Board Relations Lead: Strategy & Engagement

Bloomberg Philanthropies; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

Disability and life insurance

Retirement savings plan with company 


Wellness programs

Fitness reimbursement

Commuter savings

Employee discounts

Job summary

Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York seeks a Board Relations Manager to serve as strategic partner between the board and senior leadership, ensuring engagement is purposeful and insights are actionable.

You will design the board experience, manage meetings and events, translate complex program work into clear materials, and build relationships across finance, legal, events, and communications.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in events, project management or chief of staff capacity.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to see the big picture while managing complex details.
• Superior project management skills, with the capacity to balance a high volume of responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship-building skills and comfort engaging with senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment, self-direct, exercise sound judgment, and navigate a complex organization with clarity and confidence.
• Experience managing relationships with senior executives, donors, supporters, or board members.
• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for the board, fostering strong, trusted relationships and ensuring every interaction is thoughtful, seamless, and aligned with strategic goals.
• Ensure board members are meaningfully engaged year-round across Bloomberg Philanthropies’ programs, events, and priorities.
• Anticipate information needs and identify opportunities for board members to contribute and participate.
• Help generate creative ideas for board experiences, including meeting themes, guest speakers, site visits, and strategic programming.
• Serve as day-to-day internal contact for anything related to the board members or board meetings.
• Lead the full lifecycle of all board and committee meetings, including scheduling, agenda development, preparation with senior leadership, tracking RSVPs and execution of meetings, ensuring conversations are substantive, productive, and well-structured.
• Drive the end-to-end process for developing high-quality briefing materials, memos, press clips, grant documentation, and strategic content in partnership with content, legal, finance, and communications teams.
• Manage all logistics for board and committee meetings, dinners, and trips, working closely with the events team to ensure all experiences reflect the organization’s standards of excellence and support meaningful board engagement.
• Partner with the content and communications teams to ensure meetings reinforce strategic objectives, including coordination with high-profile external speakers.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records on board membership, board member biographies, contact information, terms, committee assignments, and engagement.
• Lead annual compliance and administrative processes, including legal forms, stipend administration, minutes approval, and matching gifts.
• Record and track all board interactions across the organization through our relationship management system and generate monthly interaction summaries, pre-meeting briefings, and year-end reports.
• Partner closely with leaders across the organization, including finance, legal, grants, events, and executive teams to ensure seamless communication, alignment, and execution.
• Liaise with Bloomberg LP on relevant inquiries, including technical access.
• Support engagement with other boards on which Mike Bloomberg serves and lead a variety of other special projects or events.

Skills

Project management

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Time management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Salesforce

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York seeks a Board Relations Manager to serve as strategic partner between the board and senior leadership, ensuring engagement is purposeful and insights are actionable.

You will design the board experience, manage meetings and events, translate complex program work into clear materials, and build relationships across finance, legal, events, and communications.