Partnerships, Manager (Washington, D.C. - USA)

ABOUT LUMINATE

Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves our needs and wellbeing. Founded by The Omidyar Group in 2018 and funded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, we are a US foundation with an independent board of directors, operating through entities in the US, the UK, and Kenya. We ask who benefits from a technology, and who is harmed by it.

ROLE

As Manager, Partnerships you will oversee relationships, collaborative initiatives and outreach activities to drive more resources to the global tech justice field, managing convenings, participating in external events, deepening engagement with the funders already in our community and bringing in new partners.

Primary System Focus

Global funder ecosystems – identifying , cultivating, and coordinating relationships with funders to better serve and increase funding to the tech justice field coordinating Luminate’s donor collaboratives on building a better internet.

Secondary Systems Focus

Internal partnership capacity system – working with funding teams to support their engagement with donors, working with operations to keep up with organisation-wide deadlines and pushing forward the partnerships agenda within the organisation to keep people informed.

Employment type: Full Time

Team: Policy & Partnerships

Location: Washington, D.C. - USA

Reports to: Associate Director, Partnerships

Manages: No line management responsibilities.

Works closely with: Policy & Partnerships team, Programmatic Funding Lead Teams and Operations Team

Salary Range: The recruiting range for this role represents the entry point into the salary band (not the full range) . Actual salary will be determined based on skills and experience.

US: USD 114,277.50 - USD 137,133.00

Benefits: Visit out Careers page for more information.

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Applications are due by Sunday - 15 November 2026 at 11:59pm (EST TIME).

HOW YOU CREATE CHANGE: LEVERAGE POINTS

Your role shifts systems through:

Identifying and cultivating new funding relationships across sectors

Supporting donor coordination and shared learning across the ecosystem

Creating tools and strategies that make partnership engagement easier and more strategic

Designing convenings and engagement programmes that move funders from interest to action

Internal coordination across partnerships and programme teams.

MENTAL MODELS WE VALUE

The following mental models will enable high performance in this role:

Shared power and inclusion: You seek out the people closest to the problem and give their views real weight, bringing diverse views into routine work as a matter of course.

Integrity and stewardship: You treat Luminate's money, data and trust as held on behalf of others . You own your commitments and escalate ethical issues.

Systems thinking: You see how your work connects to wider effects across Luminate and the field . You weigh knock-on efforts before deciding within your remit.

Evidence over assumption: You test what you believe against data and lived experience before acting, basing your routine decisions on evidence frequently having explanations for them.

Learning and adaptation: You treat plans as hypotheses and change course when the evidence says so, changing your own practice and communicating what changed.

Long-term field view: You look beyond single partnership opportunities, observing how the field gets stronger, linking your own events and initiatives to field outcomes .

Honest influence: You persuade evidence and keep claims accurate , with donors, media donors and media partners alike . You tailor evidence-based messages to each audience and check claims before they go out.