Senior Manager, Innovation Lab
The ImPact
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $105,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Advance EO investment concepts from early-stage ideas to market-ready products through a disciplined innovation process, while managing a portfolio of concurrent initiatives with rigor and accountability
- Lead the innovation pipeline through the Assess, Validate, Prototype, Pilot, Launch pipeline, ensuring clear stage gates, accountability and go/no-go decisions
- Manage the Innovation Lab portfolio, overseeing timelines, workplans, deliverables, contractor and other external resources, and cross-project execution
- Design and pilot investable products, translating EO transaction and fund-level realities into investor-aligned structures
- Coordinate internal, advisor, and external partner inputs to scope pilots, oversee execution and synthesize learnings
- Surface risks, tradeoffs and recommendations through clear leadership briefings, decision memos, and investor- and funder-facing materials
- Serve as a market and investor-facing representative of the Innovation Lab, leading market validation and partnership assessment to ensure products are grounded in real investor demand and field realities
- Lead field and investor outreach, including structured diligence conversations with investors, fund managers, intermediaries, and advisors to test appetite and refine product designs
- Synthesize investor and partner feedback to directly inform product-market fit, fund structuring and capital stack design
- Assess, structure, and support strategic partnerships, from early exploration through pilot and launch
- Generate actionable insights that shape fund design, operating models and go-to-market strategies
- Build and refine financial models that underpin EO investment products or solutions, informing capital stack design, scenario analysis and investor-facing materials
- Develop fund-level and transaction-level models
- Design and analyze capital stacks, including scenario analysis across risk, return, leverage and catalytic capital dynamics
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in investing, private equity, private credit, structured finance or related fields, or financial services product development / management
- Ability to understand market dynamics and user needs—and translate those insights into well-scoped, investable products and solutions
- Ability to evaluate investment opportunities, build and interpret financial models and assess risk-return tradeoffs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with comfort engaging investors, fund managers and senior partners
- Experience translating complex financial concepts into clear insights and recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with consistency and judgment
- Preferred: Experience in impact investing, philanthropy, community development or economic justice
- Familiarity with employee ownership, small business finance or business transitions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingcapital stack designscenario analysisinvestment evaluationproduct developmentrisk assessmentmarket validationportfolio managementprototype developmentpilot execution
Soft Skills
communication skillsleadershiporganizational skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementprioritizationjudgmentsynthesis of feedbackcollaboration