Manager, Local Ecosystems

About Praxis

Praxis began in 2011 with a desire to support and equip Christian entrepreneurs and has grown steadily into a 25+ person, NY-centric team advancing the redemptive quests of founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to address the major issues of our time. As a $12M+/year nonprofit with ambitious growth plans, we're expanding our venture-building work globally, organizing around the major issues of our time, and building media and more to activate the redemptive potential of Christians around the world. We see our team as the first carriers of the mission, building an organization that is great to work at, excellent in its craft, and redemptive in its finances as well as its programs.

About the Role

Our work operates across several interconnected areas: our Accelerator programs identify and form the most exceptional redemptive entrepreneurs in the US, Africa, and Asia-Pacific through intensive cohort experiences and long-term community; our Regional Gatherings bring together the top founders, funders, builders, thinkers, and creatives in a region to awaken their redemptive imagination; and our local ecosystems work trains and develops city ecosystem leaders across 120 cities to host Praxis experiences, including a new Praxis Course, Redemptive Imagination Tables, and three-day Labs. We are deepening our investment in the cities and regions most ready to become self-sustaining centers of redemptive entrepreneurship. Underlying all of our work is a conviction that human flourishing at scale is built through dense networks of formative friendships aimed at a common vision, and that conviction animates our Global Venture Building Ecosystem (GVBE) strategy. The GVBE team is responsible for building and sustaining that worldwide network of global, regional, and local redemptive entrepreneurship ecosystems. This is the team and the strategy you would be joining.

Praxis has spent years building a global network of city ecosystem leaders, people who carry a vision for redemptive entrepreneurship in their local context and have been trained to run Praxis experiences in their communities. That network now spans nearly 100 cities across multiple continents, and in 2026 we are moving from training leaders to actively developing the ecosystems they lead, assessing where each city actually is, resourcing them appropriately, and making deeper investments in the cities most ready to become self-sustaining centers of redemptive entrepreneurship.

The Manager, Local Ecosystems is based at Praxis' headquarters in New York City and reports to the Senior Director of Global Venture Ecosystems. This role helps build and manage the systems, communications, community management, and program execution that support city ecosystem leaders around the world, from the moment they're recruited and trained through their ongoing development as builders of local redemptive ecosystems.

This is a role that requires both operational precision and genuine warmth. The person in this seat will be a consistent point of contact for a global network of ecosystem leaders. They will manage the infrastructure that serves them, write the communications that keep them connected, support the training experiences that form them, and track the data that helps Praxis understand where to invest next. They will work closely with senior team members on the project management and execution of deeper city investments, ensuring that the most strategic relationships are well-supported even when the relationship itself is held by others.

We're looking for someone who is an operator at heart but genuinely loves community, someone who finds meaning in building the systems that make other people's work possible, and who brings warmth and care to every touchpoint with the leaders they serve.

We should note that this role requires someone with a great attitude. We're looking for someone who brings steadiness and warmth, especially when managing a high volume of relationships and moving parts simultaneously.

 

Key Areas of Responsibility

City Ecosystem Engagement & Pipeline Management // ~30%

At the heart of this role is a responsibility that is equal parts relational and operational: understanding where each city in Praxis' network actually is, and ensuring the right support reaches the right leaders at the right time. Praxis' network spans nearly 100 cities globally, and the work of developing those ecosystems requires a clear, continuously updated picture of each city's health, activity, and trajectory.

• Own and maintain the City Ecosystem Airtable, the master record of every city in Praxis' network, including ecosystem health assessments, leader profiles, activity history, and tiering status
• Support the coordination of city assessment outreach, building templates, tracking responses, and synthesizing qualitative notes into clean, usable records for the broader team
• Manage the tiering and resourcing logic that determines what support each city receives, maintaining clear criteria and ensuring the right interventions reach the right cities at the right time
• Track city progression over time, from initial activation through growing activity to mature ecosystem status, surfacing patterns and trends that inform team strategy
• Track and support the development of local partnership frameworks in key regions, including assessing partner readiness, documenting partnership terms and expectations, and supporting senior team members in managing active partnership relationships.
• Support the ongoing development and refinement of city readiness criteria, including the benchmarks that determine when a city or partner is ready for deeper investment, an accelerator launch, or a change in tiering status.
• Build and maintain the Airtable infrastructure that powers the city pipeline, ensuring data is clean, consistent, and visible across the team
• Coordinate the project management of deeper city investments, supporting senior team members with scheduling, documentation, follow-up tracking, and progress visibility across the most strategically important cities in the network
• Monitor engagement signals across the network, including event activity, comms responsiveness, and leader outreach, and proactively flag cities that may need additional attention or intervention

Ecosystem Builder Training Support & Management // ~25%

Praxis' ecosystem builder training experiences are among the most formative things we offer, and the quality of those experiences depends on end-to-end operational excellence. This role owns the full lifecycle of training delivery: from recruiting the right cohort, to designing a logistically excellent experience, to following up in ways that set leaders up for success in their cities.

• Own end-to-end operational planning and execution for ecosystem builder training experiences, working closely with the global events team to ensure every logistical detail is handled with excellence
• Manage the recruiting pipeline for training cohorts, including identifying candidates, managing communications, tracking funnel progress, and ensuring cohorts are filled with the right people. This includes proactive outreach in cities and regions where Praxis currently lacks ecosystem representation, working to expand the network's geographic breadth over time
• Support the development and iteration of training curriculum that reflects Praxis's foundational principles, including decisions around modular vs. intensive delivery formats, in coordination with senior team members.
• Track and support the development of local partnership frameworks in key regions, including assessing partner readiness, documenting partnership terms and expectations, and supporting senior team members in managing active partnership relationships.
• Draft and send all training-related communications, from initial outreach and acceptance through pre-training logistics, onboarding materials, and post-training follow-up
• Design and maintain the support infrastructure that follows training, ensuring leaders leave with what they need to activate their cities and remain connected to Praxis in the months that follow
• Develop and iterate on training playbooks, run-of-show documents, and operational checklists that allow the experience to be delivered consistently and at a growing scale
• Coordinate with the global events team on venue, logistics, and production, serving as the primary operational point of contact for training experiences within the broader events calendar

Community Management & Ongoing Leader Support // ~20%

Between training events and gatherings, this role is Praxis' consistent presence for city ecosystem leaders. The health of the network depends not just on the quality of the experiences Praxis runs, but on the quality of the ongoing relationship, including the quarterly calls, the newsletters, the check-ins, and the responsive support that makes leaders feel seen, equipped, and connected.

• Own the full rhythm of ongoing community engagement for active ecosystem leaders, including quarterly check-in calls, newsletters, and other touchpoints that keep the network informed, inspired, and connected
• Facilitate or co-facilitate quarterly calls across multiple time zones, preparing scripts, discussion guides, and follow-up materials for each session
• Write and produce the Labs newsletter and other regular communications to ecosystem leaders, maintaining Praxis' voice and ensuring content is relevant, timely, and useful
• Serve as the first point of contact for ecosystem leaders with operational questions, platform issues, or support needs, troubleshooting proactively and following up to ensure resolution
• Build and maintain a growing knowledge base of common questions, regional issues, and support resources that reduces friction for leaders and scales the support function over time
• Track engagement across the community, including call attendance, newsletter open rates, and leader responsiveness, and use that data to improve the rhythm and quality of ongoing touchpoints

Platform & Product Development Support // ~15%

Praxis' ecosystem platform is the digital home for the products and experiences that city leaders run in their communities. This role owns the operational relationship with the platform, working with external development partners to ensure it continues to evolve in ways that serve leaders well, and exploring new tools and approaches that make delivery more seamless and scalable.

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for Praxis' external platform development partners, managing the project cadence, surfacing user feedback, and ensuring development priorities stay aligned with what leaders actually need
• Gather and synthesize feedback from ecosystem leaders on their platform experience, translating it into clear, actionable inputs for the development team
• Identify and evaluate AI tools and workflow improvements that could reduce friction in platform management, content delivery, and leader support
• Maintain platform documentation and user guides, ensuring leaders can navigate the platform independently and that onboarding new users is straightforward
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure the platform reflects current program design, updated resources, and evolving ecosystem needs

Marketing & Communications // ~10%

Recruiting the right ecosystem leaders requires more than outreach. It requires a compelling, well-timed communications strategy that builds awareness of the Labs program, generates interest from submissions, and converts interested leaders into trained, active members of the network. This role means that communications work end-to-end, writing copy and coordinating with Praxis' media team to bring it to life.

• Own the marketing and communications strategy for ecosystem builder recruiting each season, developing a plan that covers channels, timing, messaging, and targets
• Write all recruiting-facing copy, including emails, interest form landing pages, social content, and program descriptions, in Praxis' voice and to Praxis' standards of quality
• Coordinate with Praxis' media team to develop assets that support the recruiting strategy, including video content, testimonials, and story-driven materials that communicate the value of becoming a Praxis ecosystem leader
• Maintain and improve the interest form and application experience, ensuring the funnel from awareness to submission is clear, compelling, and well-tracked
• Track recruiting funnel performance, including awareness, interest form submissions, and conversion rates, and use that data to improve the strategy each cycle

 

Who You Are

• An operator who loves community: You find genuine satisfaction in building the systems that make other people's work possible, and you care about the people those systems serve. The ecosystem leaders you support aren't abstractions to you; they're real people doing meaningful work, and you bring warmth and attentiveness to every interaction.
• A systems builder: You don't just execute processes, you improve them. You document what you build, train others on how to use it, and proactively identify where workflows are creating friction. Your project management spaces are clean, your follow-ups are timely, and your checklists are complete, because you genuinely care about the craft of getting things right.
• A strong writer: You understand that communications are not administrative work — they are a craft. You write clearly and warmly in an organizational voice, and you bring care and precision to everything from a quarterly newsletter to a recruiting email sequence.
• Steady under pressure: You manage a high volume of relationships and moving parts without letting things slip, and you bring calm rather than stress to the work. The people around you, and the leaders you serve, feel well-supported because of how you show up.
• Globally curious: You're energized by the diversity of contexts Praxis works in, from Nairobi to Singapore to cities across the US, and you bring sensitivity and creativity to how you support leaders across very different cultural and geographic settings.
• Eager to be embedded: You're excited about joining a mission-driven team and investing in a deep understanding of how Praxis works and what it stands for. You want to be part of the culture, not just adjacent to it.
• Mission-aligned: You're drawn to Praxis' vision of redemptive entrepreneurship and want your operational excellence to serve something meaningful.

 

Critical Competencies

• Engage with the Praxis team and community as a student and growing practitioner of redemptive entrepreneurship. Protect and embody the Praxis voice and ethos in all external-facing communications and interactions.
• Demonstrated experience owning a community management or ongoing engagement function, including regular touchpoints, communications, and direct support for a distributed network of people
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to write in an organizational voice across a range of formats, including newsletters, recruiting copy, logistics communications, and program materials
• Strong program or project management experience, including end-to-end ownership of multi-stakeholder experiences with significant logistical complexity
• Proficiency in Airtable or similar data management tools, with strong data hygiene habits and an instinct for building clean, scalable systems
• Experience managing vendor or contractor relationships, including product or platform development partners
• Strong process documentation and systems thinking skills, with comfort building playbooks, templates, and operational infrastructure from the ground up
• Comfort working with an international network of partners and leaders across multiple time zones and cultural contexts
• A genuine curiosity for how AI tools can reduce friction in high-volume work, including community management, pipeline tracking, communications, and platform support, so that more energy goes toward the work that requires a human touch
• Self-starter who takes ownership, flags blockers early, and executes with minimal oversight
• Experience with or eagerness to master the Praxis tool stack: Airtable, Asana, Zapier, Mixmax, Slack, Typeform, Dropbox, Keynote, and Google Suite

 

Additional Details

Location: New York, NY — Praxis Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. This is an in-office role.

Travel: Since this role is heavily dependent on our global work, you will be expected to travel for all of our events on-continent as well as to domestic Praxis Team events (estimated 4-6 trips per year).

This year, that includes:

• May 17th–22nd — Praxis Summit in Napa Valley, CA
• June 16th–18th — Praxis Team Gathering, Portland, OR
• Oct 25th–30th — Africa Regional Gathering & Accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya
• Nov 15th–20th — APAC Regional Gathering & Accelerator in Singapore

In future years, the forecasted calendar is as follows:

• May 2027 — Praxis Summit in Napa Valley (4 days)
• October 2027 — Africa Accelerator Kickoff (6 days)
• November 2027 — Singapore Accelerator Kickoff (6 days)
• January 2028 — Africa Regional Gathering (4 days) & Singapore Regional Gathering (4 days)

In addition to the events above, Praxis holds quarterly team gatherings, of which attendance is required. These are often in NYC, though periodically take place in others locations.

All travel expenses covered by Praxis.

Reports to: Senior Director, Global Venture Ecosystems

Type: Full-time Employee

Compensation:

• Range: $85k - $100k based on experience and location (HQ-based candidates are paid more).
• For all Praxis roles, we are open to candidates who are 'outside of range'. That is to say, growth-minded applicants at an earlier stage of career and comp, or candidates with experience above the highest end of the job description and compensation range, are welcome & encouraged to apply.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits including fully paid health insurance for families
• 5% matching 401k
• Flexible vacation policy

 

Cultural Alignment

Praxis finds its theological identity most clearly stated in the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and the Cape Town Commitment (2010). All Praxis staff and program participants are asked to affirm The Apostles' Creed as a statement of their own beliefs. The ideal candidate will demonstrate alignment with the above, as well as our mission to advance redemptive entrepreneurship. We're seeking a leader who combines operational excellence with a spirit of humility and service, contributing to our vision of building an organization that embodies redemptive principles in all aspects of its work and culture, which includes shared rhythms such as daily team prayer and a company-wide weekly Sabbath, as detailed in our Rule of Life for Redemptive Entrepreneurs (rule.praxislabs.org).