Senior Program Manager

Summary

Join Mercury's Raise team as a Senior Program Manager and lead the design and execution of impactful programs supporting early-stage founders in their fundraising journeys. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, build partnerships, and analyze program outcomes to continuously improve support. This role requires deep understanding of early-stage fundraising and experience working with founders and investors. You will be responsible for creating resources, guides, and tools to help founders navigate fundraising, and for tracking and analyzing program impact. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong ownership, a bias for action, and excellent communication skills. Mercury offers a competitive total rewards package including base salary, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years of experience working with founders, operators, investors, or in startup support ecosystems (e.g., accelerators, VC, startup platforms)
• Deeply understand how fundraising works for early-stage companies — from pre-seed through Series A
• Be a self-starter with a strong sense of ownership, a bias toward action, and the ability to independently lead programs from scratch
• Be both systems-minded and founder-empathetic: able to design for scale while staying grounded in the real needs of real people
• Be detail-oriented, organized, and effective at managing multiple initiatives at once
• Be creative — excited to experiment, prototype, and build with agility
• Be an excellent communicator, collaborator, and relationship-builder across functions and ecosystems
• Care about building an inclusive startup ecosystem and supporting underestimated founders

Responsibilities

• Own and grow our fundraising support programs — from ideation to launch to iteration — with a focus on scale, quality, and impact
• Design resources, guides, tools, and templates that help founders navigate every phase of fundraising
• Collaborate cross-functionally with content, design, events, and product teams to bring founder-facing experiences to life
• Build and maintain partnerships with VCs, accelerators, and ecosystem players to drive opportunity and visibility for founders
• Identify and prioritize needs across founder segments (e.g., first-time founders, underestimated founders, solo founders) and tailor support accordingly
• Track and analyze outcomes, measuring both engagement and impact, to continuously improve programs
• Contribute to storytelling and content that makes the fundraising process feel more transparent, human, and achievable
• Stay close to the early-stage founder journey, actively surfacing insights to inform Mercury’s broader strategy

Preferred Qualifications

Have experience in content creation, community-building, or founder education

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits