Strategic Partnerships Lead

D-tree

Multiple Locations

About the Role

After an established track record and history of success with bilateral donors and private philanthropy, D-tree is now embarking on an exciting new chapter in our growth and making a shift towards strategic, long-term, philanthropic partnerships. We are looking for a talented and inspiring relationship manager to support our team in establishing a key account management approach and lead the development and closing of high-value, multi-million dollar partnerships to take us to the next level and advance our mission of expanding access to healthcare for all.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to leverage their established network and proven partnership development expertise to unlock relationships with aligned donors and like-minded organisations as we embark on this next phase in our growth.

Key Responsibilities

Partnership development and management

Demonstrate high-quality execution and initiative in reaching out to high-potential funders and partners and lead the partnership cycle from first connection through to closing, bringing in D-tree’s leadership at the appropriate points;
Manage a subset of new and existing high-value partnerships to ensure mutual benefits, long-term collaboration and expansion, working in collaboration with our technical teams.

Strategic planning and leadership

Contribute to the development and professionalisation of D-tree’s partnerships function by providing insights, recommendations, and innovative ideas related to partnership design and growth initiatives centred around value-based selling and trust-based philanthropy;
Actively contribute to the design and improvement of fundraising processes and analytics (via strategies, dashboards, processes, trackers, etc.);
Represent D-tree externally to communicate our unique value proposition and approach to digital transformation of primary health system.

Resource mobilisation and fundraising

Oversee the development of high-quality proposals, grant applications, and concepts designed for strategic funders, and facilitate a culture of collaboration and high-quality execution;
Contribute to the development of accessible, clear, and compelling narratives to highlight D-tree’s unique offering for strategic funders;
Work with the Growth team to monitor performance against targets for this funding vertical and adjust strategies to meet or exceed targets.

Qualifications

Proven track record of closing and managing multi-million-dollar partnership with major philanthropic organisations, corporate entities, or family foundations; experience working with multilateral organisation and government agencies is a plus;
Postgraduate-level education with a minimum of 6-7 years of experience in international development, ideally with strong expertise in global health, primary healthcare and/or, digital health;
Extensive network and relationships with major foundations and impact partners, with a successful history of navigating funding conversations to achieve results.

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