Senior Director - Partnerships
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Led Business Development to engage a wide variety of organizations at the forefront of financial inclusion initiatives, consistently exceeding annual goals. Led B2B development efforts to expand the Network membership, consulting, and grant based research. Collaborated with a diverse range of organizations while identifying solutions for a variety of unique business requirements.• Managed high-profile relationships across multiple business sectors resulting in new relationships and business opportunities.• Increased memberships by 60% since joining the organization while coordinating internal team recruiting efforts and updating sales materials.• Successfully adjusted sales strategy to recruit a wide variety of organizations including technology companies, financial institutions, lenders, venture capital, and others in the U.S., Australian and European markets.• Exceeded the annual sales goal for the Attune financial health measurement platform while identifying wider business opportunities for the consulting team.• Provided business development support to the FinTechs in the Financial Solutions Lab accelerator program.• Led the Washington, D.C. office, coordinating activities and engagement in the D.C. business community while managing the office budget.• Established the standards for engaging new business and built business development processes in line with the organizational mission