Manager, Member Engagement
Why the Partnership
When you join the Greater Houston Partnership, you get the opportunity to work with an organization helping guide the future of the Houston region. Our team of professionals work across multiple disciplines, including: Economic Development (Regional and International), Executive, Finance & Accounting, Marketing & Communications, Member Engagement, Public Policy, Regional Workforce Development, Research, Resources, and the Center for Houston’s Future.
The Greater Houston Partnership works to make Houston one of the best places to live, work and build a business. As the economic development organization for the region, the Partnership champions growth across 12 counties by bringing together business and civic-minded leaders who are dedicated to the area’s long-term success. Representing more than 900 member organizations and approximately one-fifth of the region’s workforce, the Partnership is the place companies come together to make an impact.
We look forward to telling you more about the organization and helping determine if a career with the Partnership is right for you!
Today, We Are Looking For
The Manager, Member Engagement, who will work closely with the Senior Director of Member Engagement and/or leadership, to ensure a positive, successful relationship between the Partnership and its members. In this role, you will act as a primary company interface for an assigned pool of member accounts focused on onboarding, engagement, and retention. The Manager will create and execute strategic engagement plans to help member companies make the most of their membership investment. In addition, you will coordinate member benefits and work with leadership to create new targeted programming for members and their executives.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The following responsibilities are essential to job performance:
- Utilize CRM systems and engagement reporting tools to monitor member engagement, identify retention risks, and support strategic engagement planning.
- Execute onboarding and regular touchpoints for your 200+ portfolio members aimed at planning and monitoring engagement activities.
- Proactively manage member satisfaction and overcome engagement obstacles as they emerge by conducting (directly or orchestrating with leadership) meaningful member engagement activities such as face-to-face meetings with member employees, emails, phone calls, letters, reports, special presentations, and visits.
- Uncover, develop, and track customized engagement plans to support ongoing account growth.
- Work with leadership to develop new programs designed to enhance the engagement and recruitment of executive-level members.
- Contribute to the overall goals of the Member Engagement Division including membership revenue, sponsorships, and special initiative fundraising.
- Understand and articulate the business of the assigned portfolio member and their industry, their industry niche, key roles in the company, key relationships with the Partnership and other member companies and correlate to Partnership value propositions.
- Proactively leverage existing relationships of Partnership leadership and staff to initiate and advance discussions about membership investments and engagement with company leaders.
- Broadly speak about the Partnership and membership with audiences including one-on-one, large groups of employees at a single member company, and groups representing several different member and prospect companies.
- Effectively collaborate with Partnership colleagues, member volunteers, and leaders to create strategies to maximize membership investments.
- Partner with Membership Campaign Manager, Analytics on the annual renewal campaign providing guidance and support to work with primary stakeholders to ensure membership retention.
- Other duties as assigned.