Senior Manager of Partnership Development

About the role

The Senior Manager of Partnership Development leads strategic initiatives and cross-functional efforts to expand, sustain, and enhance OnRamps partnerships across Texas and beyond. They oversee the development and implementation of systems, tools, and personnel to ensure high-quality service, partner satisfaction, and alignment with OnRamps' mission and strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design and execution of strategic initiatives for partnership acquisition, retention and growth.
• Develops, implements and monitors systems to support partner success and sustainability.
• Applies market trends and data insights to shape long-term strategies aligned with OnRamps’ goals.
• Leads cross functional projects that supports implementation, continuous improvement and innovation.
• Oversees tools, resources, and communication systems to ensure quality support for stakeholders.
• Ensures current documentation of targets, activities, and outcomes, and provides regular reports of progress and makes recommendations in support of sustainability, growth, and goal attainment.
• Creates forms, tools and guidelines to capture required documentation and streamline communication.
• Represents the organization at high-level meetings and conferences to share insights and innovations.
• Analyzes data, evaluates and documents outcomes through recurrent issue tracking and reporting.
• Uses data to make recommendations, guides strategies and needs for intervention, and applies continuous improvement principles to areas of responsibility in support of sustainability, growth, effectiveness, and goal attainment with stakeholders.
• Manages high-level partnership portfolios, including regional and statewide networks.
• Facilitates networks of partners to foster collaboration and shared innovation.
• Documents and monitors caseload and effective communications with new and existing partners using identified Client Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
• Mentors, coaches, and trains assigned staff to calibrate on departmental expectations and priorities.
• Calibrates team efforts to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment with OnRamps’ model.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in education, higher education, policy, or closely related field.
• Seven or more years of professional experience in K12 or higher education environments, including at least three years in a leadership or management role.
• Experience in scaled partnership development and outreach in K12 or higher education environments.
• Demonstrated success in leadership of a team.
• Experience working within the Texas education system.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in education, higher education, or closely related field.
• Ten or more years of leadership experience spanning both K12 and higher education environments.
• Significant experience leading large-scale partnership strategy, outreach, or business development efforts.
• Demonstrated success leading managers, overseeing complex initiatives, and achieving organizational goals.

Benefits

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
• Retirement contributions
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays
• Eligible for hybrid telework

Pay

$90,000 + depending on qualifications

Schedule

Expected to Continue

Location

AUSTIN, TX