Head of Employer Partnerships

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Head of Employer Partnerships

Team: External Affairs

Location: In-Person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), Newark (NJ)

Employment Type: Full-time

Start Date: Aug 2025

About Braven

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.

Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs Report.

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring the Head of Employer Partnerships. You will play a pivotal role in the organization’s corporate fundraising, recruiting employees from our partners to volunteer, and opening up access to internship and job opportunities for our Fellows. You will be responsible for cultivating new prospective national employer partners, successfully managing high stakes existing partnerships, and leading the Employer Partnerships team (6 full-time staff) to strong outcomes.

This role is on the External Affairs team and reports directly to the Chief External Affairs Officer.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership & Growth (30%)

• Set and lead on Braven’s org-wide employer partnership strategy that enables employers to contribute 50% of our core model revenue and 50% of our volunteers, and helps us provide Fellows with access to relevant internship and job opportunities.
• Coordinate with internal subteams to align with program and revenue needs.
• Integrate employer partnership goals across the enterprise.
• Analyze partnership data to identify patterns and drive solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of new strategies and operations using product development and change management best practices.

Partnership Development & External Relations (40%)

• Manage a portfolio of high-stakes, shared-value relationships with national employer partners.
• Provide thought partnership to local teams in six regions.
• Prospect and cultivate new national partners and partners in expansion regions.
• Adapt our partnership approach to build a robust portfolio in the social impact and public sectors.
• Ensure Braven remains a leader in the field, raising Braven’s brand through thought leadership, media, public speaking, and events.

Team Leadership & Talent Development (20%)

• Coach 6 team members to achieve professional growth and organizational goals.
• Foster a high-performance culture within the Employer Partnerships team.

Operational Excellence & Impact Measurement (10%)

• Oversee new systems and processes for data collection and progress monitoring.
• Ensure operational efficiency and continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years leading corporate partnerships for a nonprofit or leading a corporate sales team
• 5+ years managing teams to strong outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience
• 3 - 5 years managing multi-million dollar corporate partnerships or sales
• You’re an entrepreneurial thinker who thrives in a fast-paced environment, even in moments of ambiguity and organizational change
• You are able to communicate effectively through demonstrating exceptional written, verbal communication
• You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others
• You go after ambitious and measurable goals with action orientation and perseverance
• You are a proactive and data-driven problem solver and decision-maker
• You hold others accountable for their results, effectively integrating accountability for outcomes with care for the individual, one’s own role in the outcome, and situational context
• You’re extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture.
• You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and managers.
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
• You exemplify Braven’s core values
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), Newark (NJ)
• Ability to travel 8-10 times per year for several days at a time.
• Ability to work after hours ~5-7 nights per semester to support org-wide volunteer events as needed (Mock-Interview Night, etc), regional site visits, or other stakeholder engagement events.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Performance Task
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Reference Checks

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead, each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking.

New hires can expect a starting salary at the beginning of the range to allow room for growth with performance and so that Braven maintains internal equity. The salary ranges, by geographic market, for this role are set forth $154,500-$193,100 for Atlanta, $163,200-$204,000 for Chicago, and $179,600-$224,400 for New York and Newark. This is based on a 50-hour work week at an hourly rate. This is a full-time, regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity.

Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Please note that Braven is firm in its compensation philosophy; therefore, only candidates who believe that our total rewards package matches what they are looking for in their next opportunity are encouraged to apply.

Location

We gather in the office 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and work remotely 2 days a week (Monday and Friday). Each teammate can use at least two flex days per week of their choosing to work remotely. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.