Senior Activation & Partnerships Lead

Stand Together; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting

Comprehensive health and dental plans

Wellness and mental health support (Pe

Job summary

Stand Together, Arlington-based philanthropy, seeks a seasoned activation leader to translate strategy into multi-channel execution. You will coordinate teams across partnerships, media, marketing, and technology to deploy scalable activation initiatives with measurable impact.

You will drive collaboration across internal stakeholders and external partners, shaping participation models and platforms that grow engagement and movement momentum while tying performance to outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution and measurable results.
• Experience in executive or integrated production, strategic initiatives, sports/entertainment, consumer brands, media, partnerships, or other highly collaborative environments.
• A strong producer mindset with the ability to connect strategy, creative, partnerships, operations, technology, and audience engagement.
• Proven ability to bring ambitious ideas to life by coordinating multiple teams, partners, vendors, platforms, and workstreams.
• Strong judgment and stakeholder leadership with the ability to create clarity, navigate ambiguity, and drive decisions.
• Experience with nationally recognized consumer brands, sports or entertainment properties, media companies, or other high-visibility partners is a plus.
• Ability to move comfortably between big-picture strategy and detailed execution.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to StandTogether's vision and PBM-based culture.

Responsibilities

• Translate activation strategy into coordinated execution, leading complex initiatives through launch, optimization, and measurable outcomes.
• Build clear execution plans, participation pathways, workstreams, decision points, timelines, and success measures.
• Coordinate teams across partnerships, media, creative, marketing, technology, events, consumer insights, and other capabilities.
• Create alignment across internal stakeholders and external partners, resolving obstacles and making tradeoffs to keep work moving.
• Integrate brands, sports and entertainment properties, creators, nonprofits, platforms, and other partners into broader activation efforts.
• Help develop participation models that drive repeated action and strengthen engagement and movement growth.
• Help build platforms, partnerships, and operating models that enable activation scale across issues and audiences.
• Define and monitor performance tied to participation, repeat engagement, and activation impact.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project leadership

Team coordination

Strategic execution

Stakeholder leadership

Producer mindset

Execution planning

Job description

Stand Together, Arlington-based philanthropy, seeks a seasoned activation leader to translate strategy into multi-channel execution. You will coordinate teams across partnerships, media, marketing, and technology to deploy scalable activation initiatives with measurable impact.

You will drive collaboration across internal stakeholders and external partners, shaping participation models and platforms that grow engagement and movement momentum while tying performance to outcomes.