Associate Director, Strategic Corporate Partnerships

Evolving Solution Services; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolving Solution Services in Boca Raton, FL, is seeking an Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships. The role leads corporate partnership strategy, expands networks of business partners, and creates opportunities for sponsorships, employee involvement, workplace giving, and mission-based initiatives.

The ideal candidate will cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships with local, regional, and national companies while developing long-term partnerships that deliver mutual value and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in nonprofit management or related field.
• 5+ years in nonprofit fundraising, corporate partnerships or sponsorship development.
• Proven ability to solicit and steward corporate sponsors.
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• Experience presenting sponsorship proposals and using CRM systems.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate, steward, and expand relationships with corporations, local businesses, chambers of commerce, business associations, civic leaders, and other mission-aligned organizations.
• Develop corporate engagement strategies that increase awareness of the organization's mission and create pathways for companies and their employees to participate as sponsors, donors, volunteers, advocates, and event participants.
• Represent the organization at corporate meetings, networking events, chambers, business associations, partner events, and community forums to build relationships and increase organizational visibility.
• Identify new corporate partnership opportunities, collaborative programs, sponsorship activations, and mission-based initiatives that deepen engagement and broaden the organization's reach.
• Create partnership presentations, engagement plans, and stewardship strategies that align corporate partners with organizational priorities and fundraising goals.
• Lead the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate sponsors for organizational events, programs, and mission-based initiatives.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline of prospective corporate partners, including local businesses, regional companies, national brands, and corporate foundations with strong mission alignment.
• Develop customized sponsorship proposals, partnership packages, and presentations that clearly communicate mission impact, visibility, benefits, and opportunities for employee and community engagement.
• Manage corporate relationships throughout the full partnership cycle, including prospecting, cultivation, proposal development, solicitation, activation, recognition, fulfillment, renewal, and long-term stewardship.
• Partner with corporate contacts and internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for employee engagement, workplace giving, volunteer participation, cause marketing, event sponsorship, and other customized collaborations.
• Oversee sponsorship benefits and deliverables to ensure accurate, timely fulfillment while maintaining a high level of partner service, communication, and stewardship.
• Collaborate with Development, and Marketing to develop cohesive corporate partnership strategies, sponsor communications, recognition plans, and engagement opportunities.
• Help shape annual corporate partnership strategy, and sponsorship revenue goals.
• Maintain accurate corporate partnership and sponsorship activity in Matchquest, including prospect research, contacts, proposals, commitments, stewardship, and next steps.
• Prepare corporate partnership updates, sponsorship reports, pipeline summaries, and relationship briefings.

Skills

Fundraising

Corporate partnerships

Relationship management

Sponsorship proposals

CRM systems

Sales and negotiation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Canva

Job description

Evolving Solution Services in Boca Raton, FL, is seeking an Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships. The role leads corporate partnership strategy, expands networks of business partners, and creates opportunities for sponsorships, employee involvement, workplace giving, and mission-based initiatives.

The ideal candidate will cultivate, solicit, and steward relationships with local, regional, and national companies while developing long-term partnerships that deliver mutual value and