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Entrepreneur in Residence

Job Number: 25551
Functional Area: Administration
Department: MIT Sloan Martin Trust Center
School Area: Sloan School of Management
Pay Range Minimum: $102,350
Pay Range Maximum: $138,700

Employment Type: Full-Time Temporary
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Schedule:
Pay Grade: 10

Posting Description

ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE, Sloan Martin Trust Center, will help educate, mentor, and coach MIT students across campus on the realities of being an entrepreneur; work collaboratively with other Trust Center EIRs and staff to ensure students across campus are receiving the support they need to accelerate their ideas for impact; ensuring Trust Center mentorship and support is reflective of a rapidly changing world, from how you build a company to how you leverage entrepreneurial skills in a workplace in the age of AI; run programs to help advance the entrepreneurship education (in a holist sense, meaning curricular, extra curricula, and apprenticeships) at MIT; including but not limited to: develop, execute, and/or assist with t=0, MIT Fuse, StartMIT, delta v , workshops, and guest lectures. This includes working collaboratively with other centers (Legatum, Sandbox Innovation Fund, Venture Mentoring Service, TLO, Media Lab, Deshpande, Gordan Engineering Leadership Center, etc.) to create and deliver holistic educational experiences that prepares students to teach technology and entrepreneurship. A full job description is available, here: https://web.mit.edu/sloan-hr/jobs/MTCEIR.pdf

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Master's degree; a minimum of five years of industry experience; experience in a business start-up or as a founder or early employee in a startup or another new innovation-driven organization; excellent command of written and spoken English; the ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment; and an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship. PREFERRED: MBA; willingness to openly share successes and failures with students in the educational process; willingness to openly share successes and failures with students in the educational process; and strong motivation and willingness to bridge-build across campus to make sure MIT students are taking full advantage of the rich set of resources available to them and identifying and filling in gaps where needed.

This is a three year term position with full benefits.

3/9/2026