Chief Strategic Partnership Officer

Position Overview: The Chief Strategic Partnership Officer serves as the executive architect and steward of one of the most significant corporate partnerships within the United Way network. Reporting directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer, this executive leadership role functions as the enterprise relationship leader for a nationally significant, multi-state corporate partnership while also overseeing the corresponding relationship within Central Florida. The role provides strategic leadership for partnership infrastructure, engagement, philanthropy, workplace giving, volunteerism, disaster resilience, and collaborative initiatives spanning more than 100 participating local United Ways.

Responsibilities

Serve as UWCF’s executive relationship leader and primary ambassador for a nationally significant corporate partner, cultivating trusted executive-level partnerships that align corporate priorities with United Way community impact strategies; Lead the long-range strategy and infrastructure for a multi-state corporate partnership while overseeing local engagement within Central Florida, ensuring alignment, coordination, and measurable outcomes across corporate, nonprofit, and community stakeholders; Provide national leadership for a workplace giving campaign involving more than 100 participating local United Ways, strengthening campaign strategy, stewardship, messaging, and infrastructure; Partner closely with United Way Worldwide, State United Way Associations, and market leadership to co-develop strategy, strengthen alignment, and ensure consistent, high-impact execution of partnership initiatives across participating markets; Oversee and strengthen local partnership engagement within Central Florida, including corporate philanthropy initiatives, campaign strategy, executive stewardship, and community partnerships; Supervise and develop strategic partnership staff, providing leadership to the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Engagement and alignment via a dotted-line relationship with the Manager, Corporate Philanthropy, ensuring seamless integration between national strategy and local execution; Cultivate meaningful engagement opportunities for corporate associates, retirees, volunteer networks, and Young Leaders while partnering with Marketing and Communications to strengthen storytelling, visibility, public engagement, and philanthropic participation; Design and enhance partnership systems, processes, analytics, and emerging technologies that strengthen enterprise-wide collaboration, improve effectiveness, and support scalable impact across markets; Provide executive leadership for disaster partnership strategy involving corporate, nonprofit, and community stakeholders to support preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience efforts

Requirements

Exceptional relationship-building skills with demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders across complex corporate and nonprofit environments; Strong strategic thinking and enterprise leadership abilities with experience designing scalable systems, partnerships, and infrastructure; Ability to lead through influence while aligning diverse stakeholders around shared priorities and measurable outcomes; Demonstrated success strengthening corporate partnerships, philanthropy initiatives, workplace campaigns, or multi-state collaborations; Strong communication and executive presence with the ability to represent UWCF publicly with credibility and professionalism; Collaborative leadership style combined with operational discipline, innovation, and commitment to mission-driven work; Comfort leveraging technology, analytics, and emerging tools to improve partnership effectiveness and impact; Ability to work strategically and operationally within a fast-paced, evolving environment; Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, Communications, or related field; Minimum of 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate partnerships, philanthropy, nonprofit executive leadership, or multi-state stakeholder engagement; Experience supervising professional staff and leading cross-functional initiatives required; Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, and eligibility to drive on behalf of United Way Central Florida; Personal automobile insurance coverage as required by law; Pass drug test before beginning employment; Required languages: English

Nice to have

Master’s degree preferred; Demonstrated success managing enterprise-level partnerships or leading large-scale national initiatives strongly preferred; Experience working within federated nonprofit systems, statewide associations, or national partnership networks is highly desirable; A thoughtful and influential leader who values collaboration, accountability, innovation, and measurable community impact

Benefits

Competitive executive compensation package; Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; Paid time off; Holidays; Retirement savings; Professional development opportunities