serve as a New York Metro Market Manager (MM) to strengthen the firm’s position as a force for driving inclusive economic growth throughout the region.
Job Responsibilities
- Execute grantmaking strategy, identifying prospective partners to advance market strategy, and be highly responsive to demonstrated community needs
- Build and maintain partnerships and relationships with community-based organizations, peer networks, associations and thought leaders to cultivate meaningful connections and elevate our brand and visibility across the region
- Fulfill the firm’s CRA Community Development services obligation in coverage markets and meet/exceed targets through services that are highly responsive to identified community needs, leveraging firmwide tools
- Provide market intelligence and distill insights from various community engagement approaches to advance firm priorities through products, services, practices and clients
- Support the creation of a comprehensive regional plan that includes cross-firm resources and expertise to promote community-centered solutions that can address persistent drivers of economic inequality
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- The ideal candidate will have an awareness of the unique social and political issues in communities across the Greater New York region, an ability to make strategic connections between issues and stakeholders, and a keen understanding of the policy and political environment to advance the firm's priorities.
- 7+ years of relevant work experience in community engagement, policy, government program development and implementation, public-private partnerships, or philanthropy
- Thought leader and subject matter expertise on issues impacting the Firm’s reputation and business operations which include: consumer policy, financial inclusion, housing, and economic development
- Proven ability to multi-task in a results oriented and fast-paced environment with a capability to work both independently and in a team-oriented environment; demonstrates a high degree of initiative
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills; public speaking experience to represent the firm in diverse forums
- Domestic travel, approximately once per month or as needed.