Corporate Partnerships, Senior Specialist

Canadian Cancer Society•Vancouver, BC

2d•CA$54,000 - CA$64,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Canadian Cancer Society works tirelessly to save lives, improve lives and drive collective action against cancer. Together, with patients, volunteers, donors, and communities across the country, they raise funds to invest in transformative cancer research, provide a caring support system for everyone affected by cancer, and advocate to governments to create a healthier future for all. The Corporate Partnerships team ensures the flawless onboarding, management, and execution of partnerships with select fortune 500 companies in Canada. This revenue-generating department focuses on partnering with top corporations who share the Canadian Cancer Society’s vision to champion world-leading outcomes in cancer prevention, treatment, and support through sponsorships, cause marketing, philanthropy, and employee engagement.

Requirements

Post-secondary education in a related field with a minimum of four (4) years of demonstrated success in a marketing, business development and/or corporate fundraising role and/or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Demonstrated success in managing partnerships or gifts in excess of $35,000.
Experience supporting the development and execution of corporate partnerships, including cause marketing, sponsorship, employee engagement, corporate philanthropy and gift-in-kind programs.
Experience using CRM systems.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Ability to travel within Canada and a valid Driver’s License.
Ability to occasionally work outside of regular office hours.
English is required.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Salesforce is considered an asset.
French/Bilingualism (French /English) is an asset due to the organization’s nationwide operations.

Responsibilities

Inspire increased commitments from corporate partners through flawless relationship management, extensive partner knowledge, and the proactive sharing of meaningful CCS updates and opportunities.
Engage, inspire, and grow the value of current corporate partnerships in the Western Region.
Execution of existing corporate partnerships/relationships deliverables.
Ensure best-in-class onboarding and stewardship for all CCS corporate partners.
Work in partnership with Relationship Managers and other internal stakeholders to help build and execute local, regional, and national corporate opportunities.
Seamless management and execution of corporate partner programs including proactive and regular cultivation and stewardship with key partner relationships.
Ensure a high level of communication with external and internal stakeholders; proactively flagging opportunities for optimization (e.g. Campaign metrics in real time) to the Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships.
Work with stakeholders to ensure all partnership deliverables are fulfilled, collected, prepared, and presented in post-campaign reports.
Responsible for impeccable record keeping in the organization’s CRM system to enable successful relationship management including partner renewal strategies.
Actively review partners in portfolio to identify potential “new channel” opportunities for current partners and bring forward recommendations to Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships.
Recommend to People Leader new prospective corporate partners specifically in the Western Region to drive CCS’s mission forward and contribute to revenue targets.
Manage a prospect pipeline within the organization’s CRM system.
Provide support to the prospecting efforts of the Senior Manager, New Business Development, Corporate Partnerships.
Follow all guidelines established by national leadership including Marketing, Communications, Digital Support, Finance, Team People, IT, and others.
Maintains relationship data for partners in CRM database (Salesforce).
Actively contribute to our culture of justice, belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion by ensuring that all staff feel represented and heard regardless of their gender, age, religion, ethnicity, and nationality or race.
Other duties as assigned.