Senior Partnerships Manager

Empoweredis a community of social entrepreneur teachers, bringing the experiential, individualized, self-discovery teaching methodology to life in their classrooms. Their work leads to transformative learning experiences for their students. At scale, the Empowered community is a cultural movement driving bottom-up change throughout the key institution of education.

Empowered is part of the Stand Together philanthropic community.

This role is based in Wichita, Kansas.

• Develop individual team members through coaching, feedback, apprenticeship, and stretch opportunities that strengthen judgment, strategic thinking, and ownership.
• Build a high-performing Partnerships team by aligning talent to where individuals can create the most value, setting clear expectations and decision rights, and holding a high bar for contribution.
• Drive execution of the Partnerships vision, strategy, and priorities while building the business and market knowledge needed to evolve the capability and improve results.
• Translate organizational priorities into focused partnership strategies, using data, experimentation, and learning to prioritize where Partnerships can create the greatest value.

• Personally manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships and contribute to other partnership opportunities where your experience and perspective can add value.
• Develop partnerships grounded in clear mutual value and organizational priorities.
• Evaluate opportunities and make sound decisions about when to advance, deprioritize, or decline them.
• Bring knowledge from partners and the market back into Empowered to inform strategy, products, and new opportunities.

• Serve as an active member of Education Operations leadership, contributing to the success of the broader business unit—not only Partnerships.
• Bring a clear point of view, challenge assumptions, and help turn ambiguity into priorities and action.
• Identify opportunities for Education Operations capabilities to work together to create greater value for educators.

• 3+ years of experience developing talent, with a track record of strengthening the judgment, capabilities, and independence of direct reports.
• 2+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, external relations, or a similar relationship-driven function.
• Strong strategic judgment, with experience translating organizational priorities into strategy, decisions, and results.
• Experience building and managing complex relationships, influencing senior stakeholders, and negotiating toward mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, collaborate across teams, and move work forward.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across teams and levels of an organization.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

• Experience with Principle Based Management (PBM), including applying concepts such as decision rights, comparative advantage, opportunity cost, and knowledge seeking.
• Experience building or evolving a partnerships capability, portfolio, or strategy.
• Experience working in education or a mission-driven organization.

• Competitive benefits:
  Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful…