Partnership Manager, Chicago (Contract)

About the role

SIRUM is expanding to Chicago, a major milestone in our mission to connect every person with the medications they need to stay healthy. We're hiring Partnership Managers to serve as boots-on-the-ground community connectors, establishing SIRUM's presence across Chicago's healthcare and social service landscape.

Responsibilities

• Identify and cultivate partnerships with healthcare providers (FQHCs, safety-net clinics, hospitals) and community-based organizations across Chicago metro, with a focus on organizations serving families in lower-income communities
• Meet with decision-makers across all levels, from CEOs and Medical Directors to Social Workers, Community Health Workers, and Program Directors, and tailor SIRUM's pitch to each
• Navigate diverse partnership models, from patient referral relationships to white-label pharmacy solutions through Good Pill
• Activate & Onboard Guide partner organizations through implementation and staff training
• Ensure a smooth handoff to the Partner Success Team after partnership launch
• Document learnings and processes to help build a replicable Chicago playbook
• Ecosystem Building Map Chicago's healthcare and social service landscape to identify key influencers and referral nodes
• Represent SIRUM at community events, health fairs, and professional convenings

Requirements

• Chicago-based, with familiarity across the city's healthcare or social service ecosystem
• 5 to 14 years of experience in a primary healthcare or community-services setting (FQHC, safety-net clinic, hospital, public health, social services for low-income populations) as a social worker, care coordinator, community health worker, medical assistant, or similar frontline role
• Direct experience working with low-income, uninsured, or underinsured populations
• A strong understanding of clinical or systemic workflows, with the ability to spot where a partnership fits into an existing process
• Comfortable building relationships with stakeholders across an org chart
• Able to manage your own pipeline and follow through without daily oversight
• Comfortable with office-side work: managing an inbox, editing a deck, sending follow-ups

Qualifications

• Ideal Background: A current or former social worker, care coordinator, medical assistant, or community health worker at a Chicago FQHC, community health center, or community-services organization, with firsthand understanding of how medication costs hit patients. Many other paths to this role are welcome.

Skills

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to navigate diverse partnership models
• Experience with healthcare and social service ecosystems
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits

• Direct, measurable impact on thousands of families' lives
• Flexible schedule, 10-20 hours/week, set by you
• Ground-floor opportunity to shape how SIRUM grows in Chicago
• $35-45/hour, commensurate with experience
• Collaboration with a mission-driven national team
• Strong performance may lead to expanded scope or a full-time opportunity

Pay

$35-45/hour, commensurate with experience

Schedule

10-20 hours/week, set by you