Senior Director, Faith Partnerships
Arlington, Virginia
Priority Initiatives – Strategic Initiatives /
Full-time /
On-site
Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.
As a Senior Director of Faith Partnerships on our Stand Together Faith Engagement Team, you will work with exceptional individuals, companies, and organizations driving change in education, communities, business, and public policy that empower people to improve their lives. As part of these efforts, you will be a key relationship manager, driving the strategic planning, implementation, and evaluation of partnerships with faith motivated partners.
How You Will Contribute
- Partner with Strategic Partnerships leader to shape vision and strategy for pipeline cultivation and stewardship of influential individuals, institutions, and initiatives within faith motivated individuals and communities
- Supervise Faith Partnerships directors to co-create, challenge, and align our point of view and strategies for engaging their audiences toward the highest yielding partnership priorities within the team and across the community
- Mode a culture consistent with Our Values across the team
- Determine best practice for how ST’s capabilities and service offerings can align to scaleable and repeatable partnership engagements to increase value creation across the business
- Cultivate relationships with thought leaders, partners, and other stakeholders from the faith community
- Build and grow a robust pipeline of organizational investment or in-kind opportunities that support the vision of Stand Together on key issues
- Make partnership recommendations to decision makers
- Act as the primary account manager for a portfolio of Stand Together partners to drive accountability on investment outcomes and regular reports on their progress to date
- Collaborate across teams to drive results and effectively manage projects and relationships resulting in immediate, medium term, and long-term outcomes
- Represent the organization among faith community partners and stakeholders
- Build collaborations with current and prospective partners that extend and improve organizational impact and promote positive systems change
- Work closely with leadership to measure outcomes to ensure that projects meet stakeholder needs
What You Will Bring
- 7+ years of related experience developing and leveraging strategic relationships with faith-based organizations
- Proven examples of building and stewarding long-term relationships based on mutually aligned vision and goals
- Experience approaching partnership development with creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset with a demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and build internal cross-departmental consensus
- Excellent communications skills, both oral and written
- Skill in building relationships and relating to external audiences
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect
Standout Candidates Will Bring
- Experience at the intersection of philanthropy or public policy and the faith community on issues related to breaking the cycle of poverty, K-12, and bridging divides
- An existing network of relationships with key leaders in the Evangelical protestant community
What We Offer
- Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace
- A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges
- Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their unique talents
- Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive
Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.
