Development Director, Partners & Investors
Position Overview:
The Development Director, Partners & Investors, works strategically with businesses across the region to help them grow their business and their network by engaging them as new members. The compensation offers a base/commission structure. We seek a generous and entrepreneurial minded individual to collaborate with colleagues, current members, and partners to ensure that the Greater Perimeter Chamber experience is remarkable and growth oriented.
Job Responsibilities:
Responsibilities center around growing the Greater Perimeter Chamber’s membership base through the acquisition of new companies to the organization, along with selling program and event sponsorships through various marketing and referral programs. This is a very visible role within the Chamber and the community that reports directly to the Chamber President/CEO.
Job Duties:
- Recruit, onboard, serve new members, and activate new sponsors
- Connect and build rapport with key decision-makers to make high-volume sales calls
- Multi-task job responsibilities on a consistent basis
- Attend Chamber events before, during, and after typical office hours
Job Requirements:
- Solid organization skills with excellent attention to detail
- Goal-oriented with a strong work ethic
- Skilled in persuasive communication, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work in office and in the community under generously flexible conditions
- Capable of communicating and collaborating effectively on a small team
- Self-starter capable of taking initiative
If you believe that businesses exist to add value to our human existence and that businesses play a key role in advancing society, then the Greater Perimeter Chamber (GPC) is the place for you. The GPC’s mission remains clear – to serve as a champion for a prosperous regional economic environment that enriches our businesses and communities. We envision a Perimeter that leads the region and Southeast as a preferred community in which to live, work, learn, and play.
We leverage our stated values as a litmus test for our daily decisions and actions. These values ensure that we behave in ways that contribute to growth and progress by:
- Having Clarity of Purpose – maintaining simple, precise, and clear alignment of activity to the Greater Perimeter Chamber’s Mission and Vision
- Acting With Integrity – adhering to the highest ethical standards in everything we do
- Working Transparently – holding no hidden agendas and effectively communicate our positions and services to all our stakeholders
- Innovating – investing in, guiding, and supporting innovation that matters to our members and our communities
- Focusing on Members – remaining fully committed to responding to the needs of our members
- Being Value Driven – pursing only what creates added value for our members and our communities
We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Our talent acquisition and employment policies are inclusive. We respect both the spirit and letter of the laws of equal employment opportunity.
