Associate, Entrepreneur Selection and Growth
Endeavor, Philippines
Job Description
Endeavor is a mission-driven, global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement. Endeavor was founded on the belief that job creation, innovation, and overall prosperity flourish where there is robust support for high-impact entrepreneurs. Launched in 1997, Endeavor has established a presence in nearly 40 markets across Latin America, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and underserved areas of Europe and the United States.
Today, Endeavor supports nearly 2,000 high-impact entrepreneurs leading 1,200+ companies at the scale-up stage, offering them a best-in-class seal of approval, an unrivaled personal and professional network, frictionless co-investment capital, and peer-to-peer idea exchange in a truly global setting. These entrepreneurs include MercadoLibre, a NASDAQ-listed e-commerce technology company valued at over $13B, and six unicorns such as Rappi or Careem. In turn, from this support, these high-impact entrepreneurs have created over 3 million jobs and generated over US$20B in revenue in 2019.
The Job: To be a member of the Entrepreneur Selection and Growth (ESG) team in the Philippine Office (6 People). The role involves:
- Searching for and screening entrepreneur candidates
- Preparing candidate profiles, which are detailed overviews of the candidate's company
- Preparing and coaching candidates for the various stages of the selection process
- Harnessing the resources within the global Endeavor network to deliver and track a development plan for entrepreneurs who have been selected
- Establishing strong relationships with Endeavor mentors, investors, corporates, and other potential partners that might be able to help entrepreneurs
Requirements
- At least three years of experience in a professional business role
- A mission-driven individual who is passionate about the entrepreneurial landscape in the Philippines
- Experience abroad a huge plus
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English
- Strong presentation skills (Powerpoint, etc)
- Solid understanding of basic finance and accounting concepts
- Strong networking and relationship building skills
- Self-starter
- Ability to wear many hats
- Willingness to travel
Our localized values are:
- 3M: Magaling, Matino, Mapagbigay (Really good at what they do, ethical, and generous)
- Crazy is a compliment (Able to think out of the box)
- Can I help you (Our obsession is how to help our entrepreneurs succeed even more)
- SEAL Team (Every member of this team has ownership of their own particular niche)
- Go big AND Go home (We believe in playing to win and winning to play)
Benefits
- International travel opportunities
- Generous parental leave
- Healthcare and Dental Insurance
- Competitive non-profit salary and benefits
- International leadership training program after 2 years (Fellows program)
- Performance-based bonus
- Flexitime