Platform Strategic Relationships Manager

Platform Strategic Relationships Manager

About the Job

Role: Platform Strategic Relationships Manager

Type: Full Time

Location: Boulder, CO. Required to be in office four days per week (Monday through Thursday) with one flex day on Friday. Occasional after-hours and weekend work will be required.

Start Date: Immediate

Compensation: $85k - 110k plus benefits

Job Description

Caruso Ventures is seeking a versatile and highly capable Platform and Strategic Relationships Manager to support relationship stewardship, program coordination, and platform visibility across Caruso Ventures’ and Dan Caruso’s cultural, philanthropic, and entrepreneurial initiatives.

This is not a narrow specialist role. As part of a small, fast-moving team, you will operate across initiatives and stakeholder groups, helping ensure clarity, continuity, and thoughtful follow-through. Some days you will be engaging directly with founders, executives, sponsors, and family members. Other days you will be supporting events, coordinating timelines, preparing materials, or advancing platform-related initiatives that depend on strong relationships and context.

The role works closely with internal leadership and external partners to maintain alignment across priorities and to ensure a consistent, professional experience for those engaging with the Caruso Ventures platform. Supporting and amplifying initiatives such as The Bear Roars podcast, the book Bandwidth, Engage Boulder, and marquee programs including Boulder Roots Music Fest and Sundance are within scope, alongside other relationship-driven efforts throughout the year.

The ideal candidate has a strong interest and aptitude to be a power user of ChatGPT, thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, exercises sound judgment in complex situations, and works comfortably across disciplines and audiences. Success in this role requires professionalism, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to manage nuanced relationships while keeping multiple initiatives moving forward.

Caruso Ventures, LLC is a growing, entrepreneurial organization operating as a single-family office. We invest across multiple asset classes, including venture capital and private equity, and support a broad range of cultural and philanthropic endeavors.

This role is well suited for an ambitious and curious individual seeking meaningful responsibility within a small team. The position offers close exposure to senior leaders, founders, and partners, along with ongoing opportunities for learning, perspective-building, and long-term professional growth.

Key Responsibilities

Relationship Coordination and Engagement

• Provide relationship coordination for the Boulder Roots Music Festival through structured interaction with founders, sponsors, and community partners.

• Sustain constructive engagement with Sundance Institute members to ensure continuity, thoughtful follow-through, and clear, coordinated communication.

• Coordinate with established partner organizations, including Roots Music Project, Outside Interactive, Downtown Boulder Partnership, and the City of Boulder, to support delivery of platform-aligned programming and experiences.

• Contribute to Engage Boulder and other emerging initiatives by facilitating relationship-based participation as programs are developed, introduced, and refined over time.

Program and Experience Support

• Coordinate event-related workstreams across the Caruso Ventures Family Office by aligning timelines, sequencing deliverables, and facilitating clear communication among involved parties.

• Provide logistical, communications, and on-site assistance for Boulder Roots Music Festival experiences in service of partners, guests, and sponsors.

• Assist with select Sundance programming and priority events through collaboration with Institute teams, internal colleagues, and external partners.

• Contribute to Engage Boulder initiatives through program-specific coordination, communications, and civic engagement efforts.

• Strengthen the quality and consistency of experiences through careful execution, timely information flow, and reliable follow-through that builds trust over time.

Platform, Content, and Brand Support

• Support platform communications related to affiliated events and initiatives, ensuring partners and stakeholders are represented clearly and thoughtfully across channels.

• Explore emerging event formats and AI-enabled tools that may enhance coordination, responsiveness, and relationship management.

• Contribute to consistent, values-aligned storytelling that strengthens the Caruso Ventures and Caruso Foundation platforms and reflects the depth of their relationships.

Research and Insights

• Monitor developments across Colorado’s social impact, technology, entrepreneurial, and political ecosystems.

• Surface relevant themes and insights that inform content development, program planning, and strategic perspective.

Cross-Office Contributions

• Contribute to projects across the office, including portfolio research, event support, and special initiatives.

• Assist with communications, operational coordination, and ad hoc priorities that advance Caruso Ventures’ mission.

• Serve as a reliable team member who ensures important opportunities and details are followed through.

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, marketing, or a related field
• One to three years of experience supporting content development, events, partnerships, or platform initiatives
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills across multiple formats, including digital, video, and short-form content
• Experience coordinating projects or events that involve multiple stakeholders, timelines, and moving parts
• Comfort working with senior partners, executives, or high-touch audiences in a professional and discreet manner
• Demonstrated interest in business, technology, social impact, and public affairs, particularly within Colorado

CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY TRAITS

• High integrity, sound judgment, and a strong respect for confidentiality
• Thoughtful problem-solving ability with the capacity to make well-reasoned decisions in dynamic environments
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy, organization, and quality of execution
• Ownership-oriented mindset, with accountability for outcomes and pride in doing work the right way
• Exceptionally organized with a strong memory, enabling reliable tracking of details, priorities, and follow-ups across multiple workstreams
• Ability to manage expectations clearly through proactive, professional internal communication
• Hands-on, resourceful, and solutions-focused, with a practical, figure-it-out approach
• Resilient and comfortable working alongside high-performing teams and senior stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills that build trust, credibility, and effective working relationships
• Dependable and responsive, with a consistent sense of urgency, follow-through, and results orientation
• Naturally outgoing and comfortable engaging new people, with the ability to quickly build rapport and navigate evolving relationships with ease