Strategic Growth Manager

Key Result Areas:
Sponsorship and Revenue-generating Partnerships:
 Responsible for local and global relationship management of sponsors and commercial partners.
 Work closely with QF divisions in allocating resources for partnership opportunities and ensuring deliverables are met.
 Cultivate relationships with prospective sponsors and commercial partners proactively and in a self-sufficient manner.
 Creatively input and adapt sponsorship offering to stay ahead of sponsorship landscapes.
 Create map of potential targets, using strong analytical judgment.
 Target leads and find conversion, adjusting course while learning from market reaction, keeping tracks of learning points.
Fundraising
 Support fundraising strategy including analyzing market landscape; fundraising potential of the Foundation; and setting short, medium, and long-term targets.
 Support on annual fundraising planning process to produce effective strategies to achieve income targets across a range of income streams.
 Identify and analyze new, diverse funding streams locally and globally.
 Identify how funds should be allocated to high impact areas aligned with QF corporate strategy.
 Manage and engage with diverse stakeholders including local and international companies and high-profile individuals.
 Manage a diverse portfolio of strategic initiatives with potential for revenue-generation through sponsorship, fundraising and donations.
 Liaise with Government Affairs, Legal and Audit departments on complying with government regulations.

 Oversee and ensure processes are in place and being followed to ensure donations and funds raised can be attained and disseminated efficiently and correctly.
 Perform other relevant duties and responsibilities when assigned by the supervisor

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
 Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field & 8-10 years of relevant full-time work experience, 3 of which at a supervisory level
 Other relevant professional qualifications and experience, professional memberships, leadership experience, published work in peer-reviewed publications, special recognitions, and achievements, etc., are strongly preferred.
 Experience working in a fundraising capacity and/or managing or administrating sponsorship programs.
 Knowledge and understanding of fundraising principles and practice and how to use data to inform fundraising strategy and identify prospective sponsors.
 Excellent organization skills with a methodical approach to planning, analysis, presentation of information and an ability to prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines.
 Confident and outgoing nature, with excellent understanding of local culture and business environment required to build partnerships with sponsorship potential.
 Exemplary interpersonal, and communication skills both written and verbal, ability to quickly build trust and relationships; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.