Executive Director, Strategic Corporate Partnerships
About The Position
The Executive Director, Strategic Corporate Partnerships will work closely with the Tandon leadership team to develop and enhance Tandon’s global reputation and visibility by building on current industry and corporate relationships and developing a new prospect pipeline. Responsible for identifying, developing, and stewarding funding opportunities with a primary emphasis on research funding and building industry connections associated with highly competitive research proposals. Point of contact for industry inquiries and requests. Lead business development functions, contribute to branding/marketing messages, and plan agendas for industry visits and research reviews to drive and sustain corporate investment in our campus. This is a highly visible, externally facing critical leadership position within a fast paced growing engineering school. The position is expected to show tangible results in the form of new industry partnerships to support current and future research and education initiatives and significant growth in the school’s industry based development support.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a related area
- 10+ years years of experience in corporate partnerships
- Demonstrated experience in building and cultivating industrial and corporate partnerships, managing budgets and supervision
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with constant and multiple ongoing deadlines
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to think strategically and creatively and work well under pressure
- Ability to prioritize and proactively ensure deadlines are met
- Collaborative and communicative team member
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with corporate leaders, faculty, staff, donors, and volunteers at all levels
- Occasional evenings and weekends may be required
- Must be willing and able to travel
Nice To Haves
- Doctoral Degree MBA or PhD in Engineering, Mathematics, Business, or a related STEM field
- Master's Degree in a related field
- Background in conducting academic research in engineering
- Management level experience, supervising and leading initiatives
- Experience developing and implementing strategies for acquiring new leads, and retaining and upgrading existing leads and relationships.
- Experience in initiating new and innovative engagement and outreach programs
- Experience working in a setting with changing priorities and an evolving list of stakeholders
- The ideal candidate will have the ability to thrive in an intellectually challenging, fast-paced, collegial environment.
- They will possess political savvy, integrity, discretion, pragmatic consensus-building skills, and mature judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information
Responsibilities
- Identifying, developing, and stewarding funding opportunities with a primary emphasis on research funding
- Building industry connections associated with highly competitive research proposals
- Point of contact for industry inquiries and requests
- Lead business development functions
- Contribute to branding/marketing messages
- Plan agendas for industry visits and research reviews to drive and sustain corporate investment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
