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Exciting opportunity to shape the burgeoning GovTech sector by linking innovative startups with public sector procurement officers at the Startup Coalition
Overview
Salary
No salary declared 😔
Location
Hybrid; London
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary
Startup Coalition is a policy advocacy group representing tech-oriented startups and scaleups within the UK. Founded by entrepreneurs, Startup Coalition champions a policy environment conducive to the growth and global competitiveness of British tech companies. They're launching Pipeline, a programme connecting high potential startups and scaleups to government procurement officers.
Role Summary
- Lead Pipeline, directly connecting startups with public sector buyers
- Organise startup pitch sessions and other networking events
- Simplify ITT documents to not deter early-stage companies
- Champion how startups can revitalise the public sector
- Maintain a database of UK’s govtech landscape to aid matchmaking
- Develop policy and advocacy efforts on procurement
- Identify opportunities for engagement with new policymaking and business entities
- Raise visibility for Pipeline within government
- Partake in all aspects of the operation to cultivate a conducive policy environment for tech startups
Role Requirements
- Knowledge of government procurement and public sector tech market
- Entrepreneurial spirit and action-oriented tendencies
- A positive, optimistic, and enthusiastic demeanour
- Interest in political and policy affairs
- Approachable with high communication aptitudes
- A belief in the potential of early-stage tech entrepreneurs to better lives.
Startup Coalition is an independent advocacy group that serves as the policy voice for technology-led start ups and scaleups in the UK. The Startup Coalition was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and fights for a policy environment that enables early-stage British tech companies to grow, scale and compete globally.
About our new GovTech and Procurement Programme: Pipeline
Pipeline is Startup Coalition’s new programme designed to help government buyers reach into the UK’s exciting startup ecosystem and directly connect the best of British startups and scaleups to procurement officers in Government. You can read more at startupcoalition.io/pipeline
About the role
You will be the vital link between the UK's most innovative startups and the public sector. Your mission is to demystify government procurement for founders while helping government buyers discover cutting-edge solutions. This is an entirely new role and we are looking for someone to work directly with Startup Coalition’s Executive Director to shape it.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Leading the Startup Coalition’s new Pipeline programme directly linking startups with public sector buyers
- Organising pitch sessions, meet the buyer and other events where startups demo directly to those who hold the purse strings.
- Working with procurement teams to simplify "Invitation to Tender" (ITT) documents so they don't scare off early-stage companies.
- Evangelising on how British startups can revitalise and reshape the public sector for taxpayers and citizens.
- Maintaining a database or "map" of the UK’s govtech landscape to support matchmaking efforts.
- Leading on policy development and advocacy efforts on procurement.
- Identifying opportunities to engage new actors on both the policy and business end
- Raising the profile of Pipeline within Government, targeting key departments and decision makers
- Chipping in on everything else. We run a small operation, so everyone works together to deliver great policy work that helps achieve a policy environment that enables tech startups and scaleups to grow and scale effectively.
Experience & Skills
This role is suitable for someone who…
- Has a solid understanding of government procurement and of the public sector tech market
- Is entrepreneurial and a self-starter. We are looking for a builder who is excited by this mission and is action-oriented
- Is positive, optimistic and enthusiastic, and who loves politics and policy in equal measure.
- Is approachable and happy spending a lot of their time talking to founders, policymakers and other folks in the ecosystem.
- Believes in the power of early-stage tech entrepreneurs to improve the lives of citizens
Interviews will be on a rolling basis. The start date for the role is ASAP.
