Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships

Description

National Forest Foundation (NFF) seeks a strategic, creative, and relationship-driven Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships to expand and steward corporate partnership strategy to support the health and sustainability of our National Forests. The ideal candidate is a strategic, results-oriented fundraising leader who is energized by building new partnerships, solving complex challenges, and driving growth. They are a confident decision-maker, skilled relationship builder, and collaborative leader who can balance competing priorities while advancing ambitious organizational goals. The NFF is pleased to offer a regular, full-time position to a candidate who will work remotely and will reside in the United States.

About the NFF: As the official national partner to the US Forest Service (USFS), the National Forest Foundation was chartered by Congress in 1990. Today, the NFF advances forest resiliency, healthy watersheds and wildlife habitat, and recreation for all by working with communities and organizations across the country. The Foundation has grown significantly in the last few years in programmatic impact, revenue and support, and organizational capacity. NFF leads with impact, deploying roughly 90% of its expenses towards projects and programs across the country’s 193-million-acre National Forest System. NFF is forward-thinking and innovative, with ambitious strategies and goals to advance and prepare forests for a new economy.

Position Function: The Corporate Partnerships team has ambitious growth objectives, with a goal of increasing corporate revenue from $12 million in 2025 to $30 million by 2030 while building a diversified portfolio of 100 high-profile, recognizable corporate partners.

Reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer, the Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships serves as NFF's senior leader for corporate fundraising and engagement and is responsible for developing, owning, and executing a comprehensive national corporate strategy. This includes corporate philanthropy, sustainability and ESG partnerships, cause and brand marketing, sponsorships, employee and consumer engagement, and other strategic business partnerships.

The Senior Director will build and expand high-impact relationships with leading companies across industries, connecting corporate priorities with opportunities to advance forest and watershed health, wildfire resilience, and recreation across America's National Forests and Grasslands. The position will personally lead NFF's most significant corporate relationships and opportunities while building and developing a high-performing team of Corporate Partnerships Officers responsible for growing and stewarding a national portfolio.

Working closely with executive leadership and colleagues across Advancement, Marketing and Communications, Conservation, and regional teams, the Senior Director will develop innovative, mutually beneficial partnerships that generate significant revenue, expand NFF's reach and visibility, engage new audiences, and create measurable conservation impact.

We are seeking a bold, entrepreneurial, and highly strategic leader who is energized by building new opportunities and turning ideas into results. The successful candidate will bring demonstrated experience developing significant corporate partnerships, navigating complex organizations, leading and developing teams, and building the strategies and systems necessary to achieve ambitious growth. This individual will thrive in a fast-paced environment, confidently navigate competing priorities, and inspire others while advancing NFF's mission and ambitious fundraising and partnership goals.

Position Duties and Responsibilities: The Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships:

• •Serves as the organizational leader accountable for achieving annual and multi-year corporate revenue targets and building a diversified, sustainable corporate funding portfolio.
• •Develops, owns, and executes NFF's comprehensive national corporate engagement strategy, establishing priorities for corporate acquisition, retention, growth, and long-term partnership development in alignment with NFF's strategic and conservation priorities.
• •Builds and actively manages a robust corporate prospect pipeline for the Corporate Partnerships team, establishing disciplined forecasting, portfolio management, moves management, and performance metrics to ensure progress toward annual and multi-year revenue goals.
• •Personally cultivates, solicits, negotiates, grows, and stewards a strategic portfolio of approximately 30–50 high-potential corporate partners and prospects with the capacity for significant, multi-year, seven-figure or greater investment.
• •Develops trusted relationships with C-suite executives and senior leaders across sustainability, marketing, corporate foundations and philanthropy, public affairs, community investment, corporate responsibility, and other relevant business functions.
• •Leads the development and negotiation of complex, high-value corporate partnerships, balancing partner objectives, NFF priorities, conservation impact, financial considerations, brand value, benefits, activation opportunities, and long-term relationship potential.
• •Identifies and launches innovative partnership models that diversify revenue streams and position NFF as a premier national conservation partner for leading companies and recognizable consumer brands.
• •Develops partnership opportunities across corporate philanthropy, sustainability, cause and brand marketing, commercial co-ventures, sponsorships, employee engagement and matching gifts, consumer activation, and other emerging corporate partnership models.
• •Partners closely with Marketing and Communications to develop corporate partnerships and activations that extend NFF's reach, strengthen brand visibility, engage new audiences, and create mutual value while protecting NFF's mission, reputation, and public trust.
• •Partners with Conservation, regional teams, and other organizational leaders to identify fundable opportunities and translate NFF's on-the-ground work into compelling national, regional, and local corporate partnerships.
• •Establishes and applies appropriate partnership criteria and due diligence practices to evaluate mission alignment, reputational considerations, organizational risk, and long-term value associated with prospective corporate partners and partnership opportunities.
• •Leads, coaches, and develops a growing national Corporate Partnerships team, establishing clear goals, portfolio expectations, accountability measures, professional development opportunities, and a culture focused on collaboration, innovation, and results.
• •Develops the organizational structure, staffing model, systems, and performance framework necessary to scale NFF's corporate program and achieve long-term growth objectives.
• •Provides strategic leadership, guidance, and support to regional conservation and fundraising teams in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding local and regional corporate partnerships while ensuring coordination with NFF's broader corporate strategy.
• •Engages NFF executive leadership, Board members, Ambassador Council members, and other organizational champions to identify prospects, open doors, strengthen relationships, and advance high-value corporate opportunities.
• •Leads the development of compelling proposals, sponsorship packages, presentations, reports, and cause-marketing initiatives that connect partner objectives with NFF's mission, national reach, and measurable conservation impact.
• •Oversees corporate grant applications, agreements, reporting, compliance, recognition, and stewardship requirements to ensure excellent partner experiences, strong accountability, and fulfillment of organizational and partner commitments.
• •Partners with Advancement Operations to establish effective systems for pipeline management, revenue forecasting, prospect tracking, rep