Acumen Academy is looking for a Foundry Associate with at least 3 years of experience to support the development and delivery of offerings to our community of builders who are ~1800 strong and growing.
About Acumen
Acumen is a global force of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and social innovators working together to build a world based on dignity. We were founded by Jacqueline Novogratz on the radical idea that business, when cultivated with moral imagination, can break the cycle of poverty. We invest in transformational companies, build sustainable markets, and prepare leaders with the tools they need to create a more just and inclusive future. Since 2001, we have scaled companies and shaped markets in some of the hardest-to-reach communities on the planet, impacting over half-a-billion lives. To learn more visit acumen.org.
About Acumen Academy
Acumen Academy is the community for builders grounded in moral imagination, solving problems of poverty. We offer off and online courses in how to make social change happen. We aim to unleash a new generation of social innovators and leaders with the determination and grit to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. We offer anyone with an internet connection, anywhere in the world, access to the practical tools, practices, resources, and supportive community they need to achieve positive social change. With more than 2000 Fellows and 500,000 course takers in 193 countries, the Acumen Academy community represents a new generation of social innovators and leaders committed to doing what’s right in a world that loves easy. Explore Acumen Academy
About the Fellowship Program and Foundry
Acumen’s Fellows Program is a transformative, experiential, and cohort-based program that develops moral leadership mindset and skills to propel those who are doing the hard and essential work of creating a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. As of 2025, Acumen’s Fellows Program is being offered in 7 regions: Colombia, East Africa, India, Malaysia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and West Africa. Graduates from the Fellows program join our alumni network, the Foundry, and are referred to as Foundry Members. In the Foundry, we provide access to tools and reosurces, community, and catalytic capital to grow their ventures. More information on the Foundry
About the role
You will work alongside the central Academy team, supporting the delivery of our program offerings to the Foundry. You will be responsible for providing end-to-end operational support to deliver major global Programs like Acumen Angels - an early-stage capital funding program designed to advance high-potential, early-stage entrepreneurs from the Foundry.
This involves collaborating with a cross-functional team across marketing and communications, data and insights, foundry engagement, and Acumen Academy regional teams to sustain the Foundry as a high-impact, highly-engaged community of builders with the tools and relationships they need to scale their solutions to the problems of poverty.
This role will report to the Associate Director, Foundry.
The responsibilities include:
Skills and Qualifications
The role requires a structured doer with an appreciation for detail, organization, and the user perspective. Experience in program operations and supporting social entrepreneurs through structured programming is highly valuable.
As program operations typically involve multiple moving parts, you are very comfortable with operational details and process work; you implement, coordinate, and optimize to enable efficient delivery.
Application Deadline
The deadline to receive applications is 3rd June 2026. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.