Principal, Founder Partnerships - Strategic Initiatives

Full-time

London, United Kingdom In office, Hybrid or Remote

GoGorilla is the world's first performance marketing company built on financial technology. We've engineered a platform that hardwires client objectives into every campaign, ensuring transparent, auditable results that traditional agencies can't match. When our clients win, you win. You'll join a high-performance London team where your commercial impact directly shapes your career trajectory and financial rewards.

As Principal, you will be responsible for leading our most strategic initiatives within the founder ecosystem. You will identify and execute on new opportunities to build our brand, drive new business, and create long-term value. This is a highly strategic, entrepreneurial role where you will be a key architect of our founder partnership strategy.

Day-to-day, you'll be incubating new partnership channels, launching new products and services for founders, and leading our most complex and high-value founder relationships. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and a deep understanding of the start-up and venture capital landscape.

This is a senior leadership role available in-office (London), hybrid, or fully remote. For in-office, expect to be in our central London office 3-4 days a week for strategic collaboration. A high degree of flexibility is offered for high performers who consistently deliver against strategic objectives. Time tracking is not required for this role.

You'll own the strategic development of our founder partnership ecosystem and startup engagement initiatives. Your leadership will shape how GoGorilla becomes the go-to performance marketing partner for high-growth companies, with authority to drive strategic initiatives across accelerators, incubators, and founder networks. This role offers significant equity participation and the opportunity to establish industry-leading founder engagement capabilities that drive sustainable competitive advantage.

You'll drive innovation in founder partnership models while mentoring senior team members and contributing to our overall growth strategy. Clear progression opportunities exist to the Head of Founder Partnerships and senior executive roles.

Identify and execute on new strategic initiatives within the founder ecosystem, such as developing innovative partnership programmes, creating new channels for founder engagement, or establishing strategic alliances with key ecosystem players.

Lead our most complex and high-value founder relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to the CEOs of our most important portfolio companies.

Incubate new partnership channels, such as building relationships with corporate venture arms, family offices, and other non-traditional sources of capital.

Work with our product and engineering teams to develop new products and services that meet the needs of high-growth founders.

Represent GoGorilla at the most senior levels at global industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities.

Act as a key spokesperson for GoGorilla on the topic of founder success and strategic partnerships.

Provide regular reporting on your strategic initiatives to the CEO and the executive team.

Extensive experience in venture capital, corporate development, or a senior strategic role within a high-growth technology company.

A deep understanding of the global start-up and venture capital ecosystem, with a strong network of contacts at the most senior levels.

A proven track record of identifying and executing on new strategic initiatives, with a strong bias for action and a results-driven mindset.

Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex and ambiguous situations.

Right to work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship.

A visionary, entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building new things.

You prefer optimising existing programmes over building new ones from scratch.

You are not comfortable with a role that involves a high degree of ambiguity and a need to create your own roadmap.

You are not interested in a senior leadership role that involves a high degree of strategic thinking and long-term planning.

You are not a natural relationship builder who enjoys working with senior executives and entrepreneurs.

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