Senior Director of External Partnerships and Engagement
Senior Director of External Partnerships and Engagement
Gabelli Graduate-2U On-line Education, Lincoln Center
Fordham University
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Position Summary
Reporting to the Dean of the Gabelli School of Business, the Senior Director of External Partnerships and Engagement advances the Gabelli School of Business’s (GSB) mission, vision, and strategic priorities, particularly in fostering external partnerships that drive revenue generation and sustainable growth. The Senior Director of External Partnerships and Engagement develops and builds strong, mutually beneficial relationships between corporate and other external partners and GSB.
Essential Functions
- Revenue Generation and Strategic Growth: Proactively identifies and develops strategic partnerships that drive revenue and ensure the Gabelli School’s sustainable financial growth. This includes diversifying income streams through executive education programs, degree program pipelines, and other innovative partnership and engagement models. The focus is on creating long-term value and enhancing GSB’s financial resilience while aligning with its mission and strategic priorities.
- Strategic Partnership Development: Proactively identifies and engages potential partners in other mutually beneficial collaborations such as student internships, job placements, competitions, conferences and collaborative research opportunities.
- Relationship Management: Cultivates and maintains a strong portfolio of relationships with external partners, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Market Intelligence: Maintains a deep understanding of market trends, business needs, faculty expertise and center capabilities to effectively match GSB’s offerings with external partner needs, thereby enhancing the school’s visibility and impact.
- Partnership Execution and Implementation: Leads the negotiation and formulation of partnership agreements, ensuring seamless collaboration across university departments to achieve partnership objectives.
- Faculty Engagement and Coordination: Establishes communication with faculty to identify external partnerships opportunities.
- Communication and Promotion: Works closely with GSB’s marketing teams and senior leadership to promote partnerships, leveraging various platforms to maximize visibility and impact.
- Performance Tracking: Develops and manages a system for tracking engagement activities and outcomes, facilitating continuous improvement and growth of partnership initiatives.
Essential Functions Note
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.
Management Responsibilities
Supervises the work of other Fordham employees who are individual contributors. Responsible for hiring, training and developing, managing performance and administering corrective action. Has significant input in compensation decisions.
Required Qualifications: Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 7 years in corporate roles with a focus on account management, business development, sales and marketing, or similar fields.
- Demonstrated experience in senior leadership positions with a track record of successful relationship management and partnership development.
Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills
- Communication Excellence: Superior ability to articulate ideas and strategies to senior executives, coupled with strong marketing and promotional skills.
- Strategic Thinking: Deep understanding of business strategies, market dynamics, and the ability to align partnership opportunities with strategic goals.
- Project Management Skills: Exceptional organizational and project management skills, ensuring attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Interpersonal Skills: Outstanding skills in building and maintaining relationships, with a professional demeanor and the ability to engage effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
- Exceptional Organizational Skills and Initiative: Demonstrates superior organizational skills coupled with a high degree of self-motivation, capacity to work autonomously, managing tasks and projects with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring precision in execution and timely completion.
- Stakeholder Engagement Capabilities: Employs a collegial and inclusive approach to facilitate productive interactions, driving collective efforts towards achieving desired outcomes.
- Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or Professional Certification
Minimum Starting Salary: $125,000
Maximum Starting Salary: $150,000
Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
START DATE: ASAP
APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/7415
ABOUT FORDHAM
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