-day working week)
• Company pension scheme ("Betriebliche Altersvorsorge")
• 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