Remote Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships & Philanthropy

PolicyLink; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical, dental, or

Vision plans

Flexible spending account

Disability insurance

Unlimited vacation and sick leave

Job summary

PolicyLink seeks a Director of Corporate Partnerships to build and lead a corporate fundraising portfolio that advances Governing For All. The role develops relationships across corporate philanthropy, sponsorship, executive engagement, and strategic partnerships, while ensuring mission alignment and risk management.

It reports to Development and collaborates across Finance, Programs, Communications, and Legal.

Qualifications

• Strong corporate relationship development and partnership-design skills.
• Ability to connect corporate interests with mission-aligned opportunities.
• Judgment on gift acceptance, sponsorship, and reputational risk.
• Coordinate executives, Programs, Finance, legal, events, and communications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multiyear corporate fundraising and engagement strategy.
• Build, qualify, segment, and manage a portfolio of corporate prospects.
• Research corporate priorities and pathways to engagement.
• Set portfolio goals, forecasts, and performance reviews with the Chief Philanthropy Officer.
• Create philanthropy, sponsorship, and strategic-partnership opportunities aligned with Governing For All.
• Lead cultivation, solicitation, renewal, and upgrades for assigned relationships.
• Coordinate proposals, budgets, and legal approvals with internal teams.
• Prepare executives for meetings and relationship-building opportunities.
• Maintain Salesforce records and probability-weighted forecasts.

Skills

Relationship development

Partnership design

Negotiation

Presentation

Proposals

Mission alignment

Portfolio management

Forecasting

Relationship mapping

Documentation

Cross-functional coordination

Equity commitment

Job description

PolicyLink seeks a Director of Corporate Partnerships to build and lead a corporate fundraising portfolio that advances Governing For All. The role develops relationships across corporate philanthropy, sponsorship, executive engagement, and strategic partnerships, while ensuring mission alignment and risk management.

It reports to Development and collaborates across Finance, Programs, Communications, and Legal.