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
Pursuit is hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships to join our External Affairs team at a pivotal moment of growth.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of experience across some partnerships, grants or contract management, policy, and program operations
- Direct experience managing government funding — state, federal, or city grants or contracts — including reporting and compliance obligations
- Demonstrated project management ability in environments with multiple external organizations and no direct authority over them
- Excellent written and verbal communication, you can write the partner email, the funder memo, and the internal status update, and each one lands with its audience
- Comfort operating across teams and managing multiple priorities against hard external deadlines
- A detail-oriented executor who can also think systemically — you fix the instance and then fix the process
More about this role
Pursuit is a social impact organization building the future of economic mobility in the age of AI. For over a decade, we've transformed lives through immersive training programs that propel adults from low-income backgrounds — often without college degrees — into high-growth tech careers. Our graduates, who we call Builders, have generated nearly $1 billion in lifetime wage gains.
As AI reshapes every industry, Pursuit is becoming an AI-native organization — training AI-native talent, embedding AI into our operations, and building scalable systems to extend our impact. From local partnerships to national policy, we're rethinking how opportunity works at scale.
Pursuit is hiring a Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships to join our External Affairs team at a pivotal moment of growth.
This role sits at the intersection of government and education/workforce partnerships, policy, and execution. You will be the day-to-day operating lead for a multi-year, state-funded initiative that brings Pursuit’s AI-native training to three New York regions in partnership with community colleges, workforce nonprofits, and regional economic development organizations. You'll take it from contract award...
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