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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