Director, Corporate Initiatives

Alzheimer's Association Careers • Chicago, IL

12d • $120,000 - $155,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Director, Corporate Initiatives is responsible for selling the Alzheimer’s Association nationwide programs, products, events and initiatives to corporations in an assigned territory. The Director of Corporate Initiatives will identify, gain access to, cultivate, solicit and close strategic nationwide commitments with targeted national/global companies to generate mission revenue and business development opportunities for the Alzheimer’s Association. Main duties include identifying and pitching new business and generating new revenue in excess of $1 million annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communications or related field.
• 10+ years experience building corporate marketing partnerships or related experience with a proven track record of sales in a relationship-selling environment.
• Experience securing six and seven figure corporate partnerships
• Cultivated strong relationships by interfacing with executives and day-to-day contacts at multi-billion dollar companies.
• Demonstrated success in securing new business - selling, developing and scaling cause marketing and sponsorship initiatives.
• Gifted communicator with negotiation experience.
• Excellent creative problem solving, customer service, communications, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ambitious and enthusiastic mind-set with a focus on outcomes

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a non-profit setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads a defined business development territory to secure new corporate partnerships through custom campaigns, corporate/employee/customer engagement, sponsorship, and more.
• Proactively identifies, cultivates and solicits Fortune 1000 companies to raise funds and awareness for the Association’s mission.
• Actively solicits corporate partnerships through cause marketing campaigns, corporate donations, sponsorships, licensing, and a variety of Association programs and initiatives.
• Manages and moves national prospects through a robust pipeline including building acquisition strategies and thorough prospect relationship management
• Develops relationships with senior level decision makers at corporate headquarters to represent the Association’s strategic interests.
• Collaborates, builds strong relationships and secures alignment across the Association with Field teams, Care & Support, Marketing, Legal, Mission Engagement, Medical and Scientific staff, Constituent Events and Relationship Development teams to ensure brand compliance and maximize revenue opportunity
• Maintains a broad knowledge of Association strategic goals, organizational priorities and activities
• Develops comprehensive strategies and monitors progress for sales activities in assigned territory.
• Serves as key internal stakeholder for activities involving assigned corporations.
• Contributes to building an innovative, constituent-focused and collaborative team environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing.
• They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.
• Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees