Senior Program Partner- Athletic Program Development (Finance)
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Program Partner- Athletic Program Development is responsible for prospecting, pitching, closing, managing and renewing athletic partnerships. Program implementation responsibilities include, but are not limited to planning, training, collaboration with regional and marketing team members, data analysis and reporting. Engagement will be at the national program level, with activation at the regional level, and will focus on providing superior service and support to our network of internal and external program supporters with results that save lives.
Assigned program:
NMDP Get in the Game (Get in the Game) - NMDP's leading registry enrollment program that utilizes the power of athletics to save lives.
Assigned market:
Athletic stakeholders who are employed or associated with highly diverse universities, colleges, athletic associations, sports conferences, and/or organizations, that offer greater access and opportunity to recruit ethnically diverse 18- to 24-year-olds, specifically African American/Black community members, to join the NMDP Registry.
Program partners:
Partners include individual and group level program supporters: college/university coaches, athletic administrators, coaching associations, sports conferences, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and national networks.Responsibilities
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Program Partner- Athletic Program Development is responsible for prospecting, pitching, closing, managing and renewing athletic partnerships. Program implementation responsibilities include, but are not limited to planning, training, collaboration with regional and marketing team members, data analysis and reporting. Engagement will be at the national program level, with activation at the regional level, and will focus on providing superior service and support to our network of internal and external program supporters with results that save lives.
Assigned program:
NMDP Get in the Game (Get in the Game) - NMDP's leading registry enrollment program that utilizes the power of athletics to save lives.
Assigned market:
Athletic stakeholders who are employed or associated with highly diverse universities, colleges, athletic associations, sports conferences, and/or organizations, that offer greater access and opportunity to recruit ethnically diverse 18- to 24-year-olds, specifically African American/Black community members, to join the NMDP Registry.
Program partners:
Partners include individual and group level program supporters: college/university coaches, athletic administrators, coaching associations, sports conferences, nonprofit organizations, corporations, and national networks.Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of:
- Invested in NMDP's mission
- A passion for working both with and through collegiate athletics
- Expertise working with and through diverse audiences including but not limited to diverse audiences: ethnicity, faith, gender and sexual orientation.
- Program management
- Partnership management
- Training
- Project management
- Working with and through volunteers
- Effective communications & education strategies
- Event coordination
Ability to:
- Represent NMDP and reflect our organizational values
- Simultaneously manage multiple program initiatives and partnerships in a fast-paced environment
- Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Be professionally organized, detail oriented, and effective with time management
- Track assigned program responsibilities and partnerships through data and systems such as Salesforce, Looker, and Asana
- Utilize various software and communication platforms necessary for partner management (SharePoint, FirstUp, DigiDeck, Canva, etc.)
- Thrive in and prefer a highly collaborative environment
- Communicate effectively to multiple audiences through multiple channels
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in business, health care, education or closely related field or 10+ years subject matter expertise in cellular therapy recruitment, or other related field such as blood recruitment
- 5+ years managing partnerships and/or accounts
- Experience managing and renewing business at an 80%+ partner retention rate
- Working with clients or leaders from multiple backgrounds and disciplines
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Affinity for public speaking and presenting to a larger sized audience.
- Background communicating effectively with target market populations through written communication, presentations, conference attendance, classroom engagement, and volunteerism
- Connections into regional and national potential partnerships
- Experience creating, maintaining, and revitalizing partnerships
Travel: 20-30%. All travel to be preapproved by the manager to include representing NMDP at conferences, key regional registry recruitment events, department, and company meetings. Travel will be seasonal in nature.
