Strategic Growth Manager

Qatar Foundation International; Doha; On-site; QAR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Qatar Foundation is seeking a Strategic Growth Manager to drive revenue-generating partnerships and fundraising initiatives. You will manage local and global sponsorships and oversee a portfolio of strategic initiatives aligned with the Foundation’s corporate strategy.

The role requires strong relationship-building, strategic thinking, and the ability to work across divisions to allocate resources, cultivate sponsors, and identify new funding streams both locally and internationally.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of full-time work experience, 3 at a supervisory level.
• Experience in fundraising and managing sponsorship programs.
• Additional qualifications and achievements preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage local and global sponsorship relationships and partnerships.
• Allocate resources with QF divisions and ensure timely deliverables.
• Cultivate sponsors proactively and independently.
• Adapt sponsorship offerings to current market landscapes.
• Create target maps and analyze market responses to identify leads.
• Support annual fundraising planning and set short/medium/long-term targets.
• Identify new funding streams locally and globally; align with strategy.
• Engage with diverse stakeholders including companies and high-profile individuals.

Skills

Fundraising principles

Relationship building

Organizational ability

Cross-cultural communication

Networking

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

The Strategic Growth Manager role at Qatar Foundation involves driving revenue-generating partnerships and fundraising initiatives. The position requires a strategic approach to managing relationships with local and global sponsors, as well as overseeing a portfolio of strategic initiatives to support the Foundation’s corporate strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for local and global relationship management of sponsors and commercial partners.
• Work closely with QF divisions in allocating resources for partnership opportunities and ensuring deliverables are met.
• Cultivate relationships with prospective sponsors and commercial partners proactively and in a self-sufficient manner.
• Creatively input and adapt sponsorship offering to stay ahead of sponsorship landscapes.
• Create map of potential targets, using strong analytical judgment.
• Target leads and find conversion, adjusting course while learning from market reaction, keeping tracks of learning points.
• Support fundraising strategy including analyzing market landscape; fundraising potential of the Foundation; and setting short, medium, and long-term targets.
• Support on annual fundraising planning process to produce effective strategies to achieve income targets across a range of income streams.
• Identify and analyze new, diverse funding streams locally and globally.
• Identify how funds should be allocated to high impact areas aligned with QF corporate strategy.
• Manage and engage with diverse stakeholders including local and international companies and high-profile individuals.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives with potential for revenue-generation through sponsorship, fundraising and donations.
• Liaise with Government Affairs, Legal and Audit departments on complying with government regulations.
• Oversee and ensure processes are in place and being followed to ensure donations and funds raised can be attained and disseminated efficiently and correctly.
• Perform other relevant duties and responsibilities when assigned by the supervisor.

Experience Required:

• 8-10 years of relevant full-time work experience, 3 of which at a supervisory level.
• Experience working in a fundraising capacity and/or managing or administrating sponsorship programs.
• Other relevant professional qualifications and experience, professional memberships, leadership experience, published work in peer-reviewed publications, special recognitions, and achievements, etc., are strongly preferred.

Education Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

Skills Required:

• Knowledge and understanding of fundraising principles and practice and how to use data to inform fundraising strategy and identify prospective sponsors.
• Excellent organization skills with a methodical approach to planning, analysis, presentation of information and an ability to prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines.
• Confident and outgoing nature.
• Excellent understanding of local culture and business environment required to build partnerships with sponsorship potential.
• Exemplary interpersonal, and communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to quickly build trust and relationships.

Languages:

Arabic proficiency is an advantage.

Employment / Job Type:

Full Time

Nationality:

Any Nationality

About the Company:

Qatar Foundation supports education, research, innovation, community development, and social progress in Qatar. Career paths span education, research, technology, sustainability, administration, communications, finance, human resources, project management, and other professional functions.

Company Industry:

Education & Academia

Closing Date:

17 October 2026