Instructor Partnerships Manager

Location: Remote (US time zone +/- 1hr)

Team: Growth

Reports to: VP, Growth

Maven is reinventing our post-secondary education system from the ground up. We're starting with practical, professional courses on key skills taught by leading experts in your field. Think: learning AI Product Management from a head of product at OpenAI or an engineering lead at Meta. Our cohort-based model means our engagement rates are 80-90% instead of the 5-10% from video-based learning. Maven's marketplace has 500+ expert-led cohort-based courses, 70K+ student alumni, and 700K+ registered users. Today, we're direct to consumer but eventually we'll offer certificate programs, MBA-like programs, and sell directly to businesses.

We are founder-led - our CEO, Gagan, co-founded Udemy, and our CTO, Shreyans, was the first engineer at Venmo. Our business grew over 100% last year. We've raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round, and a supportive network of industry angels and are on track for profitability.

As an Instructor Partnerships Manager at Maven, you’ll be responsible for bringing the next generation of high impact instructors onto the platform and guiding them all the way through to successful course launches. 

You’ll build and own a portfolio of high-potential creators, operators, and industry leaders, and be the driving force behind making Maven the number-one place for experts to teach online.

This is a highly entrepreneurial, fast-paced, relationship-driven role. You’ll be identifying promising instructors, pitching the Maven vision, advising them on the right course to build, and partnering with them through launch. You’ll shape our creator ecosystem from the ground up and help build the programs and systems that will eventually scale to thousands of instructors.

We’re looking for a self-starter who loves the chase as much as they love helping creators succeed. Someone who is energized by hitting ambitious goals, thrives in a fast-changing environment, and is deeply curious about what makes great instructors great.

You’ll report to the VP of Growth and work closely with our Product, Marketing, and Instructor Success teams.

Acquire High-Quality Instructors

• Build and manage a targeted pipeline across segments: operators, founders, creators, domain experts, and rising thought leaders.
• Source, pitch, and close new instructors, owning the full funnel from first outreach to start date of their first cohort.

Build and Maintain Deep Relationships

• Earn the trust of instructors through thoughtful guidance, strategic insight, and clear communication.
• Develop a strong point of view on what makes someone a great fit for Maven and act as an advisor they rely on.
• Become a recognizable presence in creator, tech, and business communities.

Guide Instructors Through Successful Launches

• Partner with instructors to refine their course positioning, shape their landing pages, and prepare for launch.
• Work closely with our internal teams to ensure instructors have the resources, tools, and support they need.
• Track performance and implement improvements to drive high instructor activation and success rates.

Own Strategy & Execution for Your Portfolio

• Use data to prioritize segments, refine outreach, and tighten your book of business.
• Hit and exceed acquisition, activation, and revenue targets.
• Provide insights back to product, marketing, and leadership that influence roadmap and strategy.

Plant Seeds for the Future

• Help design and iterate on acquisition programs and playbooks that can scale to thousands of instructors.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives that grow the instructor ecosystem and strengthen the Maven brand.
• Represent Maven in external conversations with creators, operators, and industry leaders.

About You

• A natural relationship-builder who loves talking to creators, operators, and founders.
• A strong closer with experience in partnerships, creator development, business development, or similar outbound-heavy roles.
• A self-starter who thrives with autonomy, embraces shifting priorities, and moves with urgency.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to zoom out and identify patterns, and zoom in to execute.
• Comfortable with data and using it to shape strategy, measure performance, and refine your book of business.
• Detail-oriented and operationally strong, capable of managing multiple deals, projects, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Experienced in a creator-facing environment (edtech, media, B2C platforms, communities, marketplaces, or startup ecosystems a plus).
• Passionate about helping experts share what they know and building a new model for professional education.
  

You’ll report to Mallory (VP, Growth) and work closely with our product, marketing, and instructor success teams.

Maven is a small, high-trust, high-ownership team. We move fast, write often, and bias toward action. Everyone is hands-on, from the founders to the newest hire. Expect direct feedback, collaborative thinking, and a culture that prizes clarity, impact, and creativity.

We are fully remote, with no-meeting Wednesdays and biannual company offsites. Join us to do the best work of your career, and help build the world’s most dynamic expert-led learning brand.

$135k-$175k in salary, with strong benefits, and early-stage equity.

Salary is open to review based on candidate experience; please apply if you know you’re a great candidate.