Position: Manager of Partnerships & Growth, Massachusetts
Position Type: Internal-External
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Erika Sologuren, Senior Director of Partnerships & Growth, Massachusetts
Start date: October 19, 2026
Location: flexible within the following states only: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Location Classification: Location – flexible
Time: While the standard hours for this role are 9:00am – 5:00pm, these hours may be subject to change based on seasonal demand or operational requirements.
Application Deadline: September 14, 2026
Salary Range: $63,450 – $66,270 is the hiring salary range (i.e. the range a candidate would be offered to start).
About OneGoal
OneGoal transforms postsecondary advising and support so that every student can define their own future. Together with our partners, we’re building a movement to close the opportunity gap. We work side-by-side with partner schools and districts to build their knowledge and capacity. The result is more effective support for all students. Our unique approach, honed over 15 years, prioritizes strong human relationships. And it’s proven to deliver real student impact: An independent study by the University of Chicago found that OneGoal students are about 40% more likely to earn their postsecondary degrees than students from similar backgrounds. At OneGoal you’ll be immersed in a culture of collaboration, shared purpose, and collective impact.
The Person
As secondary education expands across Massachusetts, the Manager of Partnership Operations will serve as the operational backbone of our regional growth and partner experience. You will translate complex strategy into flawless execution: managing key financial MOUs and compliance on one side, while designing smooth, high-impact event logistics for counselors, teachers, and students on the other. Beyond external partnerships, you will power the OneGoal Massachusetts team from the inside out by leading internal staff engagement, team events, and regional office operations.
You will do this by:
Serving as the operational backbone for the Partnerships & Growth teams (30%)
- Coordinate logistics for Systems Impact partner experiences, including Early College training and Counselor Collaborative events.
- Drive logistical prep, documentation, and operational support for secondary partner meetings and dedicated planning days.
- Lead the execution and delivery of critical engagements, including recruitment sessions for OneGoal students and teachers.
- Provide agile, on-demand logistical support across all initiatives within the Partnerships & Growth team
Managing MOU, Invoicing, and Fee-for-Service Compliance (25%)
- Serve as the regional lead on the execution, tracking, and collection of regional partner contracts, fee-for-service agreements, and MOUs.
- Develop strong and productive relationships with key contacts at partner institutions to ensure fee-for-service processing and collection in accordance with organization-wide guidance.
- Ensure compliance with district and state partnership requirements.
- Support ongoing Development and External Affairs efforts, such as grants or stories, by reporting partner updates + fee-for-service/MOU progress.
Building meaningful regional experiences by leading logistics for staff engagement spaces and office operations (25%)
- Manage logistics of virtual and in-person semi-monthly all-staff meetings.
- Monitor, order, and restock office supplies, snacks, and beverages.
- Serve as primary point of contact for building management, maintenance, and other vendors.
Own end-to-end logistics for high school partners (20%)
- Planning logistics for key high school partner experiences, including annual partnership convenings and school presentations.
- Update partnership evaluation resources such as partner satisfaction surveys.
- Owning development and delivery of quarterly partnership newsletter to leads and partners
- Coordinating with high school leads and partners and Partnerships & Growth team.
*Position requires 10-15% travel quarterly
The Manager of Partnerships & Growth is likely to see himself/herself/themselves in the following examples as they are designed to help you determine if this opportunity aligns with your own passion, purpose, skills, and experiences.
You are a puzzle-solver and strategist.
- You like to explore and build innovative approaches and have designed new ways of doing things. You make connections, determine fits, and build plans that are responsive to interlocking and evolving challenges and opportunities.
- You are driven by solving at both the group and individual level, using both data and experience, recognizing the complexity of action and strategy requires evidence as well as an ability to dream big.
- You are able to structure and process qualitative and quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it that impact programmatic strategies and outcomes.
You are highly effective at building authentic and long-lasting relationships with key stakeholders.
- Your relationships with key stakeholders are authentic and grounded in honesty, integrity, and trust. You earn people’s trust and maintain confidence by letting others speak and understanding their viewpoint.
- You are persistent and understand that building relationships across MA school/district leaders will take time. You will put in the work and strategize with team members to help more Fellows have access to OneGoal.
- You know when to pick your battles and know how to leverage individual motivations to advance your cause which is always in the best interest of Fellows.
You are a team player.
- You are always willing to roll up your sleeves for the benefit of the OneGoal mission.
- You also know when to ask for help.
- You believe in team harmony as well as healthy growth promoting conflict.
You believe relationships lead to results.
- You thrive with opportunities to collaborate and influence others.
- You have an exceptional ability to persuasively and clearly communicate with school and district stakeholders in a way that conveys urgency, empathy, understanding and balance.
You believe deeply in the brilliance of all students and in their ability to earn a postsecondary degree.
- You believe that our Fellows face real systemic barriers to postsecondary completion and that empowering families, teachers, and students to own their unique path will help them to overcome those barriers.
You are a compelling and effective communicator.
- You have tremendous ability to adapt messages to different audiences in order to inspire stakeholders.
- You discern the appropriate mode of communication, depending on the situation and audience, to build champions and convert skeptics.
- You serve as an ambassador for OneGoal [throughout the region, if applicable].
Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of administrative or operations experience in an education-focused setting, which can include collegiate-level or volunteer work, internships, fellowships, etc. (Required)
- Exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail (Required)
- Ability to travel to school partners throughout Massachusetts (Required)
- Lived experience of the Fellows we serve (Preferred)
- Experience with data systems and tools as end-user (i.e Salesforce or other CRMs, PowerBI, Google Suite, Pardot, Microsoft Word & Excel) (Preferred)
- Experience with and understanding of the secondary education system (Preferred)
Our Team
Guided by a clear set of core values and beliefs, you will join an impressive group of OneGoal staff across the country who believe in the untapped potential within students. The OneGoal team challenges themselves and others to regularly ask, “Is there a better way?” We believe that in order to create the change we seek, each person we hire brings a remarkable and diverse set of experiences, skills and characteristics that individually and collectively, will contribute to the radical change needed to move us towards a more just nation.
The Tangible Good
OneGoal offers competitive compensation based on the market for nonprofits our size. Our benefits package* includes: over eight weeks of paid time off (or 43 business days), between vacation days, wellness time, and holidays; paid medical or parental leaves should you have need; medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance; as well as a 401(k) with a 3% match.
We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external fairness seriously. OneGoal does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the hiring process.
*OneGoal reserves the right to change benefits at any time according to business need.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application or to participate in the application or interview process, please reach out to our Human Assets Team to request an accommodation. Our Human Assets Team can be contacted at 773-321-2630 or HumanAssets@onegoalgraduation.org.
OneGoal does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of actual or perceived sex, race, color, ancestry, citizenship, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability (mental or physical), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, parenthood, genetic characteristic or information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.