Sr. Community Manager

ABOUT TAEKUS Taekus is a premium financial services company built for the affluent traveler. We offer core banking products (checking accounts, debit and credit cards) alongside a proprietary award travel booking engine that automates the search and booking of award flights with partner airlines using Taekus points. We've been operating for 6 years as a lean, profitable team of 25. We process $4B+ in yearly transactions, generate $120M+ in annual revenue, and growing 2-3x yearly. We're ready to scale, and community is at the center of that. THE ROLE We're looking for a Sr. Community Manager to build and lead an engaged community of creators, influencers, and brand ambassadors around Taekus. This isn't a content-calendar or social-scheduling role. It's about people. You'll recruit the right voices, cultivate real relationships, and turn an audience into a community that shows up, participates, and advocates. You know how modern communities actually grow, and you understand how creators and affiliate partnerships create value on both sides. WHAT YOU'LL OWN - Recruit and grow the community. Bring in creators, influencers, and brand ambassadors across travel, premium lifestyle, and rewards. Cultivate and manage relationships over time. Keep members engaged, valued, and active. - Build and run the ambassador and affiliate program. Structure partnerships that create value for both the creator and Taekus. - Create programming and experiences. From dinners and meetups to AMAs, member spotlights, and Taekus-branded events, online and offline. - Stay close to the ecosystem. Track trends, creators, and conversations across travel and rewards, and bring insights back to Marketing, Product, and Leadership. - Help shape our voice in the community. Keep it authentic, credible, and true to an understated, access-first brand. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Required: - 3 to 5 years building and managing engaged online communities. - A social and digital background, with real instinct for how communities grow and stay active. This is cultivation, not content calendars. - Understanding of social affiliate and creator marketing: how partnerships get structured, tracked, and turned into growth. - Fluent in all things social and travel with deep understanding of points bookings. - Entrepreneurial, and comfortable building something from the ground up. Valuable: - An existing network of creators, influencers, or community leaders across travel, lifestyle, finance, or rewards. - Experience creating content for social media, podcasts, newsletters, YouTube, or other community-driven channels. - Experience organizing meetups, dinners, events, or conferences. - A personal following or reputation in the travel, points, or creator space. - Experience with financial services, fintech, travel, loyalty, or hospitality brands. WHY TAEKUS - Real ownership over community building, not just execution. - Profitable and growing with no runway anxiety. - Remote-first; hubs in Chicago and the Bay Area. - A team of travelers who actually use the product. - Company offsites twice a year. - Competitive compensation + benefits.