<h2><strong>About the Organization</strong></h2> <p><strong>Short Summary</strong></p> <p>Pursuit is a pioneering AI-native organization building the nation's premier tech workforce pipeline to unlock lasting economic mobility for low-income and underrepresented communities.</p> <p><strong>Long Summary</strong></p> <p>For over a decade, Pursuit has unlocked economic mobility by propelling thousands of adults from low-income backgrounds into high-wage tech careers, taking average starting incomes from $17K to $94K and generating nearly $1B in lifetime wage gains. We've also pioneered the Pursuit Bond, an innovative outcomes-based financing model that aligns investor returns with long-term economic mobility, allowing us to scale impact in a financially sustainable way. Three-year retention runs at 92%, nearly 30 points above industry average. 97% of eligible Fellows get promoted. </p> <p>Now, as AI reshapes the global economy, Pursuit is pioneering the nation's premier AI-Native workforce pipeline. We are transforming how economic opportunity works at scale through a rigorous, full-funnel training model combining in-person collaborative learning, real-time curriculum adaptation, and deep employer integration. </p> <p>Powered by $23M in scale funding from organizations like Google, Anthropic, Adobe, Blackstone, Robin Hood and others, Pursuit is building a roadmap of growth to directly train thousands of more Americans and to build enduring workforce training solutions that can support the ecosystem at large. </p> <p><strong>About the Position</strong></p> <p>Pursuit is seeking a Chief Strategy and Growth Officer (CSGO) to serve as a pivotal architect of our next chapter of scale. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CSGO will help shape enterprise strategy, building a comprehensive roadmap for enterprise growth, expanding our proven core model to a broader population, and aggressively exploring, testing, and scaling new delivery and partnership models to support closing the AI skills gap at scale.</p> <p>The CSGO reports directly to the CEO and sits on Pursuit's senior leadership team. The role is designed to hold the organizational-level strategy that sits above functional execution. </p> <p><strong>Core Responsibilities </strong></p> <ul> <li>Serve as executive architect of multi-year enterprise strategy, working with the CEO and leadership team to establish growth targets, market-entry criteria, and strategic prioritization across core programs, venture partnerships, and earned revenue models.</li> <li>Lead the decision-making process with CEO and senior leaders for scaling strategy - designing robust selection frameworks, sustainable economic models, launch roadmaps, and governing go/no-go decision architecture.</li> <li>Direct a dynamic portfolio of strategic initiatives working with senior leaders across program and partnerships to design pilot programs, defining performance metrics, and support seamlessly transitioning validated models into permanent operational ownership.</li> <li>Architect the enterprise earned revenue strategy, defining high-margin commercial products, monetization structures, and strategic partner channels to fuel long-term financial sustainability.</li> <li>Partner closely with the CEO and senior leadership team to design evolving organizational topologies, executive team structures, and strategic sequencing to support rapid scaling.</li> <li>Collaborate with executive leadership to align multi-year capital deployment with enterprise growth priorities, establishing clear funding strategies and resource allocation frameworks.</li> <li>Drive commercial placement innovation in partnership with the VP of AI Talent Placement, establishing scalable B2B talent integration models with leading employers.</li> <li>Design, test, and execute rigorous trials, pilots, and experimental initiatives to pioneer new strategic pathways—defining market-entry criteria, ground-level success requirements, and target staffing models for launching commercial products, establishing new partnerships and entry into new geographic markets.</li> <li>Lead a team of several direct reports who will support with analysis and execution of strategic roadmap.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Who You'll Work With</strong></h3> <p>You will report to the Chief Executive Officer and be a key leader for the organization, helping shape future direction across every function Program, Go-To-Market Job Placement, Partnerships, Growth and Earned Revenue. You will directly manage a team of analysts, and directors of strategic initiatives.</p> <p><strong>Required Skills & Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>8-12+ years of executive experience leading commercial scaling and market penetration in fast-paced, high-growth companies or organizational environments.</li> <li>Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to unify product, sales, operations, and finance around shared growth targets.</li> <li>Experience designing go-to-market strategies and commercial product offerings that yield high margins and sustainable revenue streams.</li> <li>Mastery of systems thinking, KPI architecture, and multi-year roadmap design that translates audacious growth goals into sequenced, measurable, and testable operational bets.</li> <li>A history of structuring strategic corporate and enterprise partnerships that unlock new revenue channels and accelerate market adoption.</li> <li>Proven track record as a hands-on builder and operator who owns outcomes end-to-end,