Operations Manager, Media Partnerships
Arlington, Virginia
Marketing & Communications – Communications /
Full-time /
On-site
Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all.
The Operations Manager, Media Partnerships will drive operational and execution excellence across various aspects of the media investments and partnership portfolios, supporting internal and external partnerships, communication, reporting, and business analytics. You will establish core knowledge systems to ensure sustained success across a growing portfolio of A-level entertainment media partnerships.
In this role, you will drive multiple concurrent workstreams, collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, and contribute to informed decision-making. To succeed, you must be an effective communicator, a natural problem solver, and a proactive project manager and executor.
Your Responsibilities Include
- Leverage project management and operations best practices to establish and maintain tools and workstreams for managing and communicating the status of multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Develop, drive, and track partnership plans in collaboration with partnership managers and leadership.
- Oversee goal setting, operational planning, timeline tracking, and project reviews in partnership with leadership and project teams.
- Coordinate with internal teams to manage timelines, stakeholder communication, project tracking, and resource allocation, ensuring accountability for deliverables (contracts, payments).
- Contribute to the development of key strategies with leadership, operationalizing them into executable projects.
- Own knowledge dissemination, reporting, communications, and document retention to support strategy development in compliance with policies.
- Translate complex ideas into clear, actionable creative briefs for content partnerships.
Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization
- 7+ years of diverse operations and project management experience, collaborating with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
- Expertise in project management tools specifically Airtable, Asana, Workfront, and Salesforce.
- Exceptional writing skills, with experience in condensing large amounts of information into clear, concise reports and project briefs.
- Proficiency in setting deadlines, logistics, and operational plans for complex projects and programs.
- Proven track record of successfully managing multiple concurrent projects and meeting deadlines.
- Strong problem-solving abilities with a natural curiosity for finding solutions.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills, professionalism, and the ability to build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a high sense of urgency and ability to remain calm under pressure and thrive in changing landscapes.
What We Offer
- A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans
- A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others
- Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve
- Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting
- Competitive health and wellness benefits
- Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take planned and unplanned time off as needed
- Mileage reimbursement for business travel separate from your commute
- Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our headquarters (on-site parking or metro)
- Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs
Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference. Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
