Senior Growth & Partnerships Consultant

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

📋 Description

• Define and propel organizational growth priorities and establish Growth & Partnerships OKRs, ensuring alignment between business development initiatives and YLabs' strategic goals.

• Actively identify and pursue strategic funding opportunities and partnerships, overseeing the comprehensive development of high-priority proposals and RFPs, which includes scoping, budgeting, funder engagement, negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Skillfully manage a varied portfolio of high-value stakeholder relationships and represent YLabs in public engagements; advocate for and educate others on integrating YLabs’ strategic objectives into all partnership activities.

• Create and oversee a fundraising pipeline aimed at securing unrestricted funding and project-related grants, including targeted campaigns directed at high-net-worth individuals and institutional funders.

• Collaborate closely with MarComms to harmonize external messaging and donor engagement approaches, ensuring that proposals, pitches, and partnership documents present a consistent organizational narrative throughout the funding pipeline.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of professional experience.

• Proven track record of leading and securing high-value business development opportunities at the $1M+ level.

• Advanced experience in managing complex, multi-country proposals for institutional funders, foundations, foundation collectives, and government partners with minimal to no supervision.

• Extensive experience across the entire business development cycle: opportunity identification, partner engagement, scope and budget negotiation, proposal formulation, and post-award partnership management.

• Demonstrated success in developing and leading business development teams, creating pipeline management systems, and maintaining departmental-level playbooks and tools.

• Experience collaborating with funders and institutional partners in sectors such as global health, adolescent development, economic empowerment, or related funding areas.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Strong dedication to equity, power-sharing, and the decolonization of international development.

🏝️ Benefits

• Travel for in-person meetings and conferences is fully reimbursed by YLabs.