VP of Strategic Partnerships & Growth

HealthCorps • Houston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

HealthCorps is launching a new Growth & Strategic Partnerships Division, and the VP of Strategic Partnerships & Growth will be its architect, engine, and external face. This role will hold a broad, high-impact portfolio: leading HealthCorps’ national funder and strategic partnerships, driving development, grant management, and fundraising, shaping our brand and marketing, and growing our alumni, community, and hub partnership work. A national team, along with program managers across our hubs, will help build and execute this vision. Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP will hold their own portfolio of partnerships, work closely with leadership to develop and execute strategies that meet HealthCorps' revenue and growth goals, and represent HealthCorps externally at donor meetings, funder convenings, and sector events. This is an ideal role for a mission-aligned leader who can prospect a health system executive and coach a marketing manager in the same week, someone energized by both the hunt and the build. For-profit and private sector backgrounds are strongly welcomed. If you have driven revenue, built partnerships, and told a compelling brand story, in any sector, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public health, communications, marketing, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience in business development, strategic partnerships, sales, or revenue leadership in any sector.
• Experience managing direct reports and leading cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated success closing and growing partnerships, accounts, or revenue relationships and managing a portfolio of accounts.
• Travel to HealthCorps hubs, partner sites, and sector events will be required.
• Proficiency with CRM platforms and a data-driven approach to pipeline management and relationship tracking.
• A genuine belief in the power of near-peer mentorship and a passion for health equity and youth development.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare, health systems, corporate social responsibility, or youth-serving organizations, nonprofit or for-profit.
• Track record of building revenue through client, sponsor, or partner relationships; experience with philanthropic fundraising is a plus but not required.
• Experience building advisory boards, local steering committees, or community engagement structures.
• Experience translating a commercial sales or business development skillset into a mission-driven environment.
• Master’s degree or equivalent advanced training.
• Familiarity with health systems, corporate social responsibility, education, or youth-serving sectors; experience working with health systems or school districts is a strong plus.
• Comfort building and operating in an entrepreneurial, fast-growth environment where you may be creating systems and structures from scratch.
• Proven pitching and presentation skills; you are comfortable in a boardroom, at a funder meeting, and in a pitch meeting, and you know how to read a room and close.
• Experience setting brand direction and overseeing marketing or communications functions, with the ability to translate complex program outcomes into compelling external narratives.
• Strong written communication skills: from partner proposals to grant narratives to impact reports, your writing moves people to act.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key external relationship officer alongside the CEO, cultivating and stewarding relationships across health systems, corporate sponsors, school districts, foundations, and community organizations.
• Design and lead a comprehensive partnership strategy spanning grant, sponsor, and programmatic relationships that aligns funder priorities with organizational growth goals.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline of new and emerging partnership opportunities, cultivating prospects from first touch through qualification.
• Steward existing partners to deepen loyalty, increase lifetime value, and drive renewals and upgrades.
• Track funding trends and shifting funder priorities to position HealthCorps ahead of major market shifts.
• Own the full partnership sales cycle for mid-tier and emerging opportunities, from first outreach through close and activation.
• Develop pitches, proposals, and grant applications that translate HealthCorps' outcomes data into a compelling, fundable case for support.
• Partner with the CEO and leadership to identify, solicit, and close transformational sponsorships for the major annual fundraiser and national and hub-level programming.
• Demonstrate ongoing value to existing partners through exceptional stewardship that keeps them connected to our mission and measurable impact.
• Set strategic tone and direction for the HealthCorps brand across all external-facing channels and oversee the Marketing Manager in executing it across social media, website, newsletters, and press.
• Lead the design and execution of a brand and communications strategy that builds awareness and trust across funders, partners, and the broader public.
• Partner with program teams to translate research-validated impact data and stories into compelling, consistent external narratives.
• Develop partner-facing collateral — partnership decks, impact reports, and stakeholder communications — that reflect the quality of the organization.
• Represent HealthCorps at conferences, sector events, and media opportunities alongside the CEO and program leaders.
• Build local advisory committees that connect HealthCorps to local civic, education, and philanthropic leaders, in partnership with the Alumni & Community Manager and Program Directors.
• Strengthen HealthCorps' presence in each market by partnering with local teams to plan events, cultivate partnerships, and raise the organization's visibility.
• Cultivate and engage HealthCorps' alumni as a strategic community, building a strong, active network and connecting alumni to advisory roles, volunteer opportunities, and local partnerships that extend our reach.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team: Senior Manager of Development, Marketing Manager, Director of Events (part-time), and Alumni & Community Manager.
• Serve as a player-coach who models the work while developing others, holding your own partnership portfolio while coaching the team toward revenue and relationship goals.
• Establish and monitor division KPIs across pipeline, revenue, and brand performance, reporting to the CEO and Board to ensure measurable ROI.
• Manage the division budget and contribute to organization-wide strategic planning as a member of the leadership team.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance coverage
• A 401(k) with company match
• Additional ancillary benefits tailored to fit your lifestyle and needs.
• Recognizes and observes most federal holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive