Managing Director, Relationship Management

Company: Stand Together
Location: Washington
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Location: Arlington, VirginiaCategories: Strategic PartnershipsReq ID: 5057Overview Do you love building and leading high-performing teams? Are you motivated by driving long term, high-impact partnerships focused on delivering social and cultural impact? Are you excited by the power of music to catalyze social change?We are searching for a Managing Director of Relationship Management to join our fast growing Stand Together Music team. Stand Together Music is a movementofcultural changemakers who lead, createandamplify work thatbridgesdividesand createsa world in which everyone canriseto their fullpotential. Stand Together Music serves asacatalyst to drive consumer awareness,actionsand ultimately cultural changeon the biggest issues of our generation.As part of these efforts, you will own the build-out and implementation of a framework that enables Stand Together Music to identify, cultivate, and steward high-leveraged entertainment industry partnerships at scale. You will also assemble and lead a team of relationship managers each focused on cultivating a pipeline of industry partners. To be successful in this role, you will have successfully led a relationship management function and have an existing track record of developing partnerships in the entertainment industry.Your Responsibilities Include

• Own the vision and strategy for pipeline cultivation and stewardship of influential individuals and institutions within the music and entertainment industry - connecting key relationships to the vision of Stand Together Music, which seeks to unite musicians and changemakers to accelerate the rate of social change in society, beginning with Criminal Justice Reform, Addiction, and Mental Health.
• As a critical people leader on the team, building and overseeing a team of relationship managers who cultivate, steward, and activate partnerships that will create the highest yielding value for Stand Together Music and the priority issues we serve.
• Driving a strong culture consistent with our guiding principles and model this culture across the team.
• Honing and setting standards and best practices for how Stand Together Music's capabilities and service offerings can align to scalable and repeatable partnership engagements to create a higher volume of partners and increased value creation across the business.
• Collaborating closely with other core lines of Stand Together Music's business including products, media, and marketing, to ensure that that relationship managers are specializing in cultivation and stewardship to hit key impact metrics. Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization
  • Experience building and managing partnerships in the music/entertainment industry with proven examples of successfully leading a relationship management function at scale.
  • Examples of developing and cultivating partnerships based on mutually aligned goals that produce long term value for both parties.
  • Experience leading a team of senior outreach professionals toward high yield outcomes within music and/or social impact.
  • Ideally 15+ years of experience within a highly matrixed organization with a complex operating model.
  • Strong, existing relationships across the music industry with all levels of talent and their representatives, including the artist, labels, agents, and managers.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple inquiries with an established track record of outstanding judgment in a fast-paced, high-profile environment, particularly in dealing with time-sensitive, confidential matters.
  • Reputation as a respected and collaborative people leader who enjoys coaching direct reports and building a team and has experience supervising other leaders.About UsStand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference. Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential.Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds-including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy-to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.Our ValuesWorking at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Market Based Management -- (MBM -- ). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, MBM-- prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees. We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color,race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. #pm19
    
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