Alter Product Fellowship

About Alter

Alter finds and supports high-growth tech ventures in emerging markets. Our mission is to catalyze development by supporting visionary entrepreneurs. We find the top tech companies around the world that have the potential to create economic opportunity at scale. We support high-character founders that are not only building their companies, they’re defying all odds to build their countries and are inspiring others to do the same.

Alter was founded six years ago out of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Alter currently works with 27 ventures in countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. Since 2015, our ventures have created 2,334 jobs, now generate est. annual revenues of $492M+, and serve 2M+ customers.

Alter Product Fellowship Program

Alter's Product Fellowship is open to product managers and product designers with a passion for building empathetic and innovative products. Fellows spend 6+ months embedded in the product or design teams at an Alter partner company (a high-growth tech start-up in an emerging market), working closely with the executive and engineering teams to build core products.

Fellows will be completely embedded in the venture's team at their headquarters in Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Nigeria, or Colombia.

Projects: Fellows have the flexibility to design their projects in conversation with the company leadership, based on their experience and needs of the company.

What you will gain:

• Play a critical role in scaling technology for a leading venture
• Step up in a new or more advanced role with full ownership and autonomy
• Be immersed in a new business culture and geography
• Lead and/or mentor teammates while building capabilities
• Gain access to the Alter network of leaders and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and beyond
  

The application deadline is November 22, 2022 — the earlier you apply, the better! The Alter Orientation for the Spring Cohort will take place March 16-18th, 2023 (location TBD) and first day with the ventures is March 27, 2023.

Please see our brochure for the Alter Fellowship Program for more insight and info.

Orientation

Alter will organize an orientation for all our new Fellows. At Orientation, our Fellows get the chance to hear from the Alter leadership team, our entrepreneurs from around the world, and our past and current Fellows, as well as bond with their cohort. Location of orientation TBD.

Program structure

• 2 years of experience working in product management and product teams in top tech companies and start-ups.
• Undergraduate degree is required
• Candidates are not expected to have prior experience in any specific industry or country
• Candidates are not expected to be fluent in any language except for English
• In addition to an alignment with Alter’s values, an ideal candidate is ambitious, not afraid of risks, persistent, and wants to help transform economies in emerging markets

Ventures will provide roundtrip flights, accommodation expenses, and a stipend that covers in-country living costs.