Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Organization Overview
For over 130 years, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of businesses in the Los Angeles region. As the region’s most prominent business organization with more than 1,000 member companies, the Chamber’s vision is "A thriving Region for all." Our priorities revolve around policy development and advocacy, global engagement, and community collaboration for local and regional economic growth and mobility. For more information, visit www.lachamber.com .

Vision for the Future
Our region is on a path toward numerous opportunities that will yield economic growth, as we prepare to host the world for global sporting events. As one of the state’s largest

chambers, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, a five-star accredited Chamber, is well positioned to lead with the bold policy and advocacy to realize the promise of a brighter future for the Los Angeles region.

Position Overview
The Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, will be responsible for Rally LA, a strategic program in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting. Rally LA, an initiative designed to support economic resilience across Los Angeles in connection to the major sporting events coming to the region. Rally LA aims to bring together corporates, nonprofits, government, and community partners to deliver the capabilities, connections, capacity, and visibility that small businesses need to access indirect opportunities before, during, and after 2028. The role will be responsible for managing the project’s governance, coalition-building, cohort programming, and communications.

Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Performance

Lead the day-to-day execution of the program plan. Supervise the team, collaborate with partners.

Provide hands-on coaching, training, and development for all program elements, reinforcing disciplined and consistent use of the Chamber’s processes.

Set clear expectations, activity standards, and performance accountability rooted in the Chamber’s established operating framework.

Develop long-term plans that support sustainable growth, continuity, and consistency.

Partner with senior leadership across the Chamber: Marketing, Events, and Public Policy to ensure coordination.

Governance

Design and draft the governance structure for Rally LA

Engage partners and incorporate into the governance structure and groups required to advance broader initiative

Manage meeting cadences, agendas, and speaker across governance groups

Small Business Cohort Program Design & Management

Work with small business partners and manage the design and management of cohort programs

Coordinate the small business grant application process including the recruitment of small businesses

Small Business Ecosystem Management

Define and design the small business ecosystem, work with partners to develop the ecosystem

Chair convenings for governance groups

Design a process for managing or tracking emerging indirect opportunities

Lead recruitment of collaborators within Chamber network

Lead onboarding, intake, and exploration of roles with all stakeholders

Communication & Impact

Own Rally LA’s public-facing brand and communication to stakeholders and cohorts

Collaborate with the Marketing department on all maintaining webpage, managing media relationships and press

Collect impact data from cohorts and corporates

Qualifications & Competencies
Leadership & Strategic Program Management

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economic Development, Nonprofit Management, or a related field preferred.

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