The Startups team is at the heart of this mission. We partner with founders, VCs, accelerators, and community builders to help the next generation of unicorns launch and grow . As Head of Startups (Israel), youll lead this charge - founding and building our ecosystem strategy, driving adoption, and ensuring startups see as their default global growth partner.
The role is Tel Aviv based, fully onsite 5 days per week in the office.
What You Will Do
Lead the Israel startup strategy: set vision, priorities, and execution for how wins in the startup segment.
Build the ecosystem: develop deep partnerships with top VCs, accelerators, incubators, and startup communities.
Design founder-first programs: create and scale credits, onboarding experiences, workshops, demo days, and events tailored for startups.
Bridge product and market: work with Product & Engineering to ensure our APIs, tools, and onboarding are startup-ready, and feed insights back to shape the roadmap.
Drive commercial impact: partner with Sales and Customer Success to transition fast-growing startups into long-term global customers.
Tell our story: collaborate with Marketing & PR to spotlight Israeli founder success and amplify brand in the ecosystem.
Measure and optimize: own KPIs for the startup funnel - from acquisition and activation to conversion, retention, and segment revenue.
Requirements: 8-12+ years of experience in startup ecosystems, venture capital, accelerators, partnerships, or fintech/infra roles.
Strong network across Israel startup communities and top-tier investors (Viola, Vertex, Pitango, Aleph, Entree, Bessemer, Insight Partners, TLV Partners, YL, Lightspeed, Glilot, Team8, Cyberstars, 83North, JVP etc.).
Demonstrated success in building or scaling startup programs or ecosystems.
Skilled at cross-functional leadership, influencing senior stakeholders, and working across teams.
Excellent storytelling, presentation, and public speaking skills; credible with founders and investors alike.
Data-driven and outcome-oriented, with experience setting and achieving growth KPIs.
This position is open to all candidates.