Director, Corporate Initiatives

Title: Director, Corporate Initiatives

Position Location: Remote in Midwest (Preferred metro areas: Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis)

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Grade & Compensation: Grade 511. The Alzheimer’s Association’s good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between $120,000 – $155,000. This position is eligible for a bonus based on both individual and organizational performance, up to 6%.

Reports To: Vice President, Corporate Initiatives

• Leads a defined business development territory to secure new corporate partnerships through custom campaigns, corporate/employee/customer engagement, sponsorship, and more.
• Proactively identifies, cultivates and solicits Fortune 1,000 companies to raise funds and awareness for the Association’s mission.
• Actively solicits corporate partnerships through cause marketing campaigns, corporate donations, sponsor ships, licensing, and a variety of Association programs and initiatives.
• Manages and moves national prospects through a robust pipeline including building acquisition strategies and thorough prospect relationship management.
• Develops relationships with senior‑level decision makers at corporate headquarters to represent the Association’s strategic interests.
• Collaborates, builds strong relationships and secures alignment across the Association with Field teams, Care & Support, Marketing, Legal, Mission Engagement, Medical and Scientific staff, Constituent Events and Relationship Development teams to ensure brand compliance and maximize revenue opportunity.
• Maintains a broad knowledge of Association strategic goals, organizational priorities and activities.
• Develops comprehensive strategies and monitors progress for sales activities in assigned territory.
• Serves as key internal stakeholder for activities involving assigned corporations.
• Contributes to building an innovative, constituent‑focused and collaborative team environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, communications or related field.
• 10+ years experience building corporate marketing partnerships or related experience with a proven track record of sales in a relationship‑selling environment.
• Experience securing six‑ and seven‑figure corporate partnerships.
• Experience in a non‑profit setting preferred.

• Cultivated strong relationships by interfacing with executives and day‑to‑day contacts at multi‑billion dollar companies.
• Demonstrated success in securing new business – selling, developing and scaling cause marketing and sponsorship initiatives.
• Gifted communicator with negotiation experience.
• Excellent creative problem‑solving, customer service, communications, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ambitious and enthusiastic mind‑set with a focus on outcomes.

Who We Are

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia – by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

The Alzheimer’s Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023. This unparalleled commitment is illustrative of the momentum we are building in dementia research – our investments today will lead to breakthroughs tomorrow.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, our employees are at the core of all we do. Our network of more than 1,900 employees across the United States makes a difference each and every day for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and those at risk for the disease.

We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity to make a life‑changing impact on the millions living with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers and those that may develop the disease in the future.

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