Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Job description

Dialogue Vanderbilt is a university-wide initiative dedicated to advancing civil discourse, pluralism, and open dialogue on campus and beyond. Through student-led programming, events, partnerships, and national convenings, Dialogue Vanderbilt is shaping a model for how communities can engage across differences with curiosity, courage, and respect. Dialogue Vanderbilt’s impact extends well beyond Vanderbilt’s campus. Through national collaborative networks and deep community partnerships, DV works to build cultures of free expression and civil discourse at universities, schools, and organizations across the country. The Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships is responsible for managing and growing Dialogue Vanderbilt’s key external partnerships and collaborative networks. This role serves as the primary relationship manager and operational leader for two signature national collaboratives—The Dialogue Co Lab and the Open Dialogue Collaborative—as well as DV’s community partnerships, including the Elementary School Debates program and the Nashville Urban Debate League. The Sr. Manager will organize annual gatherings and convenings, maintain best practices platforms, lead webinar programm...