Strategic Partnerships Coordinator

Ajaia | AI Consultancy; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary + incentives

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

LaunchEd in Fort Lauderdale is hiring a Strategic Partnerships Coordinator to connect educators, school leaders, and product teams. You will manage intake pipeline, coordinate meetings and demos, and maintain records in Monday.com.

You'll facilitate educator feedback through the LaunchEd Innovators Network, ensure smooth handoffs across teams, and act as a trusted first point of contact for founders and operators.

Qualifications

• Experience with Florida school network and education stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and scheduling skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive information.
• First point of contact for founders/operators.
• Proactive mindset in fast-moving pipelines.
• Proficiency with CRM systems, preferably Monday.com.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate intake pipeline and schedule demos for educators and founders.
• Facilitate educator feedback sessions and network activities.
• Maintain records in Monday.com and ensure accurate pipeline status.
• Act as liaison across business development, diligence, and implementation teams.
• Serve as communication bridge between internal teams and partners.

Skills

Coordination & scheduling

Relationship management

Stakeholder communication

CRM experience

Education network familiarity

Tools

Monday.com

CRM tools

Job description

Position Overview

LaunchEd connects schools with innovative products and solutions that address real challenges in education. The Strategic Partnerships Coordinator helps keep the entire LaunchEd platform running smoothly by coordinating people, opportunities, and information from first contact through early evaluation. The role serves as a central point of coordination between educators, school leaders, company founders, and internal teams, managing the intake pipeline, coordinating meetings and demos, maintaining accurate records in Monday.com, facilitating educator feedback sessions through the LaunchEd Innovators Network, and ensuring smooth handoffs across teams.

Key Responsibilities

LaunchEd Intake (Stage 1 & 2)

• Serve as a point of contact for product and solution requests originating across the Red Apple enterprise.
• Support early-stage screening of inbound companies against LaunchEd intake criteria and the four core pillars.
• Route qualified opportunities into the pipeline at Stage 1 (Intake) and Stage 2 (Initial Screen).
• Own and maintain the LaunchEd intake calendar and coordinate intake meetings, demos, and screening calls across stakeholders.
• Keep pipeline status and notes current in Monday.com.

Innovators Network

• Lead the teacher and leader collective convened from the prior year's conference.
• Facilitate focus-group sessions that surface validated, school-level problem statements.
• Translate ground-level feedback into Sandbox messaging and solution matching.
• Coordinate network members participating as paid product testers where applicable.

Cross-Department Liaison

• Connect LaunchEd Group, prospective clients, active clients, and the Sandbox across departments.
• Ensure clean handoffs between business development, diligence, and implementation teams.
• Serve as a communication bridge between ITSS and partner-facing teams.

Requirements

• Familiarity with the Red Apple Education Companies and Florida network and a working understanding of the school‑choice environment.
• Strong organizational, scheduling, and coordination skills across multiple stakeholders.
• Relationship management and comfort serving as a first point of contact for founders and operators.
• Belief in school choice and alignment with the Strong Minds, Good Hearts ethos.
• A proactive, driven mindset, comfortable operating with urgency in a fast‑moving pipeline.
• Working knowledge of a CRM, with Monday.com preferred, and standard scheduling tools.
• Detail orientation and discretion handling confidential pipeline and partner information.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + performance incentives.
• Professional development opportunities.