Senior Director of Partnerships; Remote

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership:
  Serving as a thought-partner to the VP of Global Partnerships in working towards our organizational goals, including blue sky brainstorming and targeting strategic new partners
• Establishing charity: water as a thought leader in the partnerships space through conference speaking, industry publications, and innovative partnership models
• Partnering with leaders across the organization to innovate and develop new offerings, activations and campaigns that position charity: water as the best-in-class charitable brand partner
• Learning, studying, and becoming an expert on charity: water's programmatic work and the international WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) sector in general
• Pipeline Development & Revenue Growth:
  Leading the development and management of an end-to-end pipeline of corporate and foundation partners—from prospect to advocate/champion of both Water & Ops
• Building a corporate & institutional strategy that includes targeted approaches, key milestones and measurable KPIs
• Owning the long-term strategy and performance for multi-year and repeat partners, ensuring that we meet or exceed our annual revenue targets
• Partnership Execution:
  Leading complex partnership negotiations and closing transformational deals that establish charity: water as the preferred long-term strategic partner

• A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or similar
• 8-10+ years of corporate fundraising, new business cultivation or sales experience with a proven track record of revenue generation
• 6+ years working in brand/corporate partnerships or account management
• 5+ years of people management experience, overseeing and supporting a team of direct reports
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to represent the organization to senior-level partner stakeholders
• Exceptional writing skills and demonstrated excellence in drafting compelling proposals, grants and stewardship communications
• Strategic mindset and ability to connect our mission to larger goals and build compelling cases for support
• Acute attention to detail and ability to stay on top of critical deadlines

• Proven expertise with live event activations
• 5+ years marketing experience
• Experience effectively using Salesforce as a CRM tool
• A network of strong corporate relationships with marketing and CSR decision-makers

• Unlimited PTO
• Summer Fridays
• 6-week paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of employment
• Annual bonus potential through The Pool
• 401k plan + employer match
• Medical covered at 85% + Dental/Vision contributions
• FSA + dependent day care FSA
• Employer-paid life insurance, STD, LTD