Vice President, Regional Partnerships
$120,000–$150,000 year
HybridPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Maintain working relationships with subregional economic and workforce development organizations and civic institutions to coordinate actions across jurisdictional boundaries. Develop formal infrastructure including operating agreements and collaborative structures, while sustaining a visible presence at events in the five-county region. Facilitate committees and working groups by convening participants, preparing materials, and driving follow-through on commitments. Manage information flows to keep partners informed and accountable, and lead the regional resource collaborative for coordinated pursuit of federal, state, and philanthropic funding. Oversee contracting, subaward, and regranting structures by establishing scopes, monitoring performance, and ensuring compliance. Coordinate with business development and research leads to align funding and convenings with industry priorities, and surface intelligence to inform internal planning. Report to the Executive Director in a hybrid role requiring two core in-office days weekly and monthly presence in each county.
Required Qualifications
- 10-15+ years of relevant experience in public affairs, civic engagement, economic development, or a related field
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field (e.g., Public Affairs, Political Science, Public Policy, Business Administration, Urban Planning, or Communications)
- Demonstrated track record building and managing relationships with government officials, civic institutions, community stakeholders, and business leaders across a complex, multi-jurisdictional landscape
- Experience with federal, state, and philanthropic funding ecosystems relevant to economic and workforce development, including coordinating multi-partner funding responses and managing grant processes
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including experience developing materials for public and partner audiences and representing complex collaborative work credibly in external settings
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong creative problem-solving skills and comfort operating and building in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and related productivity and collaboration tools, including artificial intelligence tools to support efficiency and productivity
- This hybrid role requires a minimum of two core in-office days per week
- Travel throughout the Greater Philadelphia region is expected for meetings, events, and partner engagement and relationship development activities
- The Vice President of Regional Partnerships will be expected to spend a minimum of one day per month in each of the five Southeastern PA counties
- Applications that fail to fulfill this requirement will not be considered
Desired Qualifications
- Established relationships with Southeastern Pennsylvania civic institutions and intermediaries, such as county economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, workforce boards, community colleges and universities, and industry-specific support organizations
- Knowledge of the Greater Philadelphia region's civic, political, and economic landscape, including the institutions, networks and dynamics that shape regional economic development
- Experience in economic development, workforce development, or regional planning
- Experience managing contracts, grants, and subawards, including compliance monitoring and implementation oversight
- Experience working in a cross-functional or matrixed organizational environment, coordinating across multiple internal functions to align and sequence parallel workstreams
- Familiarity with one or more of the Partnership's priority industries (e.g., Biomedical Engineering and Production, Precision Manufacturing, and Enterprise Tech) and the regional economic context in which they operate
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