Director, External Engagement & Growth Partnerships

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Law School is seeking a strategic marketing and relationship leader to expand the external reach of Stanford Law Executive Education in Palo Alto. You will oversee marketing, audience growth, business development, and partnerships connecting Stanford expertise with senior leaders and organizations.

Reporting to the Associate Dean, you will shape campaigns, develop proposals, supervise the Marketing Associate, and build an external engagement team as the program scales.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the department’s external engagement and growth strategy for executive education enrollment, custom programs, sponsorships, and other revenue-generating relationships.
• Build partnerships with other Stanford schools, departments, faculty, and program leaders to expand audiences, coordinate promotion, and develop joint offerings.
• Lead business development with corporations, law firms, professional organizations, alumni, and other external stakeholders.
• Direct marketing and audience-development strategy, including outbound and digital communications, audience segmentation, lead generation, and conversion.
• Oversee marketing and audience-development strategy for executive education and related programs, including outbound and digital marketing, lead generation, audience segmentation, campaign strategy, and conversion.
• Serve as a senior point of contact for sponsors, custom executive education clients, and key external stakeholders.
• Lead participant experience and community engagement for Directors’ College and other flagship programs and professional networks.
• Manage assigned marketing and external engagement budgets, including estimating costs, recommending resource allocations, monitoring spending, and adjusting plans within approved budgets and delegated authority.
• Lead and develop marketing and external engagement staff, including the Marketing Associate and future additional direct reports as the team grows.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and mentor a marketing associate.

Job description

Stanford Law School is seeking a strategic marketing and relationship leader to expand the external reach of Stanford Law Executive Education in Palo Alto. You will oversee marketing, audience growth, business development, and partnerships connecting Stanford expertise with senior leaders and organizations.

Reporting to the Associate Dean, you will shape campaigns, develop proposals, supervise the Marketing Associate, and build an external engagement team as the program scales.