Watson Institute

Watson Institute

Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships

Colorado, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 36 days ago
Project ManagementExcelSAPSupply ChainLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Watson Institute's Alumni have been selected to Y Combinator, the Echoing Green Fellowship, and 11 have been named to Forbes' 30 under 30 lists.

Responsibilities

  • The primary mission of the Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships is to build and grow a portfolio of Watson Institute's corporate and foundation partnerships.
  • Partnership Building - 80%: Play a critical role in building and growing a portfolio of partnerships with corporations and foundations to create Fellowships powered by Watson Institute.
  • Write and design compelling, persuasive, tailored, and well-designed/visual impact updates for Watson Institute's top prospects and partners.
  • Participate and lead prospect and partner meetings including associated preparation, talking points during the meeting, diligent notes, timely and comprehensive follow-ups, and coordination with appropriate team members on action items.
  • Coordinate and strategically engage a complex map of stakeholders across each corporate and foundation partner.
  • Develop compelling concept notes, decks, and grant applications for prospects and partners.
  • These concept notes, decks, and grant applications should demonstrate both business impact (for the partner) and community impact (for the Fellows and their communities) in a strategic and nuanced way.
  • Design impactful points of 'business connectivity' that create connections across multiple teams and business goals within each corporate/foundation prospect and partner.
  • Special Projects - 20%: Serve as the Strategic Partnerships Lead for special projects that are critical to Watson Institute's corporate partnership strategy and growth.
  • Examples include conducting a landscape analysis for partners who are looking to bring their Fellowship to new markets and developing thought pieces/reports on current trends in corporate impact and community impact. *New responsibilities may develop as the position evolves.

Requirements

  • You enjoy spending time in the details with words, style, formatting, and talking points in order to make the most compelling product possible.
  • You are meticulous and have excellent organizational skills.
  • You are especially attuned to spotting mistakes or inconsistencies in writing and external communications.
  • You have a knack for project management and a love for work plans and checklists.
  • You cringe at missed steps and you are the first to identify a typo or formatting error.

Skills

  • 85% of Watson Institute Alumni use a skill they learned while in a Watson Institute-powered program up to 12 years later.
  • Alums continue their education at Harvard University, New York University, and Princeton University, among others.

Benefits

  • Collaborate with Watson Institute's Design Team on the monitoring, evaluation, and learning process and analysis to ensure impact metrics support partner expectations.

Company info

  • In order to thrive as the Associate

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