Job description
Position Title: Director, Global Strategic Partnerships
Location: Washington DC Area (possibility for remote U.S. based)
Department: Global Strategic Partnerships
Reports to: Senior Director, Global Strategic Partnerships
Position Summary:
Want to be a critical player in leading the world’s top brands in support of our Movement? Come join our team! Special Olympics International (SOI) seeks to form mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships with corporations that can offer reach and revenue to support the brand and its organizational priorities. Based on the Global Strategic Partnerships team, this position will assist in
managing and growing existing global corporate partnerships, improve communications across the US region, and provide operational support including asset development and general systems improvement for the team.
- Design and execute an annual development strategy to secure and generate funds toward the corporate team’s overall revenue goal via strategic stewardship of current partnerships and identifying new business opportunities, where applicable
- Helps to lead internal operations to improve team efficiencies including but not limited to developing and expanding current marketing efforts, leading asset mapping across programmatic teams and oversight of partner benefits
- Lead senior-level presentations/direct solicitations on behalf of SOI
- Prepare statements of work, presentations/proposals and other requests to solicit financial support along with budget relieving in-kind donations
- Road warrior mentality with travel expected to be about 20%
- Bachelor’s Degree and at least 7-10 years of demonstrated success and experience in corporate partnership sales
- Experience working with a variety of international corporate-based divisions including, but not limited to foundations, marketing, CSR and sponsorship divisions
- Demonstrated ability to identify donors and cultivate deep relationships leading to substantial commitments with an exceptional ability to close deals
- Demonstrated success driving revenue growth in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Fluency with Salesforce and all Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Empathetic with a commitment to collaboration and fostering a sense of team comradery
- Champions team growth and leads with a can-do approach
- High energy, playful, sense of humor and passion for SOI’s mission is essential
- An established network of corporate leaders and influencers to begin sharing campaign concepts for consideration and/or introductions to target prospects
- Working knowledge and background of federated non-profit organizational structures
- Fluency in English with other languages a plus
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