Partnerships, Manager (Washington, D.C. - USA)

Luminate•Washington, DC

About The Position

Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves people’s needs and wellbeing. As Manager, Partnerships, you will oversee relationships, collaborative initiatives, and outreach to direct more resources to the global tech justice field. You will manage convenings, participate in external events, deepen engagement with existing funders, and bring new partners into the community. The primary systems focus is the global funder ecosystem: identifying, cultivating, and coordinating relationships with funders to better serve and increase funding to the tech justice field, including coordinating Luminate’s donor collaboratives on building a better internet. The secondary focus is internal partnership capacity: supporting funding teams in donor engagement, working with Operations on organization-wide deadlines, and advancing the partnerships agenda internally so colleagues remain informed. This role is part of the Policy & Partnerships team, is based in Washington, D.C., and reports to the Associate Director, Partnerships. It has no line management responsibilities and works closely with the Policy & Partnerships team, Programmatic Funding Lead Teams, and Operations Team. The recruiting salary range is USD 114,277.50–USD 137,133.00; the stated recruiting range represents the entry point into the salary band, and actual salary depends on skills and experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee relationships, collaborative initiatives, and outreach activities to drive more resources to the global tech justice field.
Manage convenings and participate in external events.
Deepen engagement with funders already in Luminate’s community and bring in new partners.
Identify, cultivate, and coordinate relationships with funders to better serve and increase funding to the tech justice field.
Coordinate Luminate’s donor collaboratives focused on building a better internet.
Support funding teams in their engagement with donors.
Work with Operations to keep up with organization-wide deadlines.
Advance the partnerships agenda within the organization and keep people informed.
Support donor coordination and shared learning across the ecosystem.
Create tools and strategies that make partnership engagement easier and more strategic.
Design convenings and engagement programs that move funders from interest to action.
Coordinate internally across partnerships and program teams.