CIC is inviting general interest submissions from candidates interested in opportunities within their organization, focused on community and innovation.
Thank you for your interest in CIC! You're in the right spot if you don't see a current opportunity that reflects what you can bring to our team. We'll inform you if we see a potential fit with our needs as well as send along quarterly updates about our current opportunities.
CIC is committed to building teams that reflect the fabric of the cities we support. We welcome all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation please let us know. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the world by helping exceptional entrepreneurs innovate better and faster. And we're always interested in hearing from people who are drawn to this mission and want to support community, innovation, and collaboration.
ABOUT CIC
We are a global leader in building and operating innovation communities. Founded in 1999 in Cambridge, MA, we were one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for the world’s most impactful entrepreneurs to innovate better and faster.
CIC co-founded a number of mission-aligned organizations including Venture Café, CIC’s primary public benefit programming partner, and CIC Health, offering COVID-19 testing services to companies and the public.
Our support has extended to over 6,000 startups, growth companies, and branches of larger organizations in the for-profit, mission-driven, and non-profit sectors and across a wide array of industries.
POSTED OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY
We invite you to explore all our openings and learn more about our teams here. Please explore what's posted. If your skills, experience, and needs align to an existing opportunity it is in your best interest to apply to one of those. Our priority is with our open searches: they have our immediate attention and we attend to those most quickly.
CURRENT CIC LOCATIONS:
• Boston, Massachusetts, US
• Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
• Miami, Florida, US
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
• Providence, Rhode Island, US
• Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• St. Louis, Missouri, US
• Tokyo, Japan
• Warsaw, Poland
• Berlin, Germany
CURRENT TEAMS AT CIC:
• Captains of Innovation
• CIC Health
• Community (Operations)
• Core Infrastructure/Tech
• Design and Construction
• Events
• Executive and Executive Support
• Expansion
• Finance
• Global Software Engineering Team (Warsaw only)
• Marketing
• Sales and Relationship Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Development
• Venture Café Global Institute
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