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Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Pursuit · NYC · On-site

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About Pursuit

Pursuit automatically finds SLED deals that convert to revenue. We’ll identify $1M in pipeline in 90 days, or your money back. Backed by AI Grant.

About the role

You will report to the Chief Executive Officer and be a key leader for the organization, helping shape future direction across every function Program, Go-To-Market Job Placement, Partnerships, Growth and Earned Revenue. You will directly manage a team of analysts, and directors of strategic initiatives. The salary range for this role is $285,000 - $320,000, inclusive of base and bonus and a full benefits package. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8-12+ years of executive experience leading commercial scaling and market penetration in fast-paced, high-growth companies or organizational environments
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to unify product, sales, operations, and finance around shared growth targets
  • Experience designing go-to-market strategies and commercial product offerings that yield high margins and sustainable revenue streams
  • Mastery of systems thinking, KPI architecture, and multi-year roadmap design that translates audacious growth goals into sequenced, measurable, and testable operational bets
  • A history of structuring strategic corporate and enterprise partnerships that unlock new revenue channels and accelerate market adoption
  • Exceptional executive presence and credibility in engaging with boards, institutional investors, key financial stakeholders, and enterprise ecosystem partners
More about this role

Pursuit is a pioneering AI-native organization building the nation's premier tech workforce pipeline to unlock lasting economic mobility for low-income and underrepresented communities.

For over a decade, Pursuit has unlocked economic mobility by propelling thousands of adults from low-income backgrounds into high-wage tech careers, taking average starting incomes from $17K to $94K and generating nearly $1B in lifetime wage gains. We've also pioneered the Pursuit Bond, an innovative outcomes-based financing model that aligns investor returns with long-term economic mobility, allowing us to scale impact in a financially sustainable way. Three-year retention runs at 92%, nearly 30 points above industry average. 97% of eligible Fellows get promoted.

Now, as AI reshapes the global economy, Pursuit is pioneering the nation's premier AI-Native workforce pipeline. We are transforming how economic opportunity works at scale through a rigorous, full-funnel training model combining in-person collaborative learning, real-time curriculum adaptation, and deep employer integration.

Powered by $23M in scale funding from organizations like Google, Anthropic, Adobe, Blackstone, Robin Hood and...

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