Ecosystems & Community Manager

American Heart Association - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Senior

Dallas, TX

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About the position

The Ecosystems & Community Manager at the American Heart Association Ventures is a senior executive role focused on enhancing the Association's mission through strategic partnerships and community engagement. This position involves building a robust network ecosystem, supporting portfolio companies, and executing educational programs to optimize outcomes across various funds and initiatives. The role is pivotal in fostering innovation and collaboration within the healthcare venture capital landscape, ensuring alignment with the Association's goals for healthier lives.

Responsibilities

• Support establishment and operation of the Association's Ventures Community Relations/Portfolio Relations Program.
• Support execution of strategy for ongoing portfolio company value-add programs and develop programs that support engagement with these programs across all Association Ventures investment funds.
• Execute and support capacity-building educational programs for deployment across the Association's funds and accelerator programs, including repurposing existing programs for the broader organization.
• Engage with the network throughout the Association and Volunteer community, as well as other potential external collaborations, to deliver value-added programs for portfolio companies with the goal of capacity-building and knowledge development.
• Support the establishment and operation of new programs that contribute to optimizing portfolio company outcomes to the benefit of the Association's Ventures and Mission.
• Support the Association's Ventures leadership and the team's investment professionals to develop and foster strategic innovation collaborations and related business development activities to advance the Association's Ventures portfolio.
• Create opportunities for cross-portfolio company collaborations.
• Help keep track of the external venture capital and funding universe and create relationships with the venture capital community that assist portfolio companies to identify potential targets for their venture fundraising needs; assist portfolio companies to help evaluate and improve their pitch to the external venture marketplace.
• Help manage and coordinate engagement with select the Association's Venture Accelerator Programs (sponsored and/or partnered).
• Support and contribute to development of strategy, including strategic partnerships for select programs.
• Actively raise money to support programs where needed.
• Support selection of portfolio companies for relevant programs.
• Develop or coordinate content development for these programs, including defined education and participation programs for startup founders and their teams.
• Understand and work within the complex structures of the Association to ensure the programs are optimally implemented and compliant with organizational requirements.
• Serve as a model for a high-performance culture by fostering innovation, personal accountability, and dedication to results.
• Support efforts to achieve Association mission and financial goals and objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten (10) years of corporate venture/business development/startup engagement/venture platform experience with a solid understanding of new financial models.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience building and negotiating partnerships and alliances and/or developing collaborative programs between startups and the venture community.
• Good solid understanding of healthcare venture capital and an established network of professionals from this community.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience collaborating with executives, clinicians, scientists, payers, employers across all key sectors of healthcare (digital health, health services, biopharma, medtech).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with high-level leaders, stakeholders, and media.
• Supervisory experience managing direct reports and/or external consultants, with a successful track record in a matrix management environment.
• Highly organized leader with excellent interpersonal skills, project management skills, and data analytics and writing skills.
• Ability to travel as necessary depending on business demand.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with regular market reviews and adjustments.
• Merit increases and incentive programs based on performance.
• Wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Robust retirement program with employer match and automatic contributions.
• Employee assistance program and wellness program.
• Telemedicine and medical consultation services.
• Opportunities for professional development through Employee Resource Groups and mentoring programs.
• Access to HeartU, the Association's national online university with extensive resources.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) starting at a minimum of 16 days per year, increasing with seniority.
• 12 paid holidays off each year, including several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition assistance for further education and career development.