The Knowledge Society is hiring a
Program Director in Canada

Summary

The job is for a full-time Program Director at TKS, a global human accelerator that partners with top innovators. The role involves delivering a 10-month program to 80-120 students, offering personalized coaching, developing an engaged community, creating unique experiential opportunities for students, learning about exponential technologies, reviewing applications, and interviewing students who apply to the program. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of work experience, leadership experience, and a deep level of experience in one of the specified areas.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience
• Leadership experience, including managing teams and mentoring others
• A deep level of experience in one of the following: Technology, Science, Start-ups, International Development/NGOs, Education & Teaching, Consulting, Finance, or Engineering

Responsibilities

• Deliver the TKS program with weekly sessions on topics including AI, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Quantum Computing, Robotics, + more. Discuss their use in solving major global issues like climate change, energy poverty, and elderly quality of life to name a few
• Offer personalized coaching and guidance in one-on-one sessions, covering diverse topics like transforming rubber waste into clean fuel in South Africa or revolutionizing Indian home insurance with generative AI. This role demands intellectual rigor and an ability to coach students to set high standards and think critically
• Develop an engaged community and culture within your program
• Create unique experiential opportunities for students (e.g. attending conferences/events, guest speakers, company tours, and lab tours/opportunities)
• Learn about exponential technologies through our curriculum and facilitate discussions on the future, including philosophical and economic implications

Benefits

• Be the coach you wish you had - train the next generation of disruptors, innovators and CEOs
• We believe that emerging technologies can solve the world’s largest problems
• Find brain space to be creative and advance your ideas in a future-forward environment where the latest technical and scientific advancements are celebrated and applied
• Contribute to TKS momentum as we expand globally on a mission to impact billions
• Challenge yourself in a team that rewards curiosity, discussion and self-improvement