What is RoyalHacks?

Denmark's first national student hackathon brings together creative minds from all degrees and backgrounds for 24 hours of rapid, collaborative problem-solving. It's a platform where students can make connections across universities, make their impression on the industry, and fast-track academic confidence through a weekend of intense innovation.

Find us on RoyalHacks.io 🚀

Join the team behind RoyalHacks!

We're recruiting for the Operations Team Lead – the person who will lead the team responsible for everything participants experience and feel on event day.

If you're interested in joining the Operations team but not as Team Lead, mention that in your application and we'll route you accordingly.

What Does the Operations team Do?

The Operations team owns participant experience design. This means:

• Designing the program: competition tracks (or cases), workshops, talks, judging structure

• Coordinating mentors, judges, and speakers

• Planning mini-events and community building

• Ensuring every moment of RoyalHacks inspires creativity and collaboration

Key principle: Operations defines WHAT participants need. Other teams (Logistics, Marketing, Sponsorships) execute the HOW.

Operations Team Lead Role

As Team Lead, you'll:

• Lead and manage the Operations team (currently 3 organizers, growing)

• Set direction for participant experience design

• Coordinate with other team leads through weekly board meetings

• Facilitate collaborative brainstorming for program content

• Set deadlines and track progress

• Make final decisions on all Operations matters

You'll work closely with a Head of Program Content who owns the creative decisions about tracks, workshops, and judging. Your job is to make sure the team runs smoothly and delivers.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has leadership or coordination experience (student orgs, projects, work - any context counts)

• Is comfortable making decisions and setting direction for a team

• Thrives in ambiguous, fast-changing environments (this is our first time doing this - plans will change)

• Communicates clearly and keeps people aligned

• Values collaboration but knows when to make the call

• Is excited about building something from scratch

Important: This role involves coordination and admin work (meetings, deadlines, cross-team alignment). If that's not your thing, we have other domains that might fit better.

No hackathon experience required - just judgment, leadership ability, and enthusiasm for creating great experiences.

What You'll Gain

• Real leadership experience managing a team and coordinating across teams

• Board member status - you'll shape RoyalHacks' direction alongside other team leads

• Network access to industry mentors, sponsors, and the Danish startup/tech community

• Experience designing an event that will impact hundreds of students

• Official reference letter highlighting your leadership

• A motivated team and the satisfaction of building Denmark's first national student hackathon

Time Commitment

• December-April: 5-7 hours/week

• March (event month): 10-15 hours/week

• Hybrid: remote + occasional in-person meetings in Copenhagen

• Weekly board meetings (1 hour)

How to Apply

Apply on TheHub with a short intro covering:

1. Why Team Lead? What draws you to this role specifically?

2. Leadership experience: Tell us about a time you led a team or coordinated a project (formal or informal)

3. Availability: Can you commit 5-7 hours/week Dec-March?

4. Personal motivation: Why RoyalHacks?

5. Optional: Your resume

(Internal communications are in English; international students are encouraged to apply!)

We review applications on a rolling basis. Apply early!