Director, Strategic Partnerships

Summary

Join Teaching Lab, a growing remote education non-profit, as their Director, Strategic Partnerships! This salaried, full-time position, starting July 2025, involves cultivating and maintaining impactful relationships with educational partners. The role requires strong collaboration with internal teams to ensure high-quality service delivery and successful partnership renewals. You will identify and secure new strategic partnerships, contributing to the organization's growth. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in educational leadership, partnership management, and project implementation. A competitive salary range is offered, along with opportunities for growth and professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience setting goals, creating the systems and processes for meeting the goals for educational programming
• Experience creating the strategy for a team or business function
• Demonstrated success cultivating and sustaining complex partnerships with education stakeholders
• Five (5) or more years of combined experience directing projects and leading teams
• Five (5) or more years of combined experience planning and implementing projects within districts, states, nonprofits, or consulting organizations
• Five (5) or more years combined experience working with partners outside of their organization to manage workflow or deliver services
• Eight (8) or more years combined experience working in PK-12 education, with a minimum of two (2) years experience teaching PK-12 students from traditionally underserved backgrounds with demonstrated evidence of impact
• Deep knowledge and experience with College- and Career-Ready math or ELA content and practice standards
• Experience designing impactful professional learning for educators
• Experience facilitating impactful professional learning or coaching for educators
• Experience leading relationships with clients and stakeholders in an education context
• Strong commitment to growth mindset for both adults and students, and a desire to work collaboratively to grow team skills and capabilities
• Compelling communication and influence skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build rapport quickly
• Strong organizational skills
• Reliable and consistently completes work in a timely manner with high quality

Responsibilities

• Ensure strong, sustained relationships with existing partners to maximize impact and satisfaction
• Serve as a key relationship manager for district, state, and school system partners—including superintendents, CAOs, and curriculum leaders—supporting Project Sponsors and Project Leads as needed
• Monitor partnership health through regular check-ins with Project Sponsors and Project Leads, feedback loops, and data-informed insights to ensure high satisfaction
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot challenges and ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery
• Lead the transition from initial engagement to implementation by coordinating with Strategic Growth and Program teams to maintain continuity and clear communication
• Oversee the renewal process for key partnerships, helping teams identify opportunities to expand impact and sustain long-term collaboration
• Partner with project leaders to proactively address implementation or relationship challenges, ensuring strong alignment across teams
• Identify and cultivate new partnership opportunities that advance Teaching Lab’s mission and strategic priorities
• Collaborate with Program, Marketing, and Finance teams to create tailored proposals that reflect both partner needs and Teaching Lab’s service model
• Support RFP responses and contract negotiations, ensuring alignment with both programmatic and financial goals
• Facilitate seamless transitions from business development to implementation, ensuring teams are prepared, deliverables are clear, and resources are effectively mobilized
• Build and sustain high-trust relationships with senior school system leaders to deepen understanding of Teaching Lab’s research-based professional learning model
• Provide senior leadership with insights and recommendations based on partner feedback, implementation trends, and business development data
• Serve as a content or regional expert aligned to strategic priorities (e.g., subject-area, instructional coaching, leadership development, or geographic focus like Texas or California), and support internal capacity-building in those areas
• In collaboration with the operations team, ensure the alignment of partnership data across systems (e.g., CRM, project management platforms)
• Support marketing and communications by informing partner-facing materials and participating in external presentations
• Contribute to internal learning and capacity-building efforts by sharing best practices and partnership trends
• Stay abreast of key research and guidance in the field, and attend learning experiences to build skills and competencies in client management, project management, grant writing, and communications
• Engage in personal and organized learning opportunities as a team member at a values-based and mission-focused organization
• Seek and respond to feedback from staff and adjust strategic partnership operational processes accordingly
• Create and deliver training to other team members on core skills or competencies within the Director, Strategic Partnerships role which is also transferable and critical for other roles
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Strategic Growth leadership and/or Executive Team

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree
• Experience providing professional learning support and services in and for consultative organizations

Benefits

• $106,000 - $139,825 a year
• The full salary range for this position is $106,000 - $160,335 annually. This range represents the full earning potential for the role, including opportunities for salary growth over time based on performance, tenure, and organizational budget
• The anticipated hiring range for this position is $106,000 - $139,825
• Teaching Lab will generally cap salaries for new employees at 105% of the midpoint of the full salary range ($139,825) to allow for continued growth in the role over time
• There are two types of experience being considered for this role: Experience that is directly relevant to the role and Total Working Experience, in all fields. This includes: internships, part-time work, and consulting work
• When calculating the offer, consideration is given to candidates who possess additional qualifications (i.e., desired qualifications)
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to support operational needs
• Travel could be required for the role. Travel is determined based on business needs and can vary depending on partnership/contract requirements