Business Partnerships Lead for Student Pathways

Greater Phoenix Chamber; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation is seeking a Business Partnership Manager to lead ElevateEdAZ employer engagement, aligning business participation with talent development and civic goals. You will cultivate new partners and strengthen existing relationships with schools and districts.

In this hybrid role, you will coordinate internships and job shadows, manage onboarding events, maintain CRM data quality, prepare reports, and support outreach campaigns while collaborating with staff

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in business or partnership development or meeting and event planning and facilitation.
• Minimum one year experience working in or with the business community.
• Demonstrated ability to strategically plan and execute business partner outreach to increase employer engagement at all partnered high schools.
• Must have excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to establish professional relationships with educators, business professionals, and community leaders.
• Experience working with a customer service management (CRM) platform is preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office products.

Responsibilities

• Lead ElevateEdAZ Business Partnership Team efforts to establish and maintain relationships with businesses to provide internships, job shadows, and career awareness and development opportunities for students and teachers at partner schools.
• Meet with current and potential business partners to generate high school internship and job shadow opportunities for ElevateEdAZ partner schools.
• Facilitate employer onboarding events, meetings, and training to ensure business partners are appropriately prepared, receive proactive communications, and have a quality experience working with school partners, including support to mediate any issues that may arise.
• Develop and refine structures and processes associated with business engagement.
• Serve as an account manager ensuring activities related to business engagement are recorded in the CRM tool a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with Chamber, Foundation, and ElevateEdAZ staff to coordinate business outreach efforts and effectively match businesses with opportunities at local schools and districts.
• Attend internal and external events to increase awareness of ElevateEdAZ in the community and generate increased business engagement.
• Support Business Advisory Councils, ensuring business attendance and leading meetings as assigned.
• Submit marketing requests as needed to ensure ElevateEdAZ website, presentations, flyers, and collateral reflect timely and relevant changes.
• Prepare reports associated with key performance indicators, annual reports, and grant reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Business development

Partnership outreach

Event planning

CRM management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Analytical ability

Customer service

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation is seeking a Business Partnership Manager to lead ElevateEdAZ employer engagement, aligning business participation with talent development and civic goals. You will cultivate new partners and strengthen existing relationships with schools and districts.

In this hybrid role, you will coordinate internships and job shadows, manage onboarding events, maintain CRM data quality, prepare reports, and support outreach campaigns while collaborating with staff