SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

Vice President, Partner Relationships

New York, New York, United States · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$168k-$198kDetected 16 hours ago

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About the role

Ensure partnership strategies are aligned with program needs, participant outcomes, and broader organizational priorities in close collaboration with the EVP, Career & Alternative Investments and Chief Advancement Officer.
Set clear goals and expectations, monitor performance, and provide ongoing coaching and professional development.
Review partnership performance data and team insights to monitor progress against goals and inform decision-making.

Responsibilities

Title: Vice President, Partner Relationships
Own and drive performance against a $13M+ partnership portfolio across financial services, alternative investments, and corporate sectors, ensuring revenue targets are met through strong partner engagement and retention.
Identify opportunities to grow existing partnerships and support the development of new partnerships aligned with program goals.
Partner with the Executive Vice President, Career & Alternative Investments to work with Development team on new corporate partnerships and philanthropic support.
Lead and manage the Partnerships team, including Directors and Associate Directors across Partner Relationships and Business Development.
Build a collaborative, accountable team culture that balances strategic thinking with strong execution.
The Vice President, Partner Relationships serves as a senior leader within SEO Career & Alternative Investment department, responsible for driving partnership strategy, managing key external relationships, and leading a high-performing Partnerships team.
This role leads the day-to-day execution of partnership strategy-ensuring strong partner engagement, retention, and revenue performance.
This includes working closely with corporate partners across financial services, alternative investments, real estate, and other sectors to deliver talent pipelines and successful internship and full-time placement outcomes.
The Vice President, Partner Relationships will serve as a senior point of contact for select high-priority partners, while guiding the broader team in building and maintaining strong, long-term relationships.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
Results-Driven: Excellent track record of measurable outcomes and delivery of ambitious results.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to bring intellectual curiosity and practical implementation to both the Career and Alternative Investments department and broader SEO-wide opportunities.
Ability to cultivate strong external partnerships with senior level executives.
Excellent track record of measurable outcomes and delivery of ambitious results.
Ability to bring intellectual curiosity and practical implementation to both the Career and Alternative Investments department and broader SEO-wide opportunities.
Experience driving revenue with corporate partners and exposure to driving revenue with philanthropic foundations is a plus.
Passion for SEO: A deep curiosity and awareness of the barriers to entry and obstacles for career launch in Corporate America, and a dedication to closing opportunity gaps.
Relationship Building: Ability to cultivate strong external partnerships with senior level executives.
Results-Driven: Excellent track record of measurable outcomes and delivery of ambitious results. Ability to motivate and lead a positive and results-focused team culture.
Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills, intellectual depth, and professional presence are critical.
Team Leadership: Track record of building successful teams, developing initiatives from the ground-up or managing and leading teams through periods of meaningful change.
Organization: Adept at handling multiple and often competing priorities to meet results in a timely manner and efficient manner. Demonstrated attention to detail.
SEO offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plan including low-cost health, vision, and dental options, a generous holiday schedule and PTO policies, disability coverage, fully paid time off for new parents, and employer contributions to health reimbursement and retirement accounts. We are constantly working to improve our benefits each year based on the needs of our employees. We value wellness and strive to put people first and foremost.

Nice to have

Master's degree in business or in related fields highly preferred.
10-15 years of experience leading teams and programs/initiatives in the for-profit sector with exposure to non-profit a plus.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills, intellectual depth, and professional presence are critical.

Compensation

$168,000 - $197,600

Benefits

We are constantly working to improve our benefits each year based on the needs of our employees.
We value wellness and strive to put people first and foremost.
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Company info

At SEO we are committed to cultivating a team that embodies the backgrounds and experiences of the constituencies we serve and the communities we live in, and a workplace that reflects the impact we make in the world.

Equal opportunity

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V.
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