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# Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Headout

- **Company:** Headout
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2025-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/headoutcareers/jobs/4614933006?gh_jid=4614933006

## Job description

🚀 Why Headout?

We’re a rocketship: 9-figure revenue, record growth, and profitable

With $200M+ in revenue, guests in 700+ cities, and 18 months of profitability, Headout is the fastest-growing marketplace in the travel industry, and we’re just getting started. We've raised $60M+ from top-tier investors and are building a durable company for the long term — because that's what our mission needs and deserves. We’re growing, profitable and nowhere near done.

## What we do is important

In an increasingly digital world, there is a desperate need to augment our human experience by getting us to interact with the real world around us and the people in it. At Headout, our mission is to be the easiest, fastest, and most delightful way to head out to a real-life experience — from immersive tours to museums to live events and everything in between.

Why now?

The foundation is strong. The opportunity ahead is even bigger. We’ve hit profitability, built momentum, and proven the model — but there’s so much more to build. If you’re looking to join a company where the trajectory is steep and your impact is real, this is the moment.

Our culture

Reinventing the travel industry isn't easy, but that's the fun part. We care deeply about ownership, craft, and impact, and we’re here to do the best work of our careers. We won’t pretend like it’s for everyone but if you’re a builder who loves solving tough problems, you’ll feel right at home.

👩‍💻The role

We are looking for our Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Key Accounts. Reporting directly to the Vice President - Growth & Strategy, you will be a senior and key member of the team working to acquire and scale our strategic partners. This role involves identifying, developing, and managing high-value partnerships that drive revenue growth and enhance our market presence. Through your existing networks and by making new connections, you are also expected to become one of the faces of Headout in the travel industry.

🤩What makes this role special?

- Commercial partnership development. Own your acquisition pipeline to proactively expand the Headout distribution network with new strategic partners. Prioritize your actions based on the impact the qualified leads have on the bottom line and brand awareness.
- Key account management. Manage and nurture relationships with key partners, build relationships  based on mutual trust. Take the initiative to provide partners with the right tools to skyrocket their performance.
- Performance Analysis and Optimization. You'll play a key role in monitoring partner performance and revenue generation. By analyzing data and trends, you'll develop strategic recommendations to enhance partner outcomes and drive additional revenue growth.
- Collaborative Impact and Brand Building. Work closely with regional teams to drive not only revenue growth but also to amplify our brand presence. By leveraging strategic partnerships, you'll enhance our brand awareness and solidify our positioning within the experiences industry.
- 0→1 ownership, 1→∞ impact. The blocks of the partnership's lifecycle are still being laid; you’ll define journey strategy, product inputs, and measurement - and then scale the wins.
- Drive. Build senior relationships and leverage your existing network for the benefit of the company and your team, being the face and the voice of Headout within industry forums. Analyze market trends and competitor activities to identify partnership opportunities.
- Collaborate.  You’ll work with a cross-functional team, including engineering, product, design, operations, finance, and marketing to build the distribution business.

🎯What skills do you need?

- Partnership Sales Experience. You come with 4-8 years of experience driving revenue growth through partnerships or B2B sales, ideally with mid-market or enterprise clients. Demonstrated ability to run full commercial cycles and close high-impact deals.
- Value-Driven Deal Making. You can craft partnership proposals that create clear business value for both sides. Ability to translate partner needs into commercial opportunities and scalable solutions.
- Go-to-Market Collaboration. You are comfortable working with product, supply, and marketing teams to bring partnerships to life, including integrations, content, and onboarding.
- Pipeline Ownership. You have proven ability to qualify, prioritize, and progress leads through structured sales processes. Familiar with CRM hygiene, forecasting, and performance tracking.
- Structured Problem Solving. You apply first principles thinking to design solutions in ambiguous contexts, especially in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments.
- Curiosity and Competitive Awareness. You proactively gather insights on competitors, market dynamics, and partner needs. Translates learnings into differentiated opportunities for Headout.

➕Bonus

- You have experience scaling sales or business development function in a startup.
- You thrive in fast-changing environments, adjust quickly, and maintain focus when priorities shift.
- You really understand the market’s pulse.

## EEO statement

At Headout, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the community at large. Headout provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. During the interview process, if you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact the recruiter assigned to your application or email us at life@headout.com.

Privacy policy

Please note that once you apply for this job profile your personal data will be retained for a period of one (1) year. Headout shall process this data for recruitment purposes only. Once the relevant job profile is filled or once the time period of one (1) year from the date of the job application has passed, whichever is later, Headout shall either delete your data or inform you that it shall keep it in its database for future roles. In compliance with the relevant privacy laws, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If you have any concerns or questions about the way Headout handle your data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer for more information.

## About Headout

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Headout is a global platform that connects people with real-life experiences, such as tours, activities, and events, by making them easy to discover, book, and enjoy.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: New York, USA (with major offices in Bengaluru, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Rome, and Barcelona)
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Varun Khona, Suren Sultania, and Aditya Kulkarni

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Online travel and experiences marketplace (tours, activities, attractions, events)
- **Target Customers**: B2C (leisure travelers and locals seeking experiences) and B2B (experience providers/operators)
- **Mission Statement**: To help people head out and experience the world, making meaningful experiences easier to find and impossible to forget.

## Products & Services
- **Headout Platform (Marketplace)**: A web and mobile platform allowing users to browse, compare, and book a wide range of travel experiences, including museum tickets, guided tours, theme park passes, cooking classes, and more in over 196 countries. It is a transactional marketplace (SaaS-enabled service).
- **Headout for Operators (B2B)**: Tools and software for local experience providers to manage inventory, pricing, and bookings, powered by AI.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **$200M+ in annual revenue** (not Gross Booking Value) as of 2024/2025, with the company having grown 8x post-Covid baseline.
- **Total Funding**: **$60M+** raised from investors including Glade Brook Capital, Version One, and others.
- **Notable Investors**: Glade Brook Capital Partners (lead investor in $30M round), Nexus Venture Partners, Version One Ventures, and others.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Served **50 million+ guests** globally, with 25 million of those in the last 4 years.
    - Achieved **PAT (Profit After Tax) profitability**, a key milestone indicating a self-sustaining growth engine.
    - Acquired **Dabble**, a Y Combinator-backed AI startup, to integrate AI into travel experiences search and discovery.
    - Featured as **America's Best Startup Employers (2024 & 2025)** by Forbes.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Global Reach**: Operates in 196+ countries with a massive inventory of experiences, giving it a strong network effect.
- **Post-Product-Market Fit & Profitability**: Unlike many high-growth startups, Headout has achieved profitability while still growing rapidly (8x to $200M+ revenue), demonstrating a sustainable business model.
- **AI-First Approach**: Actively building AI into operations, search, and personalization (evidenced by the Dabble acquisition and internal principle "If AI can, AI should"), setting it apart from traditional OTA aggregators.
- **Strong Brand & Employer Recognition**: Certified as a Great Place to Work in India, Germany, and the UK, and top-quartile Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS).

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Integration**: Deepening the use of AI to transform how users search for and book experiences, and to help operators manage their businesses more efficiently.
- **International Expansion**: Continuing to expand its global footprint from its strong base in India, Europe, and the Americas.
- **Category Expansion**: Adding new types of experiences and events to capture a larger share of the global travel and leisure market.
- **Sustaining Profitable Growth**: Maintaining its trajectory of high revenue growth while staying profitable.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Described as "Urgent by design, focused by default" with a strong emphasis on ownership ("Ownership is the job description") and craftsmanship ("Craft in all we do"). The company values optimism and building a global product.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company has 9 offices globally (Bengaluru, Paris, London, New York, etc.), suggesting a hybrid or office-flexible model, though specific remote policies are not detailed.
- **Perks & Benefits**:
    - **ESOPs**: Every employee is awarded stock options.
    - **Flexible Time-Off**: A flexible leave policy to support work-life balance.
    - **Health & Wellness**: Comprehensive health insurance and access to mental wellness therapists (for employees and up to two dependents).
    - **Learning Credits**: Dedicated budget for professional development.
    - **Headout Credits**: $500 worth of credits to use on the platform.
- **Engineering & AI Focus**: A strong emphasis on using AI ("If AI can, AI should") makes it an exciting place for engineers and product people interested in cutting-edge work.
- **Global Impact**: The opportunity to work on a product that touches nearly every country and serves 50 million+ users, from a team of 20+ nationalities.

## Sources
1. [Headout Careers Page](https://www.headout.com/careers/)
2. [Headout About Us](https://www.headout.com/about-us/)
3. [Headout Newsroom](https://www.headout.com/newsroom/)
4. [Headout Operating Principles](https://www.headout.com/careers/operating-principles/)
5. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/headout-com)

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