Partnerships Manager

Polygence Overview

High school students spend over 4,000 hours being lectured at, despite overwhelming evidence that students learn best through project-based learning. Polygence provides students the opportunity to deeply explore their own passions leveraging research methods, guided by a personalized mentor who supports them to create a tangible outcome. Our program helps students uncover who they are and what they care about, and provides mentors a useful and impactful way to mentor students in their own area of expertise on a flexible schedule.

Polygence’s rapid growth has been driven by a top-notch team of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and educators united by an uncompromising mission to help students find their why and leverage it for a meaningful life. We are a student-centered team first and foremost, and bring tactical business expertise to expand our reach.

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Partnerships Manager focused on serving and growing our network of partners in proven markets. Leveraging genuine relationship building skills, outreach tools, messaging strategy, and team playbooks to nurture new partners and bring evergreen value to existing partners, you will own individual metrics of success and ensure we cultivate students from our partner network. You will pursue rapid growth of student applications to drive access to the future of meaningful project-based learning and research opportunities for students across the world.

You will work closely with our Director of Partnerships and partnerships team to manage email communication efforts, work with our partnerships pipelines, build new relationships with partners, and provide responsive, valuable service to partners in support of their students. You will also contribute significantly to our strategy around partner acquisition and retention.

In the first 3 months, you will…

• Onboard successfully to the team and our vision.
• Become fluent in speaking about our educational programs and their value for learners.
• Learn and implement our playbooks for nurturing, harvesting, and outreach.
• Support team strategy development and implementation.
• Be a consistent, empathetic and informed representative of the company to the creator community.
  
  

In your first 6 months, you will…

• Build relationships with your book of business
• Build out your book of business with new partners that you cultivate and bring on board, and nurture them towards their first student.
• Represent Polygence at network convenings such as conferences, travel on behalf of the company to meet with partners, and become a new face of the company.
• Make meaningful connections with internal teams and make an impact on processes and systems.
  
  

You will thrive in this role if you...

• Excel at developing trust-based relationships with professional partners
• Identify with our mission and are passionate about helping students
• Are a great writer and an exceptional communicator
• Have the ability to hunt, pitch, and influence prospective partners with the goal of building partnerships to serve their students
• Are comfortable with and empowered by quantitative performance metrics
• Can adeptly balance between mission and impact-orientation and business acumen and skills in the education space.
• Can use the full functions of Hubspot to manage and grow your book of business
• Are a “doer” - you don’t just have the big ideas but can do the work to implement them
• Are independently organized and organize your time well to get things done and work hard
• Are a team player who volunteers for things, thinks about the bigger picture, and is a positive contributor to team culture and morale.
• Pay close attention to detail and can perform rote but vital tasks for partner engagement with an unwavering commitment to quality
• Go the extra mile to support your team, grow the business, and think outside the box
  
  

Position Requirements

• Preference will be given to candidates in the Bay Area who can work from our headquarters in Menlo Park 2 days/ week.
• Confident mastery of Hubspot as an acquisitions and retention tool as well as a CRM.
• Travel up to 6 weeks per year.
• Experience working with students or young people.
  
  

Salary And Benefits

• Competitive salary and generous equity: The salary for this position is $90,000. Opportunities to earn performance bonuses are available at regular intervals.
• Flexible, remote-first company
• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
• 401(k) plan offerings
• Unlimited paid-time-off
• Bay Area stipend (as applicable)
  
  

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
  
  

Schedule

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's (Required)
  
  

Experience

• Education industry: 2 years (Preferred)
• Partnership management related: 2 years (Preferred)
• HubSpot usage: 1 year (Required)
• Event management: 1 year (Preferred)
• CRM software (other than HubSpot): 1 year (Preferred)
  
  

Ability To Commute

• Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Preferred)
  
  

Willingness To Travel

• 25% (Required)
  
  

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Menlo Park, CA 94025