Strategic Partnership Manager - Canada

Ipas United States; United States; Remote; USD 64,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipas United States is seeking a Strategic Partnership Manager to strengthen resource mobilization and donor engagement in Canada. The role focuses on cultivating funders and partners whose priorities align with Ipas's mission, developing high-value proposals, and producing donor-facing materials.

This remote Canada-based position supports cross-network collaboration and inclusive leadership. Ideal candidates will have 10+ years in development, strong English-French communication, and deep

Qualifications

• Ten+ years of program and project leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in fundraising, donor relations, and proposal development.
• Strong knowledge of institutional donors and partnerships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and French.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines across teams.
• Proven track record of competitive proposals and budgets.
• RH knowledge and reproductive health expertise.
• Deep commitment to reproductive justice and inclusivity.

Responsibilities

• Map priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic partners aligned with Ipas's mission.
• Analyze funder priorities, eligibility, timelines, award size, indirect cost expectations, compliance, and relationships.
• Identify and track RFPs and invitations; maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.
• Support go/no-go decisions with fit assessments and feasibility reviews.
• Develop donor engagement plans for priority prospects with clear next steps.
• Draft capability statements, one-pagers, briefs, and boilerplate language.
• Build network intelligence on trends and opportunities in Canada.
• Collaborate with communications to contribute to external materials.
• Prepare talking points and agendas for external meetings; capture next steps.
• Advise on partnership strategy including lead vs sub-award roles.

Skills

Program management

Business development

Fundraising

Donor engagement

Proposal development

Bilingual English-French

Strategic thinking

RH knowledge

Reproductive justice

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Strategic Partnership Manager

This is a remote position. Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employee's country in addition to Ipas's own pay philosophy and other factors, such as the employee's experience level and expertise.

The successful candidate must be based in Canada.

Ipas seeks a Strategic Partnership Manager to strengthen resource mobilization and the partnership portfolio in Canada. The manager will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators whose priorities align with Ipas's mission and values.

The role will provide targeted business development support for high-value funding opportunities, deepen engagement with priority donors and partners, and contribute to compelling donor-facing materials, including expressions of interest, concept notes, proposals, budgets, presentations, results frameworks, and partnership strategies.

The Strategic Partnership Manager will demonstrate a strong commitment to reproductive justice, including human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The role will collaborate across the Ipas Network and promote shared leadership, trust, and inclusive, non-hierarchical approaches to learning and collaboration, while supporting effective stewardship of donor resources and adherence to Ipas's mission, values, and standards.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Opportunity Pipeline Development and Donor/Partner Intelligence
   • Map priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic implementing partners aligned with Ipas's mission and work.
   • Analyze funder priorities, eligibility, timelines, typical award size, indirect cost expectations, compliance considerations, and relationship pathways.
   • Identify and track requests for proposals, calls for proposals, invitations, and relationship-led opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.
   • Support go/no-go decisions through fit assessments, competitiveness analysis, and risk and feasibility review, including deadlines, staffing, partnership needs, cost share, and indirect rate constraints.
2. External Relations and Resource Mobilization Support
   • Develop donor and partner engagement plans for priority prospects, including objectives, messages, decision-makers, and follow-up actions.
   • Draft and refine positioning materials, including capability statements, one-pagers, brief slide decks, project summaries, and boilerplate language.
   • Build Ipas Network intelligence on key trends and opportunities in Canada.
   • Work with the Communications Service Node to contribute to external communications through the Ipas website, newsletters, and social media.
   • Prepare talking points, briefing notes, and agendas for external meetings; when requested, participate in meetings, capture next steps, and support follow-up.
   • Advise on partnership strategy, including lead versus sub-award roles, consortium roles, negotiation points, partner mapping, and outreach.
   • Work with the Development Service Node to report quarterly and annually on fundraising efforts and results and participate in annual management cycle activities.
3. Proposal Development, Review, and Quality Assurance
   • Support donor-facing submissions, including expressions of interest, concept notes, and full proposals, in coordination with internal teams and partners.
   • Develop and review technical narratives for compliance, clarity, and responsiveness to donor evaluation criteria.
   • Support required annexes, including results frameworks or log frames, workplans, monitoring, evaluation and learning plans, risk matrices, and staffing plans.
   • Coordinate with finance counterparts to develop and quality-check budgets and budget narratives for alignment with the technical approach and donor cost rules.
   • Provide structured written feedback through tracked comments or review memos and participate in review meetings to agree on revisions and next steps.

Minimum Requirements

• Ten or more years' work experience managing programs and projects with increasing complexity and responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrated experience in business development, fundraising, and/or proposal development for NGOs, social enterprises, or mission-driven organizations.
• Strong understanding of institutional donor environments, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, foundations, and partnership or consortium approaches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate across teams, and deliver high-quality products with minimal supervision.
• Proven record of developing competitive proposals and donor-facing products, including complex budgets and results frameworks or log frames.
• Subject-matter expertise in sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive justice, and/or experience working internationally.
• Deep commitment to reproductive justice, human rights