Full-Time

General Manager – Growth & Expansion

Fundraise Up

Fundraise Up

201-500 employees

Online fundraising platform for nonprofits

Compensation Overview

£310k - £330k/yr

+ OTE

London, UK

Remote

Category
Business & Strategy (2)
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Required Skills
Forecasting
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Executive leadership experience (10+ years) in General Management, Sales Leadership, or Business Operations within a high-growth environment.
  • Proven international track record, leading multi-market teams across Europe (APAC experience a plus).
  • Strong operator mindset with the ability to move between strategy and hands-on execution.
  • Deep commercial ownership, including experience with revenue targets, forecasting, and P&L management.
  • Data-driven decision maker with strong financial and operational acumen.
  • Experience in nonprofit SaaS, fintech, or adjacent sectors is beneficial but not required.
  • Fluency in another language is a strong plus.
Responsibilities
  • Define and execute the international growth strategy across Europe and emerging markets.
  • Identify, prioritise, and launch new markets, customer segments, and expansion opportunities.
  • Localise go-to-market strategies to ensure strong regional fit.
  • Lead and scale high-performing international GTM teams across Europe and beyond.
  • Build an accountable, aligned, and performance-driven regional organisation.
  • Provide clear direction, coaching, and executive-level leadership.
  • Own international revenue targets and performance against company growth goals.
  • Drive pipeline generation, forecasting discipline, and consistent execution across regions.
  • Lead initiatives across pricing, packaging, and market penetration.
  • Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to guide decision-making.
  • Partner with RevOps and Finance to improve forecasting accuracy and visibility.
  • Ensure operational rigour and scalable execution across markets.
  • Lead hiring, organisational design, and resource planning across international markets.
  • Ensure compliance with local regulations and business requirements.
  • Build and implement scalable processes aligned with global standards.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Finance, and People teams.
  • Act as the voice of international markets within global strategy discussions.
  • Ensure strong alignment between global and regional teams.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in nonprofit SaaS, fintech, or adjacent sectors is beneficial but not required.
  • Fluency in another language is a strong plus.

Fundraise Up provides an online fundraising platform for nonprofits to simplify the donation process and improve donor experience. Its product offers optimized donation forms and checkout experiences with analytics and testing tools to boost conversion, operated through a subscription model with optional transaction processing fees. The company differentiates itself by applying data-driven optimization and proven for-profit fundraising practices to the nonprofit sector, focusing on measurable results and smoother donor journeys. Its goal is to help nonprofits worldwide increase donations and fundraising effectiveness through a technology-driven, scalable platform.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$84.1M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Summit Partners led $70M growth investment in 2026 to enhance AI tools.
  • Serves 3,000+ organizations including UNICEF USA and Red Cross.
  • Donor Portal's Resume Donation boosts retention for lapsed supporters.

What critics are saying

  • DonorPerfect bundles CRM causing 20-30% mid-sized client churn.
  • Classy dominates 40% event fundraising volume in 6-12 months.
  • EU GDPR fines trigger 15-25% European revenue drop in 3-6 months.

What makes Fundraise Up unique

  • Fundraise Up applies e-commerce checkout to nonprofit donations since 2017.
  • AI predicts donor behavior for personalized recurring upgrades.
  • Multi-country subaccounts handle localized compliance like UK Gift Aid.

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Benefits

Paid Vacation

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

FSA Spending Account

Paid Parental Leave

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

0%
Business Wire
Jan 24th, 2025
Fundraise Up Secures $70 Million Growth Capital Investment Led by Summit Partners

Fundraise Up, a premier fundraising platform for nonprofits globally, today announced a minority growth investment led by Summit Partners with partici

Fundraise Up
Jan 16th, 2025
Skyrocket donor retention rates with the Donor Portal

To make it even easier for donors to re-engage when they're ready, Fundraiseup has introduced the "Resume Donation" button.

AlleyWatch
Jan 10th, 2025
Fundraise Up Raises $40M Venture Funding

Fundraise Up, a fundraising platform for non-profits, has raised $40M in venture funding led by Summit Partners. Founded by Anton Isaykin, Peter Byrnes, and Yuriy Smirnov in 2017, the company has now raised a total of $52.1M in reported equity funding.

Business Wire
Feb 3rd, 2022
Fundraise Up hires Lukas

Lukas joins Fundraise Up after more than a decade of experience in the technology space, helping companies scale their revenue operations while building a consultative and solutions-driven sales culture.

Business Wire
Jan 27th, 2022
Fundraise Up hires Ajay

Ajay joins Fundraise Up after more than 15 years of executive experience in the technology space, helping organizations establish and scale their customer success operations while providing clients with premier onboarding, training, enablement, and support.