Senior Partnerships & Outreach Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead TSF in expanding its network of partners.

• Research, identify, and cultivate relationships with potential partners that align with TSF’s mission.

• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Policy to determine how partners can influence TSF initiatives, inform policy areas, and enhance TSF products.

• Represent TSF at conferences, gatherings, and various events.

• Identify key decision-makers in state government, influential staff, state-focused organizations, think tanks, coalitions, and other state-policy groups.

• Conduct proactive outreach and facilitate promising discussions towards formal partnerships.

• Develop and maintain a partnership pipeline to track contacts, statuses, next steps, and outcomes.

• Nurture existing partner relationships.

• Coordinate follow-up activities after events.

• Support TSF-hosted or co-hosted events.

• Create outreach materials, partner briefings, one-pagers, and talking points in collaboration with the content team.

• Monitor and report on partnership and outreach activities, providing updates and recommendations to leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, political science, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 5–10 years of relevant professional experience in partnerships, outreach, external affairs, or coalition building.

• Proven success in building and managing relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

• Highly organized, with the ability to manage a pipeline and multiple relationships simultaneously.

• Capable of independently managing time and tasks in a fast-paced organization; a self-starter who takes initiative and follows through.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent the organization confidently in person.

• Willing to travel for events and meetings.

• Expert-level ability to build coalitions or partnerships among organizations with differing priorities.

• Experience with state government, state-focused organizations, or the state-level policy landscape.

• Familiarity with relationship-management or CRM tools for tracking a partnership pipeline.

• Previous experience in a startup or early-stage organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• 75% paid coverage of medical and dental insurance.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• 401(k) matching.

• Annual professional development opportunities.

• Wellness stipend.

• Work-from-home stipend.

• Paid family leave.