Chief Strategic Partnership Officer

Job Description

Job Description

About Our Organization:

At United Way of Central Florida, your career is more than just a job -- it’s an opportunity to change lives and strengthen our community. Every day, our team works with passion and purpose to create lasting change, ensuring individuals and families have the resources they need to thrive.

When you join us, you become part of a positive, dedicated team that believes in collaboration, innovation, and the power of giving back. Whether you’re helping connect people to vital services, empowering local organizations, or leading initiatives that drive real change, your work will make a tremendous impact on the lives of those who need it most.

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Why Choose United Way Central Florida?

Imagine ending each day knowing your leadership has strengthened one of the most significant corporate partnerships in the United Way network, creating impact across communities nationwide while advancing philanthropy, volunteerism, disaster resilience, and meaningful social change.

At United Way of Central Florida (UWCF), we believe the most impactful partnerships are rooted in trust and a shared commitment to strengthening communities. We foster a collaborative culture where innovation is welcomed, relationships matter deeply, and leaders are empowered to shape strategy, foster collaboration, and leave a lasting legacy.

Few roles offer the opportunity to influence strategy across a nationally recognized corporate partnership while helping drive meaningful outcomes in communities nationwide. This role offers a rare opportunity to steward and elevate a partnership at the intersection of corporate philanthropy, nonprofit leadership, and community change.

If you are an enterprise thinker, exceptional relationship builder, and strategic leader energized by influencing across complex networks, we invite you to consider joining our organization.

Position Overview

The Chief Strategic Partnership Officer serves as the executive architect and steward of one of the most significant corporate partnerships within the United Way network.

Reporting directly to the President & Chief Executive Officer, this executive leadership role functions as the enterprise relationship leader for a nationally significant, multi-state corporate partnership while also overseeing the corresponding relationship within Central Florida. The role provides strategic leadership for partnership infrastructure, engagement, philanthropy, workplace giving, volunteerism, disaster resilience, and collaborative initiatives spanning more than 100 participating local United Ways.

The Chief Strategic Partnership Officer works closely with United Way Worldwide, State United Way Associations, and leadership across multiple markets to shape strategy, strengthen alignment, and ensure consistent, measurable impact across diverse communities.

This role offers meaningful leadership for someone who enjoys cultivating high-level partnerships, strengthening systems, mentoring teams, influencing across complex networks, and advancing mission-driven outcomes on a national scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as UWCF’s executive relationship leader and primary ambassador for a nationally significant corporate partner, cultivating trusted executive-level partnerships that align corporate priorities with United Way community impact strategies.

• Lead the long-range strategy and infrastructure for a multi-state corporate partnership while overseeing local engagement within Central Florida, ensuring alignment, coordination, and measurable outcomes across corporate, nonprofit, and community stakeholders.

• Provide national leadership for a workplace giving campaign involving more than 100 participating local United Ways, strengthening campaign strategy, stewardship, messaging, and infrastructure.

• Partner closely with United Way Worldwide, State United Way Associations, and market leadership to co-develop strategy, strengthen alignment, and ensure consistent, high-impact execution of partnership initiatives across participating markets.

• Oversee and strengthen local partnership engagement within Central Florida, including corporate philanthropy initiatives, campaign strategy, executive stewardship, and community partnerships.

• Supervise and develop strategic partnership staff, providing leadership to the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Engagement and alignment via a dotted-line relationship with the Manager, Corporate Philanthropy, ensuring seamless integration between national strategy and local execution.

• Cultivate meaningful engagement opportunities for corporate associates, retirees, volunteer networks, and Young Leaders while partnering with Marketing and Communications to strengthen storytelling, visibility, public engagement, and philanthropic participation.

• Design and enhance partnership systems, processes, analytics, and emerging technologies that strengthen enterprise-wide collaboration, improve effectiveness, and support scalable impact across markets.

• Provide executive leadership for disaster partnership strategy involving corporate, nonprofit, and community stakeholders to support preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience efforts.

What We’re Looking For

Skills & Qualifications

• Exceptional relationship-building skills with demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders across complex corporate and nonprofit environments.

• Strong strategic thinking and enterprise leadership abilities with experience designing scalable systems, partnerships, and infrastructure.

• Ability to lead through influence while aligning diverse stakeholders around shared priorities and measurable outcomes.

• Demonstrated success strengthening corporate partnerships, philanthropy initiatives, workplace campaigns, or multi-state collaborations.

• Strong communication and executive presence with the ability to represent UWCF publicly with credibility and professionalism.

• Collaborative leadership style combined with operational discipline, innovation, and commitment to mission-driven work.

• Comfort leveraging technology, analytics, and emerging tools to improve partnership effectiveness and impact.

• Ability to work strategically and operationally within a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree required in Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, Communications, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate partnerships, philanthropy, nonprofit executive leadership, or multi-state stakeholder engagement.

• Demonstrated success managing enterprise-level partnerships or leading large-scale national initiatives strongly preferred.

• Experience supervising professional staff and leading cross-functional initiatives required.

• Experience working within federated nonprofit systems, statewide associations, or national partnership networks is highly desirable.

• A thoughtful and influential leader who values collaboration, accountability, innovation, and measurable community impact.

Work Schedule & Travel Expectations

This role requires regular engagement with corporate, nonprofit, and community stakeholders at the local, regional, and national levels. Periodic travel and/or videoconferencing throughout participating markets and participation in community, corporate, volunteer, and partnership events will be expected. Occasional evenings, early mornings, or disaster response activation periods may require additional flexibility. 

Employees must possess and maintain a valid driver's license, an acceptable driving record, and the ability to satisfy United Way Central Florida's automobile insurance eligibility requirements. Employees must maintain personal automobile insurance coverage as required by law.

Compensation & Benefits

This position offers a competitive executive compensation package commensurate with experience and qualifications, along with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid time off, holidays, retirement savings, and professional development opportunities.

Disaster Response

Every United Way Central Florida employee is considered a disaster response worker and may be expected to support emergency response efforts when community Emergency Support Functions (ESF) are activated, after ensuring personal and family safety.

This position provides executive leadership and coordination for partnership strategy supporting preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience efforts across impacted communities and markets.

  Inclusion at UWCF

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants. UWCF is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you are a visionary leader passionate about strengthening partnerships, advancing philanthropy, and creating meaningful impact through one of the most significant collaborations in the United Way network, we encourage you to apply.