Strategic Corporate Giving & Partnerships Manager

Perot Museum of Nature and Science; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is seeking a Corporate Giving Manager to grow our corporate giving program and manage a portfolio of donors and prospects. You will work with the Development Team to cultivate sponsorships, memberships, grants, and partnerships that advance our mission.

You will leverage data to identify new business opportunities, coordinate sponsor activations, and build strong relationships with corporate partners, ensuring mutual value and community impact.

Qualifications

• Manage a portfolio of up to 150 corporate donors and prospects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of up to 150 corporate donors and prospects and conduct meetings directly, leveraging Development and cross-functional Museum colleagues as needed.
• Develop, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate philanthropic investments, including Corporate Memberships, sponsorships, grants, and partnerships that advance the Museum's mission and fundraising priorities.
• Grow an annual corporate giving program including identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of Corporate Members and business development prospects.
• Strategically leverage data to identify new opportunities for business development to align with the Perot Museum’s strategic plan and vision.
• Serve as the primary liaison between corporate partners and the Museum, ensuring partnerships are mutually beneficial, innovative, and aligned with both community impact and business objectives.
• Manage a portfolio of current corporate partners with a focus on increasing annual philanthropic support through Corporate Memberships, sponsorships, grants, volunteerism, employee engagement, and multi-year investments.
• Develop and execute cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and renewal strategies that deepen corporate engagement and maximize philanthropic giving.
• Proactively build a healthy pipeline of new corporate relationships to feed the membership and stewardship pipelines.
• Work with Director of Development to establish and manage a corporate relocation and welcome strategy and engagement program to recruit and engage companies relocating to the DFW area.
• Create a process and timeline with key deliverables for sponsorship activations and marketing recognition, holding Museum stakeholders to deadlines and quality.
• Deliver compelling verbal pitches that incorporate investor motivations, accurate data, and inspiring stories that reflect our unique mission and work.
• Meet prospective donors and supporters on a continual basis to establish effective communications with them.
• Support team members in producing high-quality deliverables aligned to current and prospective funder interests, such as proposals, concept papers, letters, mid-year and final reports, program budgets, thank you letters, and other stewardship items, touch points and customized materials such as spreadsheets, decks, 1-pagers, and graphics.
• Work in conjunction with the Volunteer Team to effectively grow Corporate Group Volunteering to effectively support the needs of the Museum during open hours.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records in the Museum’s CRM/database, ensuring effective tracking, forecasting, and reporting of corporate giving.
• Support in development of annual goals and performance metrics tied to revenue growth and partner retention.

Skills

Donor portfolio management

Job description

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is seeking a Corporate Giving Manager to grow our corporate giving program and manage a portfolio of donors and prospects. You will work with the Development Team to cultivate sponsorships, memberships, grants, and partnerships that advance our mission.

You will leverage data to identify new business opportunities, coordinate sponsor activations, and build strong relationships with corporate partners, ensuring mutual value and community impact.