Head of Employer Partnerships

Job Title: Head of Employer Partnerships Team: External Affairs Location: Hybrid in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), reputed company (NY), Newark (NJ) Employment Type: Full-time FLSA Classification: Exempt Start Date: Aug 2025 About reputed company reputed company is a national nonprofit that prepares promising reputed company to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for reputed company followed by support that lasts through graduation. Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

About the Role

In order to reputed company its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, reputed company is hiring the Head of Employer Partnerships. You will play a pivotal role in the organization’s corporate fundraising, recruiting employees from our partners to volunteer, and opening up access to internship and job opportunities for our Fellows. You will be responsible for cultivating new prospective national employer partners, successfully managing high stakes existing partnerships, and leading the Employer Partnerships team (6 full-time staff) to strong outcomes. This role is on the External Affairs team and reports directly to the Chief External Affairs Officer. What You’ll Do Strategic Leadership & Growth (30%)

• Set and reputed company on reputed company’s org-wide employer partnership strategy that enables employers to contribute 50% of our core model reputed company and 50% of our volunteers, and helps us provide Fellows with access to relevant internship and job opportunities.
• Coordinate with internal subteams to align with program and reputed company needs.
• Integrate employer partnership goals across the enterprise.
• Analyze partnership data to identify patterns and drive solutions.
• reputed company the design and implementation of new strategies and operations using product development and change management best practices.

Partnership Development & External Relations (40%)

• Manage a portfolio of high-stakes, shared-value relationships with national employer partners.
• Provide thought partnership to local teams in six regions.
• Prospect and cultivate new national partners and partners in expansion regions.
• Adapt our partnership approach to build a robust portfolio in the social impact and public sectors.
• Ensure reputed company remains a leader in the field, raising reputed company’s brand through thought leadership, media, public speaking, and events.

Team Leadership & Talent Development (20%)

• Coach 6 team members to reputed company professional growth and organizational goals.
• Foster a high-performance culture reputed company the Employer Partnerships team.

Operational Excellence & Impact Measurement (10%)

• reputed company new systems and processes for data collection and reputed company monitoring.
• Ensure operational efficiency and reputed company improvement through data-driven decision-making.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years leading corporate partnerships for a nonprofit or leading a corporate sales team
• 5+ years managing teams to strong outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience
• 3 - 5 years managing multi-million dollar corporate partnerships or sales
• You’re an entrepreneurial thinker who thrives in a fast-paced environment, even in moments of ambiguity and organizational change
• You are able to communicate effectively through demonstrating exceptional written, verbal communication
• You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others
• You go after ambitious and measurable goals with action orientation and perseverance
• You are a proactive and data-driven problem solver and decision-maker
• You hold others accountable for their results, effectively integrating accountability for outcomes with care for the individual, one’s own role in the outcome, and situational context
• You’re extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture.
• You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and managers.
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to reputed company others.
• You exemplify reputed company’s core values
• Your experiences have informed your belief in reputed company’s mission and have reputed company you to work with, or for, reputed company’s student Fellow population

Please know that no one reputed company meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply. Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), reputed company (NY), Newark (NJ)
• Ability to travel 8-10 times per year for several days at a time.
• Ability to work after hours ~5-7 nights per semester to support org-wide volunteer events as needed (Mock-Interview Night, etc), regional site visits, or other stakeholder engagement events.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• reputed company doesn’t offer employment reputed company sponsorship

Application & Interview Process While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Performance Task
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Reference Checks

Compensation and Benefits reputed company offers competitive reputed company salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We reputed company in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, reputed company does not negotiate salary offers; instead, each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. New hires can expect a starting salary at the reputed company end of the range, as reputed company compensates based on the requirements and scope of the role rather than years of experience or prior salary, allowing for growth with performance and maintaining internal equity. The salary ranges, by geographic market, for this role are set forth $154,500-$193,100 for Atlanta, $163,200-$204,000 for Chicago, and $179,600-$224,400 for reputed company and Newark. This is based on a 50-hour work week at an hourly reputed company. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% reputed company. reputed company also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While reputed company reserves the right to change benefits at any time, reputed company benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• reputed company supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime reputed company benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your reputed company annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Please note that reputed company is firm in its compensation philosophy; therefore, only candidates who reputed company that our total rewards package matches what they are looking for in their next opportunity are encouraged to apply. Location We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). Each teammate can use at least two reputed company days per week of their choosing to work remotely. We reputed company in the reputed company, reputed company, and collaboration that happens reputed company people work together face-to-face and we reputed company in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of reputed company backgrounds to apply. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job