Vice President, Texas Strategy

Title: Head of Texas
Manager: Head of Next Practice & Inclusive Growth
Location: Dallas, TX
Compensation: $150,000 base, $25,000 bonus
Themes: Growth and Ecosystem Leadership, Funding

Based in Texas and reporting to the Head of Next Practice and Inclusive Growth, you will develop and implement strategies for building high-value relationships in Texas that deliver on our ecosystem priorities, enhance the leadership and visibility of MassChallenge across Texas leading to grant, philanthropic or corporate funding.

What You’ll Do

Executive Lead Generation, Engagement, Stewardship

• Develop and implement strategy for engaging with VIP stakeholders including High Net Worth Individuals; C-suite Executives from corporate sponsors; Community leaders; in order to:

• Drive leads for individual giving and corporate development

• Build strong allegiance to MassChallenge over long-term horizon

• Generate leads and legitimacy particularly in support of the growth of MC Big Bets

• Build net new relationships with ecosystem leaders and, in coordination with development, grant funders in already identified MassChallenge expansion areas

• Convene and connect executives to generate leads and legitimacy in new spaces for MC (examples: BlueTech, Human Potential)

• Support the Partnerships team in consulting with existing partners on their integration into a local ecosystem including but not limited to Texas markets

Support Corporate Development, Innovation and Programing teams on the evolution of programs and offerings that lead to sustainable revenue generation

• Collect and report on feedback and data to add strategic insights in support of revenue generation across MC

• Analyze, assess and report out on data to inform the regional relevancy strategy of markets across Texas to identify and nurture their unique and differentiated strengths

Support Regional Competitiveness/Public Private Partnerships

• Manage TX state and local governments relationship; Ensure gov’t staying informed, connected, and supportive through planned connections

• Represent MC on key working groups or like to ensure MC is visibly and meaningfully contributing to local ecosystem development, consistent with our local commitments

• Support acquisition of place-based funding targeted to economic development organizations and local governments

• Support and/or Coordinate on reporting requirements related to Texas-specific grants

Ensure excellence in delivery and experience for Texas-Funders

• Senior liaison on Texas-specific funding

• Lead on ecosystem-specific deliverables such as stakeholder convenings, workshops and the like

• Coordination with Program and Community to ensure MC delivers against Texas commitments

Support acquisition of funding

• Individual Donors

• Set strategy and support successful execution against revenue requirements for all TX based grants and match requirements

• Coordinate with Development and Corporate Development to support both acquisition, stewardship and renewal as “expert” or “lead”

• Manage and nurture MC advocates in Texas on an individual and advisory board level(e.g., Local champions, TX Advisory Board, Community Foundations, City Government leaders etc.)

Who You Are

• You are a motivational and engaging leader with 5+ years of leadership experience. You have proven skills in leading a team, task follow-through, and fostering a strong team spirit. You must be capable of leading team members across different departments.

• You understand Dallas, the culture, the opportunities, the challenges, the industry direction, and the economics.

• You have excellent communication, speaking, and writing skills. You are a great speaker yourself, inspiring people with your knowledge and style.

• You have the ability to connect and engage with stakeholders at varying levels. You can influence people intelligently by understanding their agendas and identifying how the organization can appropriately respond to those agendas.

• You have the ability to leverage existing relationships in the Dallas business community and also to generate leads for the partnerships team.

• You have a highly collaborative approach and are able to work across teams and functions to achieve success.

• You are extremely organized with a high attention to detail and very strong ability to prioritize and manage time well.

• You have the ability to think creatively, developing fun, engaging and innovative strategies and ideas.

• You are skilled with budget planning – MassChallenge is a non-profit, so you must be able to manage budgets for our activities effectively.

• You are able to learn and adapt to new technological systems and approaches to fit with the MassChallenge methodology and comfortable with latest technologies that help coordinate efforts.

Who We Are

MassChallenge is the global network for innovators who are working to solve massive challenges. We connect startups, experts, corporations, and communities to grow and transform businesses and economies. At MassChallenge we:

• Help entrepreneurs build the next generation of transformational businesses by connecting them with the resources, partnerships, and communities that help them launch, grow, and scale their startups.

• Help our partners build, grow, and evolve their corporate innovation practices.

• Leverage the power of entrepreneurship to strengthen global innovation ecosystems.

Why You Should Join Us

We believe working at MassChallenge is fulfilling because of the mission, challenging because of the pace and work, and rewarding because you get to build to the next step in your career here. When you join MassChallenge you join an incredible team and network of innovators and entrepreneurs, you take ownership over significant and strategically important projects, you focus on impact and output, and you help strengthen the global innovation ecosystem.

Our Core Values:

• Founder Mindset: Optimism, Tenacity, Love the Problem

• Connect & Collaborate: Empathy & Inclusion & Fun, Build Community, Connect the Dots

• Progress over Perfection: Build on experience, Fail Fast, Demonstrate Traction

Compensation

• MassChallenge offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment.

• Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with skills and experience.

• For this position, we are offering a base salary of $150,000 with a bonus potential of $25,000.

• Internal equity considerations and the average salary of the peer range will be reviewed before making a final offer.

**MassChallenge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.