Head of Partnerships

Description

The Head of Partnerships will be responsible for strategic outreach to potential hiring company partners. Through this role, you’ll be critical in helping our internship placement program expansion efforts.

This role will focus on building long term relations with returning and new company partners. You’ll be responsible for learning from companies about their current hiring practices and growth plans and look for ways that Forge can provide a solution as a new pipeline for new talent.

You’ll own the end-to-end sales process and manage a team of 3 people to hit important sales targets.

Job Duties

• Own long term relationships with returning company partners
• Connect with potential leads through cold emails and Linkedin outbound campaigns
• Listen and identify company hiring needs and challenges
• Present Forge in a tailored pitch as a solution to hiring needs
• Build long-term and trusting relationships with new and returning partners
• Proactively seek new partners, leads, and networking opportunities
• Report to the Executive Director weekly on sales results
• Stay up-to-date with tech industry trends, news, and in-demand skill sets

Skills Required

(We’re looking for about 85% of these. Not having some of these shouldn’t be a reason not to apply.)

• Some form of prior SDR/BD/sales experience
• Ability to self-manage time and multiple ongoing activities
• Demonstrate good oral and written communication
• Natural relationship builder with integrity, reliability and maturity
• Experience with any sales software (Pipedrive, Reply.io, Hunter.io, PhantomBusters, etc)
• A passion for improving educational accessibility

Work Schedule

Full time
M-F