Senior Manager – Strategic Partnerships

CookUnity

Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships at CookUnity managing strategic partnerships to empower chefs. Owning partnerships post-launch and driving their growth through cross-functional collaboration.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own full P&L responsibility for the partnership post-launch, including revenue, margin, and growth targets.
Serve as the primary day-to-day relationship owner with the external partner’s key points of contact across commercial, operational, and executive levels.
Define and execute the post-launch growth roadmap — identifying opportunities to expand scope, volume, geographies, product offerings, or commercial terms over time.
Translate partnership goals into quarterly and annual operating plans, with clear KPIs, forecasts, and performance dashboards.
Orchestrate internal cross-functional teams (product, operations, supply chain, marketing, finance, customer experience, legal) to deliver on partnership commitments and SLAs.
Lead regular business reviews (weekly, monthly, QBRs) with the external partner, including agenda setting, performance reporting, issue resolution, and strategic planning.
Proactively identify and resolve operational issues that could put partnership performance or the partner relationship at risk.
Surface insights and feedback from the partnership back into CookUnity’s product, operations, and commercial roadmaps.
Negotiate and manage commercial amendments, renewals, and expansions in partnership with legal and finance.
Build the internal reporting cadence and executive narrative around the partnership’s performance and strategic value.
Represent CookUnity in external meetings, on-sites, and industry events tied to the partnership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, partner/account management, business development, consulting, business analytics, or general management roles with P&L ownership.
Proven track record of owning and growing a complex commercial relationship or business line, ideally post-launch or post-deal.
Strong commercial and analytical acumen — comfortable owning a P&L, building forecasts, and using data to drive decisions.
Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills; able to influence without authority and align product, ops, marketing, and finance around shared outcomes.
Outstanding relationship management and executive communication skills, including experience as the face of a business to senior external stakeholders.
Operator’s mindset: willing to get into the details, unblock issues, and build the plane while flying it.
Experience in food, CPG, marketplaces, retail, hospitality, or other operationally complex industries is a plus.
Entrepreneurial and adaptable to evolving partnership dynamics and shifting priorities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

🩺 Health Insurance coverage
🌅 401k Plan
📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
🌟 Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus
⛱ Unlimited PTO
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
🐣 Paid Family leave
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
🥘 A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly
🤖 AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.
🧘🏽‍♀️ Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
👩🏾‍🏫 Personalized Spanish coach
🚀 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!

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Hard Skills & Tools

P&L managementbusiness developmentbusiness analyticsforecastingperformance reportingdata-driven decision makingnegotiationcommercial amendmentsoperational issue resolutionKPI development

Soft Skills

cross-functional leadershiprelationship managementexecutive communicationinfluence without authorityadaptabilityentrepreneurial mindsetproblem-solvingstrategic planninginsight generationdetail-oriented