Position overview

The Senior Associate for Strategic Partnerships supports the Foundation’s key initiatives in building strategic partnerships and alliances, and mobilizing capital and other resources to scale the Foundation’s people-focused climate strategy. Reporting to the Director of Strategic Partnerships, this role will support the Foundation’s program teams in identifying, cultivating and managing financing partners to leverage its investments and implement its organizational strategy to advance the well-being of humanity and reverse the climate crisis.

Payment range: $95,000 – $112,700. This represents the current low and high end of the organization’s salary range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to experience.

Work schedule: This role relies on a hybrid work schedule, and is required to be in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive background research on potential stakeholders, organizations, and partners aligned with Rockefeller Foundation priority initiatives using donor prospecting tools, databases, and secondary research sources.
• Contribute to analytical work that supports the organization’s strategic partnerships and resource mobilization strategy; Drafting memos and compiling ideas to enhance team collaboration and strategic alignment.
• Support the full life cycle of partnership formation – including proposal development, negotiation, relationship management and impact reporting – to ensure effective and sustainable collaboration.
• Evaluate existing partnerships to identify growth opportunities and recommend strategies to deepen engagement and expand impact.
• Develop and maintain relationships with current and potential partners, and act as a key point of contact and steward of RF’s values ​​and priorities.
• Track and manage the enterprise partnership pipeline, ensuring timely updates and strategic visibility across teams.
• Maintain and update Salesforce to ensure accurate documentation of contacts, partner interactions, and engagement history; Support data integrity and reporting needs.
• Assist in formulating, improving and strengthening processes and policies related to resource mobilization; Support adoption across the organization to improve consistency and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams – including RFCC, Programs, Legal, IT, Communications Leaders, and Strategic Communications – to support partnership objectives and ensure operational alignment.
• Providing logistical, organizational and administrative support for events, meetings and outreach activities, ensuring smooth implementation and stakeholder engagement.
• Invest in personal development by participating in coaching, mentoring, and development planning activities to build capacity and contribute meaningfully to the team’s success.

Education, experience and skills

• You are generally expected to have at least 5 years of relevant experience in business development, fundraising, strategic partnerships, and/or resource mobilization, preferably within mission-oriented or charitable organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with the charitable sector and/or government grants and contracts, with an understanding of funding mechanisms and partnership dynamics.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Salesforce and advanced use of Microsoft Office Suite; Able to move between multiple platforms and quickly adapt to new tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with experience producing professional materials and visual representations of program results for diverse audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure, balancing competing requirements while maintaining quality and timeliness.
• High attention to detail and strong commitment to accuracy in documentation, reporting, and communications.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy, patience, and the ability to build collaborative relationships between teams and stakeholders.
• Proactive and strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset; Takes initiative and contributes creatively and effectively to achieving team goals.

Qualifications and competencies

• Data oriented: Consistently achieves results by approaching data-informed work.
• Resolution quality: Makes good, timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Communicates effectively: Develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Strategic learning: Actively learns through experience when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as fodder for learning.
• Value differences: Recognizes the value of different points of view, is committed to self-awareness and respect, and seeks to learn from new and different voices.

About the Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology and innovation that enable individuals, families and communities to thrive. We are making big bets to advance the well-being of humanity. Today, we are focused on advancing humanitarian opportunity and reversing the climate crisis by transforming systems in food, health, energy and finance. For more information, subscribe to our newsletter at http://rockefellerfoundation.org and follow us on X @RockefellerFdn.

The Rockefeller Foundation offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes health insurance programs, tuition and student loan reimbursement, a generous 401k, parental leave, and various forms of paid time off, all to help our employees feel energized, cared for, and engaged.

As an organization, we focus on six values ​​to strengthen our culture and continue our success. We are committed to being transparent, optimistic, accountable, collaborative, reliable and fair. We operate from a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do. Not only is this the right thing to do, but we couldn’t make an impact without the diverse perspectives and experiences of our team members. We expect all employees in the organization to contribute by developing their unique perspectives and talents, challenging conventional wisdom through evidence and reason, and amplifying marginalized voices.

The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws relating to employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, the Corporation ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, legal alien status, physical, mental, or medical disability, veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other protected status.

The Rockefeller Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.