Vice President, Educational Partnerships and Business Development - National Office (Remote)

YMCA is an association that values and is made stronger by its diverse people. The VP of Educational Partnerships and Business Development is responsible for identifying and activating revenue-generating opportunities that support youth development and community impact. This role involves strategic leadership and collaboration to deliver high-quality experiences and drive business growth.

Responsibilities:

• Source, design, refine and execute enterprise level educational/youth development partnership and business development strategies that are relevant and scalable across the network
• Build and advance growth strategy to expand Y impact and create sustainable revenue models
• 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 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
• 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
• Advanced degree strongly preferred