Senior Manager, Growth and Partnerships

Ascenda•New York, NY

2d•$115,000 - $150,000

About The Position

As Senior Manager, Growth & Partnerships, you will be the commercial architect for a new product offering. This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of Product, Sales, and Strategy. Your mission is to take a nascent product concept and turn it into a scalable market reality. You will help to design the commercial models, identify "first-mover" partners, and lead the execution of pilots that validate our product-market fit. You aren’t just selling a finished product; you are co-creating the business case with our clients to prove that this new offering drives transformative value. This is a senior, execution-focused role requiring a blend of analytical rigor, commercial creativity, and the ability to move fluidly between high-level strategy and granular deal structuring.

Requirements

7-10 years of experience in growth, partnerships, or commercial strategy, ideally within Financial Services, Fintech, Payments, or Management Consulting.
You understand unit economics and can build complex financial models to support new business cases from scratch.
You are comfortable with ambiguity and have a proven track record of taking products from "0 to 1" without heavy support infrastructure.
You can navigate complex internal stakeholders (Product, Legal, Finance) and external banking executives with equal ease.
You track performance meticulously, using insights from early pilots to iterate on the product motion and enable scale across clients and markets.
You possess the ability to translate strategic direction into clear execution plans and high-quality materials that drive internal and external alignment.
You are a structured thinker and communicator who presents ideas in a simple, actionable manner
You thrive in a fast-paced, scaling environment and operate with high ownership and accountability

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design of the commercial model, value proposition, and GTM approach for a new-to-market product offering.
Work directly with Financial Services clients to ideate, launch, and manage pilots that validate product–market fit through early market entries.
Support the build and management of merchant partnerships, developing the commercial business cases, incentives, and operating models that make them viable.
Partner with Sales to identify high-value prospects and build the economic modeling required to ensure partnerships are scalable and commercially viable.
Bridge the gap between leadership’s vision and the Product team’s roadmap by surfacing real-world market signals and performance insights.
Establish an internal "Centre of Excellence" for new product developments, ensuring the organization is aligned and can replicate successful launches across markets.