Community Partnership Manager; CPM

Company Background

Dollaride is building the future of clean mobility — starting in the communities that need it most. As a New York State and New York City certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) based in Brooklyn, we electrify commuter van fleets in underserved urban areas through our EV-as-a-Service (EVaaS) model. Our platform combines electric vehicle leasing, charging infrastructure, fleet financing, and smart mobility software to create a seamless path toward zero-emissions transportation.

We're backed by top-tier government agencies and private investors and are proud to lead initiatives like New York State’s Clean Transit Access Program (CTAP), bringing sustainable mobility options to transit deserts. Our work sits at the intersection of environmental impact, transit equity, and economic opportunity — and we’re just getting started.

The Community Partnerships Manager (CPM) is Dollaride’s public face to community, workforce, and public-sector partners—and the engine behind partnership pathways that advance our mission and drive measurable business and revenue outcomes. You will lead mid-funnel partnership and business development efforts, coordinate and fund programs and pilots, and convert engagement into funded initiatives, operator success, and growth.

This role blends strategy and execution: you will steward critical relationships, run high-impact programs, and build partnership opportunities that expand economic mobility and accelerate Dollaride’s growth.

Note that while our team collaborates remotely, this is a boots-on-the-ground leadership role—based in Brooklyn and driving community engagement with partners across NYC.

• Cultivate and manage relationships across fleet operators, workforce partners, community-based organizations, and city/state agencies that translate into funded pilots, customer acquisition and revenue growth.
• Lead grant and RFP strategy — including opportunity scanning, concept development, teaming arrangement, and success criteria — to identify aligned funding pathways; support development of ensuing proposals.
• Represent Dollaride at community meetings, operator forums, and public events that foster trust, share progress, and generate insights for program and partnership growth.

• Develop Dollaride’s Community Engagement Roadmap — defining the strategy, framework, and tools for engaging operators, workforce partners, and community stakeholders to accelerate clean-mobility adoption.
• Launch and scale community-focused programs and workforce initiatives with partners (e.g., HOPE Program, BWI, Green City Force, RETI Center) with clear milestones and business-model KPIs.
• Lead program execution: scope alignment, stakeholder meetings, milestone tracking, and multi-funder compliance/reporting (NYSERDA, Empire State Development, Con Edison).

• Influence communication strategy to ensure alignment with engagement and partnership priorities.
• Develop stories, data points, and insights that highlight community impact and strengthen trust with public partners.
• Represent Dollaride at events and public forums as a credible ambassador for clean mobility and community wealth-building — gathering feedback and elevating visibility.

• 5–7 years in community partnerships, program management, or impact-oriented business development.
• Proven ability to build and sustain cross-sector partnerships (government, nonprofits, workforce, small businesses), especially those tied to funding or measurable business outcomes.
• Grant/RFP experience — leading, strategizing, or overseeing opportunity identification, proposal development, and funding success.
• Track record of designing, launching, and scaling community-focused programs, ideally in workforce development or public engagement.
• Strong familiarity with NYC’s community, nonprofit, and government landscape (highly preferred).

• Exceptional communicator — strong writing, public speaking, and ability to shape messaging across channels.
• Confident public representative able to engage…