Head of Partnerships

Position: Head of Employer Partnerships

Job Title
:
Head of Employer Partnerships

Team
:
External Affairs

Location
:
Hybrid in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), Newark (NJ)

Employment Type
:
Full-time

FLSA Classification
:
Exempt

Start Date
:
Aug 2025

About Braven

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation. Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

About

The Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80, Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring the Head of Employer Partnerships. You will play a pivotal role in the organization's corporate fundraising, recruiting employees from our partners to volunteer, and opening up access to internship and job opportunities for our Fellows. You will be responsible for cultivating new prospective national employer partners, successfully managing high-stakes existing partnerships, and leading the Employer Partnerships team (6 full-time staff) to strong outcomes.

This role is on the External Affairs team and reports directly to the Chief External Affairs Officer.

What You'll Do Strategic Leadership & Growth (30%)

• Set and lead Braven's organisation-wide employer partnership strategy that enables employers to contribute 50% of our core model revenue and 50% of our volunteers, and helps us provide Fellows with access to relevant internship and job opportunities.
• Coordinate with internal subteams to align with program and revenue needs.
• Integrate employer partnership goals across the enterprise.
• Analyze partnership data to identify patterns and drive solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of new strategies and operations using product development and change management best practices.

Partnership Development & External Relations (40%)

• Manage a portfolio of high-stakes, shared-value relationships with national employer partners.
• Provide thought partnership to local teams in six regions.
• Prospect and cultivate new national partners and partners in expansion regions.
• Adapt our partnership approach to build a robust portfolio in the social impact and public sectors.
• Ensure Braven remains a leader in the field, raising Braven's brand through thought leadership, media, public speaking, and events.

Team Leadership & Talent Development (20%)

• Coach 6 team members to achieve professional growth and organisational goals.
• Foster a high-performance culture within the Employer Partnerships team.

Operational Excellence & Impact Measurement (10%)

• Oversee new systems and processes for data collection and progress monitoring.
• Ensure operational efficiency and continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5+ years leading corporate partnerships for a nonprofit or leading a corporate sales team.
• 5+ years managing teams to strong outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience.
• 3 - 5 years managing multi-million dollar corporate partnerships or sales.
• You're an entrepreneurial thinker who thrives in a fast-paced environment, even in moments of ambiguity and organisational change.
• You are able to communicate effectively through demonstrating exceptional written, verbal communication.
• You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others.
• You go after ambitious and measurable goals with action orientation and perseverance.
• You are a proactive and data-driven problem solver and decision-maker.
• You hold others accountable for their results, effectively integrating accountability for outcomes with care for the individual, one's own role in the outcome, and situational context.
• You're extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture.
• You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and managers.
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
• You exemplify Braven's core values.
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven's student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), Newark (NJ).
• Ability to travel 8-10 times per year for several days at a time.
• Ability to work after hours 5-7 nights per semester to support org-wide volunteer events as needed (Mock-Interview Night, etc), regional site…