Venue Partner Manager

Timeleft

Timeleft

Paris, France

Posted on Apr 28, 2026

⌘About Timeleft

Timeleft is a social app that brings strangers together. We match people into groups of 6 and send them to restaurants, cafés, and bars for dinners, drinks, coffees, and runs. Every week, 150,000+ people use Timeleft across 200+ cities in 52 countries. We're 100 employees and growing fast.

Paris is our biggest city — 1,200+ people seated every week. It's also where we're reinventing how we work with restaurants, bars and coffee shops. That's where you come in.

⌘The role

You will build and own Timeleft's venue partnerships in Paris, establishing strong, long-term partnerships with restaurants, bars and coffeeshops.

This role sits at the intersection of business development and hospitality. You are responsible for sourcing and managing a high-quality network of venue partners, and making sure every dinner, drink, or gathering runs smoothly from a supply perspective.

You will work directly with venue owners and managers, building trust-based relationships that translate into reliable, recurring availability. At the same time, you will contribute to early-stage business development - identifying new formats, new partners, and new ways to grow the supply side of the network.

This is a hands-on, field-first role with real ownership of the local market.

⌘Key Responsibilities

Venue partnerships

  • Build and maintain relationships with partner venues and new prospects
  • Understand how each venue operates and where Timeleft events fit into their schedule and business
  • Negotiate availability, capacity, pricing, and format-specific setups
  • Act as the main point of contact for venue partners
  • Expand partnerships beyond a single format — additional nights, lunches, drinks, or private events
  • Monitor quality and consistency across experiences; flag and address issues quickly
  • Keep partner information and event details accurate and up to date

Business development & monetization

  • Own the commercial relationship with venue partners — this is not just coordination, it's a revenue function
  • Negotiate and close commercial agreements with new and existing partners
  • Handle objections, educate partners on the value of Timeleft traffic, and anchor the conversation in ROI
  • Feedback to the product and ops team what's needed to make the commercial model scalable (reporting, invoicing, data visibility)

⌘What you bring

Must-haves

  • Based locally, with ease moving across the city
  • Strong interpersonal skills and confidence in face-to-face conversations
  • Organized, reliable, and comfortable managing multiple moving parts at once
  • Experience in hospitality, events, or the restaurant world
  • Familiarity with the economics of running a restaurant or bar
  • Fluent in French; English for internal communication
  • High ownership — you follow through and don't wait to be told

Nice-to-haves

  • Existing network in the local hospitality or events scene
  • Experience in account management, partnerships, or event coordination
  • Comfort working with lightweight tools and keeping things documented

⌘What this role is not

  • A desk job — it requires presence in venues, in conversations, and in the field
  • A support role — you own your accounts and are responsible for outcomes

⌘What’s in it for you?

  • A front-row seat in an exciting, fast-growing start-up.
  • Employee stock options.
  • The opportunity to develop your position and responsibilities as Timeleft grows.
  • Take part in Timeleft dinners and see for yourself the impact we have on people's lives.
  • Help fight the loneliness epidemic in big cities.

⌘ Recruitment Process

  • Introduction Interview (30min): A conversation with Talent Acquisition Lead to discuss your experience, career goals, and how they align with our mission at Timeleft.
  • Take-Home Case Study: A short exercise designed to understand your thinking, approach, and how you would handle typical scenarios in the role.
  • Q&A Interview - (45min): A follow-up conversation with the Product Ops Lead to review your take-home, answer any remaining questions, and ensure strong mutual alignment.
  • Stakeholders Interview (30min) - An interview with VP Product to assess your product understanding and stakeholders management and communication skills.
  • Final interview (20min): Onsite interview with CEO to confirm IRL fit.