About Strive

Strive is a project revolutionizing the Finnish job market to one where startups are the best place for students to thrive in a high-growth environment. Students don't recognize the potential that startups offer as places where you can quickly and efficiently learn and grow. On the other hand startups are innovators whose success depends on their ability to find and engage the best talent. We're changing the status quo and connecting students with rapidly growing growth companies. Our main event is held in the fall and is a startup crawl connecting students to the best startups in Finland.

About the role

As the Partnerships Lead for the Strive Startup Crawl, you will play a pivotal role in connecting our event with startups, educational institutions, sponsors, and industry leaders. This role demands a strategic mindset focused on cultivating meaningful relationships and securing the resources necessary to fuel the event's success. Your efforts will directly impact the scale, reach, and quality of the Startup Crawl, making it a landmark event in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This is a volunteer position.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Building and executing Strive's Partnership strategy and development

• Leading a volunteer-based Partnership team

• Conduct targeted outreach to potential partners through various channels

• Create and finalize Partnership Agreement

• Connect, confirm and get potential Startups on board.

This role is perfect for a student or recent graduate. As part of the core team, you’ll work closely with all other sections of the company and have a large influence over the impact and future of Strive. 

Our team usually works at our Startup Sauna office in Otaniemi. In-person meetings are always prioritized and we want applicants who are ready to join our office community.

The perfect candidate

Here's what'll make you thrive in this position:

• A proactive approach and ability to own the projects you work on.

• A generalist attitude and ability to step-up where needed across different tasks and challenges.

• Strong self-management skills, with the freedom to plan and execute your responsibilities.

• Ability to move fluidly between details and the big picture

• Fluency in English

Here's what'll make the job much more enjoyable ("nice-to-haves"):

• Experience with sales, forging business relations and partnerships.

• Experience with event management.

• Prior Network in the Startup Ecosystem.

• Experience with CRM tools and data-driven decision-making.

  
  

Recruitment Timeline

We’ll invite selected candidates to a short interview through Google Meet. We’ll then have a longer interview with the best candidates face-to-face.

We will start going through the applications immediately and we aim to fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate.