Director of Music Partnerships (Nashville)

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 

As a Director of Music Partnerships on our growing Stand Together Music, Sports & Entertainment (STMSE) Team, you will play a key role in advancing our mission to drive positive social change by leveraging the unique power of music.  As Director, you will cultivate long-term relationships in the music and entertainment industry to foster partnerships that drive social impact, identifying and leveraging opportunities to align Stand Together’s priority initiatives and social entrepreneurs with artists, venues, and other music entities to create community-level change.

Creating deeper engagement in these important social issues beyond the transactional, the day-to-day duties of this position will include partnership building, managing, and execution, communication updates, strategic planning, and partner-facing meetings.

What You Will Do

• Develop impactful partnership strategies that focus on long-term mutual benefit and advance STMSE’s vision and partnership goals, including working with partners and internal teams to develop shared vision, objectives, and outcomes.
• Manage multiple concurrent industry relationships focused on creating value alongside them in market (LA or Nashville), including several existing high-value relationships.
• Lead the successful execution of partnerships, continually aligning internal and external stakeholders to shared vision and objectives.
• Streamline processes to improve partnership relationship strategies, iterate objectives in response to STMSE overall priorities and goals.
• Identify gaps and implement solutions by working with internal teams to design, develop, and deliver partnership direction.
• Timely internal and external communication, keeping teams and partners apprised of partnership progress.
• Development of partnership strategies and frameworks, deal points or statements of work for assigned partnerships, in collaboration with STMSE leaders and capabilities.
• Monitor industry trends for growth opportunities to scale reach of STMSE programs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to other parts of the Stand Together community for industry partners and potential opportunities.

What You Will Bring

• 8+ year’s experience in partnerships within the music industry. Agency and broader entertainment experience is a plus.
• Deep growth mindset built on humility and openness. Successful candidates will prioritize learning how to apply their industry knowledge within the context of our management philosophy to drive transformative results.
• Strong connection to local music community (Nashville).
• Capacity to work in highly matrixed organization using a strategic mindset to embrace complexity, and prioritize in a dynamic environment.
• Proficient in clear, succinct, and timely communication (both written and spoken), with the ability to proactively seek and share knowledge and insights across teams and convey complex ideas with clarity.
• Broad knowledge of industry norms across genres and disciplines, including knowledge of the top music talent, labels, DSPs, agencies, management firms, media, and other key players within the music and entertainment industry.
• Experience working directly with talent, management and support teams at all levels for partner activations and relationship cultivation.
• Desire to make positive change by working with entities from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.


For this position we anticipate paying $150,000 per year. Actual amount may be higher or lower based on various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. Employees may be eligible to participate in our benefits programs which include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts, life insurance, AD&D, disability, retirement, paid vacation, paid parental leave and educational assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are defined by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline.

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.       Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.        We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.