Alzheimer's Association® · 4 hours ago
Director, Corporate Initiatives
The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. The Director, Corporate Initiatives is responsible for selling nationwide programs, products, events, and initiatives to corporations, aiming to generate mission revenue and business development opportunities by securing strategic partnerships.
Health CareNon Profit
Responsibilities
Leads a defined business development territory to secure new corporate partnerships through custom campaigns, corporate/employee/customer engagement, sponsorship, and more
Proactively identifies, cultivates and solicits Fortune 1000 companies to raise funds and awareness for the Association’s mission
Actively solicits corporate partnerships through cause marketing campaigns, corporate donations, sponsorships, licensing, and a variety of Association programs and initiatives
Manages and moves national prospects through a robust pipeline including building acquisition strategies and thorough prospect relationship management
Develops relationships with senior level decision makers at corporate headquarters to represent the Association’s strategic interests
Collaborates, builds strong relationships and secures alignment across the Association with Field teams, Care & Support, Marketing, Legal, Mission Engagement, Medical and Scientific staff, Constituent Events and Relationship Development teams to ensure brand compliance and maximize revenue opportunity
Maintains a broad knowledge of Association strategic goals, organizational priorities and activities
Develops comprehensive strategies and monitors progress for sales activities in assigned territory
Serves as key internal stakeholder for activities involving assigned corporations
Contributes to building an innovative, constituent-focused and collaborative team environment
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, communications or related field
10+ years experience building corporate marketing partnerships or related experience with a proven track record of sales in a relationship-selling environment
Experience securing six and seven figure corporate partnerships
Cultivated strong relationships by interfacing with executives and day-to-day contacts at multi-billion dollar companies
Demonstrated success in securing new business - selling, developing and scaling cause marketing and sponsorship initiatives
Gifted communicator with negotiation experience
Excellent creative problem solving, customer service, communications, presentation and interpersonal skills
Ambitious and enthusiastic mind-set with a focus on outcomes
Preferred
Experience in a non-profit setting preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave
Annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing
Gold standard 401(k) retirement plan
Annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing
Company
Alzheimer's Association®
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.1MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationIllinois Prairie Community Foundation
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2023-01-01Grant
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