Strategic Partnerships & Innovation Director

Liberation Ventures; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberation Ventures is seeking a Director of Partnerships & Innovation to build and lead the partnerships and innovation team, supporting LV’s portfolio of movement partners and informing grantmaking with field insights.

You will report to the Managing Director and collaborate across LV and partner organizations, driving strategic planning, fundraising support, and evaluation tools in a hybrid work setting with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of experience in management or strategy consulting (ideal but not required).
• Exceptional project management skills; highly organized and able to manage multiple streams of work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Outstanding relationship builder, with people of all backgrounds and professional experiences.
• Able to see and manage power and privilege dynamics in a group.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills; ability to convene large numbers of people with clear purpose and objectives.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to work in a hybrid workplace and travel regularly.

Responsibilities

• Build a program to provide movement partners in LV’s portfolio with tailored technical assistance, including fundraising, communications, strategic planning, and financial management.
• Synthesize insights from movement partners and feed them back into LV’s grantmaking and organizational strategies.
• Identify new opportunities to develop partnerships with potential grantees, funders, or other organizations.
• Design and execute field-wide projects to develop knowledge and data assets with the field.
• Design and develop impact evaluation tools and a measurement framework.
• Develop mechanisms for organizational learning and governance engagement.

Skills

Project management

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Interpersonal communication

Empathy

Team collaboration

Job description

Liberation Ventures is seeking a Director of Partnerships & Innovation to build and lead the partnerships and innovation team, supporting LV’s portfolio of movement partners and informing grantmaking with field insights.

You will report to the Managing Director and collaborate across LV and partner organizations, driving strategic planning, fundraising support, and evaluation tools in a hybrid work setting with travel as needed.