Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture – and benefits – that just aren’t found together anywhere else. If you’re curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future – then take a look at this opportunity.

PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER, Solve, to join Solve, a marketplace for social impact innovation whose mission is to solve world challenges. Will play a key role in driving significant revenue for Solve to realize its mission, build and manage its pipeline of prospect sponsor and donor opportunities, and execute an overall fund-raising strategy. Responsibilities include initiating and closing $100,000-$1M+ sponsorships, grants, gifts, and other funding from corporations, foundations, multilateral institutions, governments, and high net worth individuals in support of operating expenses and prize funding; building and managing Solve’s pipeline of opportunities, identifying viable prospects and performing due diligence; designing and deploying prospecting campaigns in HubSpot; representing Solve at conference/events; managing day-to-day prospecting and relationship activity; designing customized sponsorship pitch decks, proposals, and packages; researching, identifying, and preparing grant applications and preparing partnership agreements; designing and managing a systematic outreach and relationship cataloguing and reporting system in Salesforce; collaborating with other Solve teams to identify members that can be converted to sponsors and supporting the head of partnerships as needed. 

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree in business administration, fund-raising, marketing, or other relevant area; at least two years’ business development, fund-raising, and partnership development experience, preferably for social impact and/or nonprofit organizations; proven ability to effectively build relationships with corporate, foundation, and individual donors and sponsors and to design and deliver sponsor packages of $100,000-$1M+; extensive contacts with relevant corporations/foundations/individuals that can be utilized immediately; ability to work independently, take initiative, and anticipate needs; attention to detail; and strong organizational, project management, and verbal and written communication skills.  

PREFERRED:  experience working with HubSpot, Salesforce, or other CRM. Job #18754-8

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.

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