đź“Ť Location: Amman, Jordan (open to travel across GCC & MENA)
🧠Reports to: MENA CEO
đź’Ľ Experience: 10+ years
🏢 Company: Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp MENA
Rainmaking & Startupbootcamp are among the world’s leading innovation companies (venture building and ecosystem enablement).
We work with governments, corporates, and startups to design, launch, and scale innovation programs and venture studios that drive real impact.
Across MENA, we’ve partnered with leading entities in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt, and Jordan - shaping ecosystems and building the next generation of startups.
We’re hiring a Programs Director to lead our program delivery and operations across MENA
This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, loves solving complex challenges, and can manage multiple teams and programs across the region.
Requirements
🔧 What You’ll Do
We create the future of industries by building and scaling ventures and startup collaborations with the world’s leading corporations.
Rainmaking is a global innovation firm specialising in venture building, startup collaboration, and corporate transformation.
We help large organisations accelerate their growth and boost their impact through three routes:
* New ventures built from scratch, leveraging corporate assets and entrepreneurial talent
* Startup partnerships that bring frontier capabilities to corporate BUs, providing competitive advantage
* Coaching programmes that equip corporations and other large organisations, such as Universities, with the mindset and skills needed to transform themselves from the inside out
In our 17+ years of experience, we’ve:
* Launched 250+ ventures and co-ventures
* Accelerated 1,400+ startups through Startupbootcamp
* Worked with ENGIE, IKEA, Ramboll, Maersk, Velux, Barclays, and Tryg
* Delivered impact in energy, transport, health, financial services, and smart cities
* Created $5bn+ in equity value and a 112% IRR across our venture portfolio
We are entrepreneurs, not consultants, with skin in the game, a global founder network, and a track record of ventures that survive, scale, and succeed.
