Principal Ecosystem Strategist

Jamestown

JOB DESCRIPTION 

POSITION/LEVEL: Principal Ecosystem Strategist FLSA STATUS: Exempt

DEPT/OFFICE: Executive Management/Industry City DATE: August 2026 

REPORTS TO: Executive Leadership

JOB SUMMARY:

Industry City is home to 700+ tenant companies spanning manufacturing, food and beverage, design, media, and technology. This role exists to build a peer-level relationship with the leadership of every one of those companies – not as a landlord-tenant liaison, but as a trusted sounding board who understands each business well enough to spot opportunities that the tenants themselves may not see: share customers, shared vendors, complementary capabilities, or capital needs that another tenant on campus could help solve. 

This is a relationship – and intelligence-driven role, not a leasing or property management function. Success looks like deep fluency in the business model, growth stage, and capital structure of a large share of the tenant base, and a track record of surfacing and brokering introductions that create real value between companies on campus. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in venture capital, investment banking, business development, or startup operations
• Genuine curiosity about a wide range of industries and business types
• Strong relationship-building instincts; credible as a peer to founders and executives, not as a vendor or building representative
• Self-directed – able to manage a flexible, largely self-scheduled week and prioritize which relationships to invest in. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Meet with 10-15 tenant leadership teams per week, on a rotating basis, to understand their business model, growth trajectory, capitalization/funding status, and near-term needs
• Act as a candid, peer-level sounding board for founders and executives
• Maintain a working intelligence map of the tenant ecosystem: who needs what, who has what, opportunities for synergy meetups
• Proactively broker introductions between tenants where a business, commercial or capital connection could create mutual value
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships that don’t depend on a leasing transaction to justify the conversation

IMPORTANT JOB FUNCTIONS:

Majority of work time will be spent in an office environment, however, set up and during events, candidate should be able to meet the following physical requirements:

Physical Requirements: 

• Able to lift up to 35 pounds
• Standing up to 8 hours a day in an outdoor environment
• Walking for up to 8 hours a day
• Stooping
• Bending up to 4 hours a day
• Working outdoors for up to 8 hours a day
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs

MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT USED: 

• Computer 
• Microsoft Office Suite 
• General Office Equipment

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

 Knowledge of:

• All computer applications and hardware related to performance of the essential functions of the job.

 Skill in:

• Conflict Management Resolution
• Organizational and interpersonal skills
• The ability to meet deadlines; accomplish work in order of priority; professionally maintain composure & effectiveness under pressure and changing conditions