Manager, Local Ecosystems

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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 builders across 120 cities to host Praxis experiences, including a new Praxis Course, Redemptive Imagination Tables, and three-day Labs. 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 builders, 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 120 cities across multiple continents, and in 2026 we are moving from training ecosystem builders to actively supporting the cultivation of the ecosystems they are in, assessing where each city is, resourcing them appropriately, and broadening access to our ecosystem building suite so that more people in more cities can begin hosting Praxis experiences in their communities. 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 builders 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 builders. 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 ecosystem builders 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 builder in Praxis' network actually is, and ensuring the right support reaches the right builders 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 ecosystem's health, activity, and trajectory. Own and maintain the City Ecosystem Airtable, the master record of every ecosystem builder in Praxis' network, including ecosystem health assessments, ecosystem builder profiles, activity history, and product engagement Lead discovery outreach to Praxis's existing network of trained ecosystem builders, building templates, tracking responses, and synthesizing qualitative notes into clean, usable records for the broader team Track ecosystem builder progression over time, including their engagem

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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.

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