National Science & Technology Park

- Managing Incubation/Startup Program
- Leading Women Founder Circle @NSTP
- Overseeing Partner program  (UNHCR Funded ESSY Batch1 -Batch 2, USEFPxNSTP - PUAN AI Masterclass 2024)deliverables, schedule, and monitoring outcomes
-Facilitating, planning, and organizing key events such as workshops, mentorship sessions, and demo days
-Coordinating communication and ensuring effective engagement of stakeholders like mentors and investors
-Building and maintaining strong relationships with external partners, understanding their objectives, and ensuring their satisfaction
-Collaborating with internal teams to design and implement services that add value to partners and startups
-Tracking program performance and making data-driven recommendations for enhancements
-Strengthening the startup ecosystem through networking events, collaborations, and online engagement
- Setting objectives, monitoring progress, and ensuring client and partner retention
-Communicating closely with the pioneers and stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
-Helping and acting as an innovation consultant to the pioneers in the entrepreneurial ecosystem-- Building and maintaining strong relationships with corporate partners, understanding their objectives, and ensuring their satisfaction

Program Manager, Incubation

As Program Manager designed and delivered Hatch8 Redesigned the Hatch8 program with fast-paced sprint sessions and exclusive Masterclasses.

- Designed and delivered Incubation Program by incorporating Advance Program elements with a 3 Phase Program design with Sprint sessions and Masterclasses along with startup deliverables. and monitoring 1:1 plan, startup training curriculum for early-stage startups. The curated sessions to cover 24x Masterclasses, and Sprint sessions of 72x hours of Founder development sessions for 25x refugee youth and 19x young enterprises and conducted founder engagement, team building to ensure effectiveness of sessions. - - Engaged industry experts for in-depth training and workshop sessions at Hatch 8 and ESSY Program. - Conducted business modeling sessions on Business Strategy platforms like Miro and Strategyzer with the startups. 

-	Devised Monitoring and Evaluation Framework: Phase-wise Monitoring and Evaluation based on milestones to evaluate other elements. Conducted periodic Startup review meetings with the teams of cohort with regular weekly office hours to review progress.

Program Manager, Hatch 8 

As Program Manager designed and delivered Hatch8 and ESSY UNHCR Funded Program worth PKR 20+M under premium NSTP Hatch 8 entrepreneurial trainings. Redesigned the Hatch8 program with fast-paced sprint sessions and exclusive Masterclasses.

- Designed and delivered Incubation Program for Hatch 8 and ESSY.  Curated and incorporated Advance Program elements and redesigned Incubation Programme for Hatch8 a 3 Phase Program design with Sprint sessions and Masterclasses along with startup deliverables. and monitoring 1:1 plan, startup training curriculum for early-stage startups. The curated sessions to cover 24x Masterclasses, and Sprint sessions of 72x hours of Founder development sessions for 25x refugee youth and 19x young enterprises and conducted founder engagement, team building to ensure effectiveness of sessions. - - Engaged industry experts for in-depth training and workshop sessions at Hatch 8 and ESSY Program. - Conducted business modeling sessions on Business Strategy platforms like Miro and Strategyzer with the startups. 

-	Devised Monitoring and Evaluation Framework: Phase-wise Monitoring and Evaluation based on milestones to evaluate other elements. Conducted periodic Startup review meetings with the teams of cohort with regular weekly office hours to review progress.

Program Head  - Entrepreneurial Skillset For Afghan Youth (ESSY) UNHCR 

- Tracking program performance and making data-driven recommendations for enhancements . The U.S Embassy powered Rising Stars Startup Competition (RSSC) for Minorities and Women to create an inclusive and equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem in Pakistan. The nationwide program impacted 800+ individuals from 52+ cities all over the country.

Monitoring And Evaluation, Project Manager Rising Star Startup Competition (U.S. Embassy) Cohort 1 

Program Lead  - Women Startup Program Badiri BEDA UAE 

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

AM, Program Management

Being part of  first and largest academia-based technology incubator of Pakistan’s top-ranked university, that has contributed with $8 million in revenue and 900 jobs creation;

• Developed and executed full-scale Founder Development Curriculum for Startups 
. Full spectrum digital marketing campaigning to promote various projects and new initiatives, increasing the applications for joining the incubator 
. Linkages with the NUST Alumni / Entrepreneurs Community both  national/international 
. Mentor match making 
. Improving marketing strategy and operational efficiency
• Built strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading tech giants IBM, Careem and Telenor for co-branded events, activities and competitions

Program Management 

TechOne Incubator NUST

Incubation Manager

Cheire Blair Foundation

Mentor

Pakistan Institute of ICTs for Development (PIID)

ePWD

Special Talent Exchange Program

Lookup tasks related to web accessibility for the PWD welfare site and preparing website audit report.

Web Analyst

Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan [Official]

Volunteer work

Allama Iqbal Open University

Research Assistant

Humaira is Program Manager, Incubation @ NSTP . Alongside being a startup trainer, she is a technologist, an active member for startup support entities/ organisations, a product development enthusiast as well as a passionate mentor. Working on designing and driving the incubation program to engage young enterprises founded by student startups, her commitment to both high performance and purpose is certified with years of experience in guiding female-led entrepreneurs.

Taplio

Humaira S.'s Linkedin Analytics

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Taplio

.css-1jgreyo{background-image:linear-gradient(284deg, rgba(39,43,72,1) 0%, rgba(33,47,183,1) 100%);color:transparent;-webkit-background-clip:text;background-clip:text;}Humaira S.'s Linkedin Analytics

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?

Humaira S.'s Linkedin Analytics