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RMI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1982

⚡ Energy

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 Grant on 2022-03

Energy • Non-profit • Social Impact

RMI is a company dedicated to transforming the global energy system to ensure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future. It identifies interventions and scales transformative changes in the energy system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030. RMI's work includes various initiatives like carbon-free buildings, electricity, and transportation, as well as international programs targeting climate finance and intelligence, urban transformation, and technology innovation. The company focuses on impactful solutions for energy security and sustainability globally.

📋 Description

• Manage and grow revenue from a portfolio of current and prospective corporate partners and complex institutional accounts with annual revenue of $500k+ to RMI. • Support all aspects of partner relationships, including coordinating conversations, preparing outreach, submitting proposals and reports, and responding to inquiries. • Create touch points with corporate partners through meetings with RMI staff, proactive outreach and scheduling, preparation of meeting briefings with strategic goals and background, development of meeting content, and follow-up after meetings. • Provide regular updates to Development and Corporate Engagement leadership on partner conversations, pipelines, opportunities, and relationship status. • Ensure corporate partners are appropriately acknowledged and featured in RMI reports, stewardship materials, events, and other key communications, where relevant. • Support the creation of corporate engagement strategies and cases for support. • Understand corporate partners’ sustainability priorities, climate commitments, business context, philanthropic interests, and partnership goals to effectively represent RMI’s work. • Identify, qualify, solicit, and steward new corporate prospects capable of making five-, six-, and seven-figure contributions, sponsorships, grants, or other strategic commitments. • Provide a high-quality experience for corporate partners and potential partners through education and engagement on RMI’s program portfolio. • Travel to meet with corporate partners and prospects where they are, including at U.S. and global conferences, convenings, and partner meetings. • Support and lead the development of compelling corporate proposals, partnership concepts, letters of inquiry, pitch materials, stewardship reports, and associated budgets to meet partner deadlines and expectations. • Collaborate with program, accounting, finance, legal, and communications teams to ensure timely submissions of proposals, grant applications, partnership materials, and reports. • Oversee or support the creation and timely submission of regular stewardship reports to corporate partners, including narrative, impact, and financial reports as needed. • Respond to partner requests to resolve edits to proposals, budgets, partnership concepts, scopes of work, and reporting materials. • Review proposal budgets and partnership deliverables to ensure alignment with program budgets, partner expectations, and RMI’s internal requirements. • Work closely with program teams to gain a comprehensive understanding of RMI’s work and its alignment with corporate partners’ priorities. • Prepare briefings, strategic plans, talking points, and communications materials for partner meetings, drawing from the expertise of program teams and senior leadership. • Serve as a lead Development or Corporate Engagement point of contact for one to two RMI programs, supporting corporate engagement pipelines, partner strategy, and fundraising materials. • Provide guidance and feedback on corporate-facing materials and ensure program representatives have the information needed to engage with corporate partners. • Inform the Development and Corporate Engagement teams of major program updates, partner intelligence, market trends, and strategic opportunities on a regular basis. • Utilize Salesforce to document moves management, corporate engagement pipelines, relationship history, opportunity stages, revenue projections, and accurate relationship status. • Utilize Monday.com or other project management systems to highlight upcoming reporting, proposal, stewardship, or partner engagement deadlines. • Maintain accurate and timely records of partner interactions, next steps, deliverables, commitments, and risks.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree • 5-10+ years of experience in nonprofit development, corporate engagement, partnerships, business development, institutional fundraising, sustainability, climate, energy, or relationship management. • 5+ years of experience managing corporate, foundation, institutional, or other complex external relationships. • Track record of successfully cultivating, soliciting, closing, and stewarding significant corporate, philanthropic, sponsorship, grant, or partnership commitments. • Track record of successfully securing at least five-figure contributions, grants, sponsorships, or partnership commitments; experience with six-figure and larger commitments strongly preferred. • Experience managing proposal, grant, or partnership development processes involving multiple stakeholders from across an organization. • Experience writing successful grant applications, proposals, pitch materials, concept notes, or partnership narratives. • Experience working successfully with top-level executives in a fast-paced environment. • Experience working in the environment, climate, sustainability, science, or energy field strongly desired. • Experience with corporate sustainability, climate commitments, philanthropy, or strategic partnerships strongly preferred. • International experience desired but not required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance • 403b retirement match with immediate vesting • Group life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability • Optional voluntary life, AD&D and accident plans • Health savings or flexible spending accounts • Fertility and hormonal health support • Mental health and wellness support • Comprehensive leaves of absence (including generous parental leave) • Generous paid time off and sick leave • Paid sabbatical leave • Regional holidays with at least one extended break in each geography • Work from home and home technology allowances • Learning & development opportunities (LinkedIn Learning and an annual individual professional development budget) • Potential for bonuses and merit increases tied to performance • Discount marketplace (gym memberships, pet insurance, etc.) • Hybrid / remote work options • Team retreats and geographic meetups • Rewards and recognition programs