Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Evolve
US
Summary
Lead strategic initiatives and optimization strategies with external partners to drive revenue growth and reduce costs. Act as a trusted advisor to leadership while managing the product roadmap and operational excellence for the Product Operations team.
Job Description
At Evolve, we’re on a mission to make vacation rental easy for everyone. Our high-performing, customer-obsessed team runs on curiosity, communication, and accountability—working together to create exceptional experiences for our owners and guests. Whether solving big challenges, delivering outstanding results, or celebrating wins, we approach every day with purpose and passion. If you’re ready to join a mission-driven company where every teammate has the opportunity to thrive, Evolve might just be the place for you.
Why this role
The Product Operations team ensures that we develop the right products to drive our business forward. As business leaders embedded within the Product team, the Product Operations team focuses on identifying, prioritizing, rolling out, and managing the operations of products across our various business lines.
As a Principal Strategic Partnerships Manager, you’ll lead a core growth engine of the business. You’ll drive strategic initiatives and act as a trusted advisor to leadership. This role combines operational expertise with visionary thinking to lead projects that have a transformative impact on our products and processes. You’ll mentor others, influence decision-making at the highest levels, and pioneer new approaches to operational excellence.
What you’ll do
- Strategic partnership leadership - leading optimization strategies with external partners to grow revenue, reduce costs and deliver results for our customers
- Leverage domain expertise to craft a vision and prioritize a roadmap for a suite of products
- Influence the development of products that are not just reliable, scalable, and secure, but also create a competitive advantage
- Proactively coordinate with and align stakeholders, technical leaders, and other product managers, communicating product roadmap and go-to-market plans.
- Develop, monitor, and synthesize business and adoption metrics, and other relevant indicators for success.
- Create a feedback loop from customer signals into the product roadmap.
- Mentor other product experts, setting and maintaining a higher bar for collective product quality
- Be the champion of the Product Operations function by contributing to hiring and retaining the best contributors.
- Assist in creating and maintaining frameworks for managing bugs, feature requests, and product lifecycle processes, ensuring clear workflows and prioritization.
- Provide operational leadership for cross-functional programs spanning multiple teams, managing execution and alignment with strategic organizational outcomes.
- Serve as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders, providing training and documentation to support product adoption and operational excellence.
What makes you a great fit
- 8+ years of relevant experience in Product or Strategic Partnership Management
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in data tools like SQL, Tabeleau, and other platforms, with the ability to leverage data to inform critical decisions and drive impactful outcomes
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, resilience, and delivering exceptional customer experiences
- Exceptional communication and collaboration abilities, including experience delivering executive-level communications and aligning diverse stakeholder groups
- Track record of leading cross-functional decision-making to develop, deploy, and scale innovative products
Compensation
For this role our salary range is $141,000 to $184,000, depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance.
Location
All Evolve team members must live in one of our approved locations by their first day. We can hire from anywhere in the U.S. except D.C. and Hawaii. Some positions may also have restrictions based on compensation in the following states: California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington. If you live in Colorado, you can work remotely anywhere in the state, at our downtown Denver office, or a hybrid of both! If you're planning to move soon, please let us know, and we'll be happy to review your application again.
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How we reward Evolvers
We’re intentional about offering benefits that empower every Evolver to thrive both professionally and personally because they’re more than perks—they’re investments in our customer-obsessed, high-performing team.
We believe in treating others as they want to be treated, providing benefits that deliver real value, and challenging the status quo to meet the diverse needs of our team. Whether it’s helping you take care of your health, plan for the future, or celebrate life’s milestones, our offerings are designed to support you every step of the way.
- Financial Wellness: Industry-competitive pay, equity in the company, and a 401(k) with a 4% immediate vesting match.
- Family Support: 16-18 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents, plus infertility coverage.
- Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, with 100% employer-paid dental and vision for individual coverage, a low-cost medical option, 10 free mental health visits, and pet insurance.
- Time to Recharge: Generous PTO, RTO (for full-time exempt employees), sick leave, holidays, and a personal holiday to celebrate what matters most to you.
- Travel Perks: Annual Evolve travel credit after one year and discounts on stays at all Evolve properties.
- Growth Opportunities: World-class onboarding programs, learning, and development resources to help you grow your impact.
- Connection: Employee Resource Groups celebrating our diverse communities at Evolve.
How we work together
With our core values as our guide, every Evolver helps shape the company we want to work for and the people we want to be. We’ve cultivated a culture of collaboration, care, and responsibility that we can all be proud of, and we’re excited to see what you’ll bring as your authentic self.
Still curious about who we are and what we do? Read more about our business and our culture at evolve.com.
EEO
At Evolve, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military service or veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Evolve participates in e-Verify for all positions.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please let your recruiter know.
About Evolve:
Evolve is transforming vacation rental management by giving owners a high-performing, cost-effective, and flexible alternative to the status quo. Our hybrid approach combines AI-powered technology with expert human support to eliminate the hassles of renting—helping owners earn more with less effort.
Since our founding in 2011, we have proudly delivered over $3 billion in rental income for our owners. With more than 16 million guests hosted and an average review score of 4.8 stars, our innovative model is helping to make vacation rental easy for owners and guests alike.
Want to become an Evolver?
Our customer-obsessed, high-performing team makes vacation rental easy for everyone.
At Evolve, we see culture as a holistic concept—it’s everything we do and don’t do, from the smallest email to our boldest bets. It lives in every action, every conversation—and isn’t seperate from our business performance; it’s what drives it.
We’re building an AI-first organization. That means we expect every Evolver to use AI as a core part of how they work, and we expect the same from candidates who want to join us. If you’re using AI tools during this process, that’s not just okay, it’s encouraged. What we’re evaluating is your judgment, your thinking, and your experience. AI should amplify your work, not manufacture it.
Founded
2011
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitality
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Denver, CO
About Evolve:
Evolve is transforming vacation rental management by giving owners a high-performing, cost-effective, and flexible alternative to the status quo. Our hybrid approach combines AI-powered technology with expert human support to eliminate the hassles of renting—helping owners earn more with less effort.
Since our founding in 2011, we have proudly delivered over $3 billion in rental income for our owners. With more than 16 million guests hosted and an average review score of 4.8 stars, our innovative model is helping to make vacation rental easy for owners and guests alike.
Want to become an Evolver?
Our customer-obsessed, high-performing team makes vacation rental easy for everyone.
At Evolve, we see culture as a holistic concept—it’s everything we do and don’t do, from the smallest email to our boldest bets. It lives in every action, every conversation—and isn’t seperate from our business performance; it’s what drives it.
We’re building an AI-first organization. That means we expect every Evolver to use AI as a core part of how they work, and we expect the same from candidates who want to join us. If you’re using AI tools during this process, that’s not just okay, it’s encouraged. What we’re evaluating is your judgment, your thinking, and your experience. AI should amplify your work, not manufacture it.
Founded
2011
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitality
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Denver, CO