Partner, Consulting - Northeast Region

TNTP; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

TNTP is seeking a Consulting Partner to lead and grow a portfolio of client engagements in the Northeast region. The role involves serving as the organization’s representative to district partners, external stakeholders, and potential clients across multiple states, with a strong emphasis on regional growth and impact.

You will drive business development, oversee regional engagements, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that meet learners' needs and

Responsibilities

• Sell and manage a portfolio of client engagements within the Consulting team across the Northeast.
• Serve as the face of TNTP to district partners, external stakeholders, and clients.
• Cultivate relationships and identify opportunities to grow TNTP's consulting presence.
• Lead high-quality regional engagements and advance innovative solutions for clients.
• Focus on regional business development, portfolio leadership, and sustained impact across Northeast systems.

Job description

Partner, Consulting - Northeast Region

Northeast Region preferred: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, DC

WHO WE ARE

TNTP is the nation's preeminent education nonprofit that brings research, policy, and consulting together to meet the needs and aspirations of young people, families, communities, and the nation. We are educators, researchers, and innovators working to ensure every young person has the chance to reach their full potential, every educator and leader is set up for success, and every community has the resources necessary to connect young people to paths of opportunity.

We work at every level of the PK-12 system, side by side with educators, system leaders, and communities across 41 states and more than 4,000 systems nationwide to reach ambitious goals for student success. Our vision pushes beyond school walls, catalyzing cross-sector collaboration to create pathways for young people to achieve academic, economic, and social mobility. Learn more about us , what we do , and working here .

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Consulting Partner at TNTP, you will sell and manage a portfolio of client engagements or contracts within our Consulting team and serve as a face of the organization to district partners, external stakeholders, and current and prospective clients across the Northeast, including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, DC. This role is designed to strengthen and grow TNTP's consulting presence in the Northeast by cultivating relationships, identifying and converting new opportunities, managing high-quality regional engagements, and advancing innovative solutions to clients' biggest challenges. Although you may manage work across TNTP's broader K-12 portfolio, this role is especially focused on regional business development, portfolio leadership, and sustained impact across Northeast systems and communities.

Some responsibilities and duties may vary, but the role of a Consulting Partner includes:

• Driving business development including but not limited to:
  • Building and executing a state- or multi-state growth strategy within the Northeast aligned to TNTP's strategic priorities, demand across those markets, and emerging opportunities in the field.
  • Building a strong network of Northeast external stakeholders, district and system leaders, funders, and cross-sector partners to promote TNTP's services, strengthen our brand, and support business development.
  • Building an understanding of the services TNTP offers aligned to our strategic plan in order to talk to current and prospective clients and funders about our work.
  • Listening and being responsive to the needs of current and prospective clients and funders in order to design services that best meet the needs of our learners and clients. Motivating and influencing in the sales process aligned to best practices in the field to maximize impact.
  • Designing strong budgets and staffing plans that allow us to deliver upon our work in a way that maximizes impact within the given timeframe and budget constraints.
• Managing a portfolio of contracts including but not limited to:
  • Setting and executing a vision and strategy for how TNTP will meet and exceed its impact goals across a portfolio of Northeast contracts, partnerships, and growth priorities.
  • Effectively managing teams and fostering strong team culture through clear expectations, coaching, support, and accountability to develop talent and achieve ambitious goals.
  • Building and managing high-level client relationships to ensure client investment and satisfaction in our ongoing partnerships-authentically collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Overseeing finances at the team/project level including establishing the budget, forecasting, monitoring, and revenue management.
  • Monitoring impact with teams through collecting appropriate data, analyzing that data, and reflecting on progress towards impact on a regular basis.
• Providing organizational leadership including but not limited to:
  • Creating the conditions for and modeling innovation, creativity, and experimentation across teams.
  • Providing regular updates to the Managing Partner and/or VP on team/project performance aligned to regional/divisional goals.
  • Collaborating as part of a regional/divisional management team collectively sharing responsibilities for staff experience, achieving goals, and the fiscal health of the region/division.
  • Building investment among teams and people including acting as a key leader in change management efforts internally.
  • Ensuring and modeling compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, and expectations.

The expected travel for this role is up to and including 40%, which is in alignment with other roles in the Consulting Division. Travel is expected to include in-person engagemen