Chief Partnership & Growth Officer

Los Angeles, CAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$180k–$210k

H1B: no

Ghj Chief Partnership & Growth Officer leads strategy to build and expand relationships, capital, and influence for the Play Equity Fund mission. Manages a team to connect philanthropy, corporations, government, and sports institutions to advance youth sports access.

Responsibilities

A passion for youth development, sport, education, philanthropy, or community impact is highly desirable.
Develop and execute an organization-wide partnership strategy to secure financial and non-financial resources for the Play Equity Fund.
Build, maintain, and continuously expand robust pipeline across philanthropy, corporate social impact, professional sports, government, health, education, media, and civic institutions.
Identify, evaluate, and develop new partnership markets and sectors that have not historically engaged in youth sports, Play Equity, or related social impact investments.
Structure multiyear partnerships that may combine grants, sponsorships, program investments, research, communications, advocacy, employee engagement or in-kind support.
Monitor trends across philanthropy, sports, business, healthcare, education, government, technology, media, and public policy to identify new partnership opportunities that advance Play Equity.
Achieving annual and multiyear development goals while protecting mission alignment and organizational capacity.

Qualification

Senior experience in partnershipsDemonstrated success identifyingFamiliarity with philanthropyExperience navigating brandStrong relationships across sports

Required

Senior experience in partnerships, business development, institutional advancement, corporate social impact, sports philanthropy, or external affairs.
Demonstrated success in developing and closing complex, multiyear partnerships.
Experience working within and alongside professional sports league, team, governing body, major sporting event, media company, or sport agency.
Ability to translate organizational assets into customized partnership platforms
Demonstrated success identifying, cultivating, and converting previously untapped partnership opportunities into sustainable organizational relationships and partnerships.
Experience managing major corporate or institutional accounts from cultivation to renewal.
Familiarity with philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, community impact, public policy and systems change work.
Evidence building partnerships that generated both financial resources and measurable social value.
Experience navigating brand, legal, reputational and mission aligned considerations.
Strong relationships across sports, business and philanthropy, government and civic institutions.
Ability to operate in a highly dynamic and visible environment while maintaining trust with community-based partners.
Partner closely with executive leadership and department teams to ensure partnership strategies align with organizational priorities, program capacity, policy objectives, research initiatives, and community impact goals.