Partnerships and Onboarding Lead

DREAM•New York, NY

2d•$125,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Partnerships and Onboarding Lead, Innovation Team will support the recruitment, selection, onboarding, and ongoing partnership operations for schools participating in DREAM’s AI-focused programmatic cohort model. The Partnerships and Onboarding Lead will create a strong partner experience by coordinating logistics, managing partnership requirements, supporting legal and compliance processes, and working with school data and technology teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a relationship-oriented and highly organized professional with experience managing contracts and compliance requirements, building stakeholder investment, coordinating across teams, and providing responsive, high-quality customer service to partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Minimum 5 years of experience in education, publishing, ed-tech, or nonprofits, required
Ability to coordinate effectively with school leaders and teams
Strong organizational and project-management skills, with excellent attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Excellent customer-service orientation
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to navigate complexity, build trust, solve problems, and escalate issues appropriately
Collaborative, resourceful, flexible, and solutions-oriented approach to working in a fast-paced environment
A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of students, families, and the community

Nice To Haves

advanced degree in Education, Business, or a related field preferred
Proven experience supporting partnerships, onboarding, operations, or program implementation in education, ed-tech, nonprofits, or a related setting, highly preferred
Experience working with contracts, legal compliance, releases, data privacy and security, data sharing, licensing, and/or intellectual property requirements, highly preferred

Responsibilities

Drive the recruitment and selection of partner schools for DREAM’s programmatic cohort model
Coordinate compliance with partnership requirements (including contracting, legal compliance, media releases, data privacy and security, data sharing, licensing, and intellectual property agreements)
Design and coordinate onboarding processes, timelines, communications, and logistics to ensure that new partners are prepared to participate successfully
Create and maintain organized processes, systems, and documentation for all partnership-related operational needs
Work with partner school teams to support the integration of DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills work into existing school systems
Build strong, trusting relationships with school and school-system stakeholders throughout recruitment and onboarding
Provide responsive, solutions-oriented customer service to partners, serving as a reliable point of contact and supporting smooth partnership operations and logistics
Collaborate with the Communications Team, Advancement Team, school and network leaders, and partner teams on partner-facing communications, program promotion, and related activities
Support cohort convenings, site visits, and other partnership experiences
Other responsibilities related to the role as assigned

Benefits

Flexible Medical Health Plans, subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children
The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs
Dental and vision plans
Disability benefits
Life insurance
Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave
Flexible spending account options
Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit)
Fitness and entertainment discounts
A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP)
A 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment
Access to a professional development fund
Referral bonuses
Approximately 48 days off throughout the year including holidays, sick days, personal days and summer Fridays