Partnerships & Outreach Senior Manager, The States Forum
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JobgetherPublic policy
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeManager
Salary101,000 - 108,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5–10 years of relevant professional experience
- Required Skills
- Written communicationStakeholder managementVerbal communicationRelationship management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5–10 years of relevant professional experience in partnerships, outreach, external affairs, stakeholder engagement, or coalition building.
- Demonstrated success developing and managing relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to identify partnership opportunities, build trust, and maintain long-term relationships.
- Strong organizational skills, including managing multiple relationships and maintaining a partnership pipeline.
- Strong time-management and prioritization skills, with the ability to work independently.
- Initiative, accountability, and consistent follow-through.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence representing an organization in public and professional settings.
- Willingness and ability to travel for meetings, conferences, events, and occasional in-person team gatherings.
- Advanced coalition-building and strategic partnership experience is desired.
- Familiarity with state government, state-focused organizations, or the state-level public policy landscape is desired.
- Experience with CRM platforms or relationship-management tools is desired.
- Experience in a startup or early-stage organization is desired.
Responsibilities
- Identify, research, and prioritize prospective partners, including policymakers, think tanks, state-focused organizations, and coalitions.
- Conduct proactive outreach, establish relationships, and develop formal partnerships.
- Work with senior policy leadership to identify partner contributions to policy development and organizational initiatives.
- Maintain a structured partnership pipeline, tracking contacts, engagement, follow-ups, and outcomes.
- Manage existing partner relationships to support ongoing engagement and alignment with organizational priorities.
- Represent the organization at conferences, convenings, and external events.
- Follow up after events to develop introductions into ongoing relationships and collaboration opportunities.
- Support the planning and delivery of events and convenings with strategic partners.
- Develop outreach materials, partner briefings, and talking points with the content team.
- Monitor outreach activities and report insights and recommendations to leadership.
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