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The VP of Educational Partnerships and Business Development is responsible for identifying, developing, and activating revenue generating opportunities that advance positive youth development, expand community impact and support overall sustainability within local Ys. This role aligns strategy, vision, and execution of a scalable educational/youth development partnership model, leveraging industry expertise and innovative solutions with existing practice leadership at YUSA. Working in partnership with the Service Delivery ecosystem, this position strengthens our system wide capacity to optimize our national footprint and drive business growth strategies. VP collaborates internally and externally to deliver high-quality experiences that drive participation, resource utilization, create connection, and increase revenue growth
Job Responsibility
Source, design, refine and execute enterprise level educational/youth development partnership and business development strategies that are relevant and scalable across the network
Serve as a catalyst for positioning Ys as trusted community and school partners that support youth success and family engagement
Build and advance growth strategy to expand Y impact and create sustainable revenue models
Align with industry standards, federal and state priorities, and funding expectations to optimize opportunities and support network wide adoption and sustainability
Endorse leading practices around local Y management and engagement with educational/youth development experts – including go to market approach, operating models, partnership lifecycle management, MOU execution and renewal and performance expectations and quality controls to launch and scale partnerships efficiently and consistently
Partner with practice leadership, service delivery and emerging opportunities to align strategy, process, innovation, resource development and activation
Develop infrastructure across the ecosystem to support educational/youth development partnerships at scale
Develop and manage department budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness and strong ROI
Collaborate internally at YUSA to deliver integrated seamless support to local Ys
Engage with external consultants to advance and accelerate the work
Build partnerships with school districts, youth development experts, and educational stakeholders to drive new revenue streams
Maintain and leverage CEO relationships for advocacy, influence and endorsement
Establish metrics to measure effectiveness, participation, and impact of services provided to the network
use data and insights to drive continuous quality improvement
Ensure services demonstrate clear value toward local Y organizational excellence and financial sustainability
Partner across YUSA to ensure we are mitigating risk and exposure to YUSA as well as our local Ys
Stay abreast of emerging issues that may impact the Y network
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or higher required in a relevant field such as Business, or related disciplines required
Advanced degree strongly preferred
Minimum of 12 years of experience required
Deep functional expertise and functional thought leadership
Oversees a department or function
Highly strategic and operational decision-making authority
Mid- to long-term strategic planning for department or functional area
Internal and external communications, executive level, high influence on department vision and strategy
Management-level autonomy
no daily supervision from manager
goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and/or indirect reports