[Hiring] Senior Manager, Growth @Evidence Action

Role Description

As one of the first members of our Growth team, you'll build the engine that helps us mobilize resources and partnerships to ensure AI's benefits reach hundreds of millions of people living in poverty.

This is a builder role in a fast-growing startup, with a unique opportunity to shape our growth strategy, develop new approaches, and build AI-native systems from the ground up. We're looking for a strategic, analytical, and creative thinker who combines exceptional ownership with strong communication skills. In this role, you will work closely with senior leadership and across the 2AI team, moving between identifying opportunities, developing recommendations, building systems, and driving projects from concept through execution.

This role has strong breadth of ownership across key domains, and every day might look different:

• Design new ways to package our programs for funders.
• Build AI-powered growth workflows.
• Lead a website launch.
• Partner with technical teams to develop thought leadership on what it means to be an AI-native organization.

We don't expect you to have done all these things before. We're looking for someone who learns quickly, thrives on solving unfamiliar problems, and is excited to build in a dynamic, evolving environment.

Reports to: Chief Growth Officer (As the growth team expands; will report into a Director, Growth)

Qualifications

• Exceptional ownership and execution.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking.
• Creativity and resourcefulness.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Adaptability and learning agility.
• AI-native working habits.
• Strong judgment and collaboration.
• Relevant experience: Approximately 3–7 years in a demanding, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Build AI-native growth systems.
• Design and implement systems that enable our growth function to operate effectively and scale, including CRM, pipeline management, and reporting.
• Identify opportunities to leverage frontier AI tools and workflows to improve how we work.
• Use data and analysis to understand growth opportunities, improve decision-making, and help prioritize where we invest.
• Build lightweight, scalable processes that enable high-quality execution.
• Develop growth strategies and new approaches to fundraising.
• Help shape how we translate our portfolio of AI initiatives into compelling funding opportunities.
• Develop and test creative approaches to external engagement, fundraising or awareness campaigns, and partnership development.
• Partner with leadership and program teams to develop high-quality proposals, presentations, and other materials that help advance fundraising opportunities.
• Lead high-impact creative and strategic projects.
• Develop compelling narratives that explain our work, our strategic approach, and the transformative potential of AI for people living in poverty.
• Support the CEO on high-priority external communications with external partners.
• Collaborate with leadership, technical experts, and program teams to develop thought leadership.
• Own projects end to end.
• Drive projects across teams, proactively identifying dependencies, resolving bottlenecks, and keeping work moving.
• Bring strong judgment to prioritization and tradeoffs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision, and dental.
• Retirement plans.
• Generous and flexible leave options.
• Other employee perks.

Company Description

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

The expected role range for this position is listed below. We consider multiple factors when determining the base salary for a role, including but not limited to: role scope, program budgets, internal equity, and a candidate's qualifications and/or prior experience.

The pay range for this role is: 125,000 - 135,000 USD per year.

While we are currently incubated at Evidence Action, 2AI plans to spin out December 1, 2026 as an independent organization. New employees will be hired directly by 2AI.

We use AI to support our team across the hiring process, including application review, note-taking, scheduling, and project management.