Referral Partnerships Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Develop and expand a network of referral and strategic partners within the residential real estate sector.

• Identify, recruit, prioritize, negotiate, initiate, and oversee high-potential partnerships.

• Establish referral, preferred pricing, co-marketing, sponsorship, affiliate, and other partnership initiatives.

• Create campaigns aimed at generating partner-sourced introductions, leads, opportunities, customers, pipeline, and revenue.

• Provide partners with the necessary messaging, materials, and support to advocate for Real Geeks.

• Work alongside Sales and Marketing to capture, attribute, follow up on, and convert leads generated by partners.

• Monitor partnership performance, experiment with different strategies, and optimize return on investment.

• Represent Real Geeks at conferences, trade shows, webinars, podcasts, networking events, and other industry engagements.

• Cultivate relationships with industry influencers, organizations, community leaders, and event coordinators.

• Identify sponsorships, speaking engagements, panel discussions, educational programs, and collaborative content opportunities.

• Assess events and activations based on audience alignment, partnership potential, lead generation, brand impact, and ROI.

• Collaborate with Sales, Training & Enablement, Marketing, Client Services, and leadership on growth strategies.

• Provide warm introductions and insights regarding the market and partners to facilitate sales opportunities and company expansion.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in partnerships, business development, channel sales, affiliate management, account management, brand development, or a related relationship-driven growth position.

• Exceptional relationship-building capabilities and comfort with proactive outreach, networking, and creating opportunities from the ground up.

• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to form mutually beneficial partnerships that yield measurable business outcomes.

• Competence in managing relationships from the initial conversation through negotiation, launch, activation, and continuous growth.

• Confident communication and presentation skills for public representation at events and industry forums.

• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to manage multiple relationships and opportunities concurrently.

• Comfort with utilizing data to assess performance, prioritize investments, and enhance results.

• Willingness and capability to travel to key industry events and partner meetings.

• Highly relevant experience in residential real estate, real estate technology, SaaS, affiliate or channel partnerships, or the real estate coaching/training ecosystem.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.