Partnerships and Onboarding Lead

About this Work

The Partnerships and Onboarding Lead, Innovation Team will support the recruitment, selection, onboarding, and ongoing partnership operations for schools participating in DREAM’s AI-focused programmatic cohort model. The Partnerships and Onboarding Lead will create a strong partner experience by coordinating logistics, managing partnership requirements, supporting legal and compliance processes, and working with school data and technology teams.

This is an exciting opportunity for a relationship-oriented and highly organized professional with experience managing contracts and compliance requirements, building stakeholder investment, coordinating across teams, and providing responsive, high-quality customer service to partners.

Responsibilities

Drive the recruitment and selection of partner schools for DREAM’s programmatic cohort model;

Coordinate compliance with partnership requirements (including contracting, legal compliance, media releases, data privacy and security, data sharing, licensing, and intellectual property agreements);

Design and coordinate onboarding processes, timelines, communications, and logistics to ensure that new partners are prepared to participate successfully;

Create and maintain organized processes, systems, and documentation for all partnership-related operational needs;

Work with partner school teams to support the integration of DREAM’s AI and future-ready skills work into existing school systems;

Build strong, trusting relationships with school and school-system stakeholders throughout recruitment and onboarding;

Provide responsive, solutions-oriented customer service to partners, serving as a reliable point of contact and supporting smooth partnership operations and logistics;

Collaborate with the Communications Team, Advancement Team, school and network leaders, and partner teams on partner-facing communications, program promotion, and related activities;

Support cohort convenings, site visits, and other partnership experiences.

Other responsibilities related to the role as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Education, Business, or a related field preferred;

Minimum 5 years of experience in education, publishing, ed-tech, or nonprofits, required;

Proven experience supporting partnerships, onboarding, operations, or program implementation in education, ed-tech, nonprofits, or a related setting, highly preferred;

Experience working with contracts, legal compliance, releases, data privacy and security, data sharing, licensing, and/or intellectual property requirements, highly preferred;

Ability to coordinate effectively with school leaders and teams;

Strong organizational and project-management skills, with excellent attention to detail, follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines;

Excellent customer-service orientation;

Strong written and verbal communication skills;

Ability to navigate complexity, build trust, solve problems, and escalate issues appropriately;

Collaborative, resourceful, flexible, and solutions-oriented approach to working in a fast-paced environment;

A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of students, families, and the community.

Benefits and Paid Time Off

We offer comprehensive benefits including:
• Flexible Medical Health Plans,  subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children;
• The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs;
• Dental and vision plans;
• Disability benefits;
• Life insurance;
• Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave; 
• Flexible spending account options;
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit);
• Fitness and entertainment discounts;
• A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP);
• A 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment;
• Access to a professional development fund;
• Referral bonuses;
• All full-time Network Support employees are eligible for approximately 48 days off throughout the year including holidays, sick days, personal days and summer Fridays;
• Benefits are subject to change.

Compensation

• DREAM offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.