Associate Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

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Job Summary

The Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy team leads our corporate philanthropic investment portfolio, which includes cash grants from both the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and Comcast Corporation, as well as select event sponsorships and in-kind support.

This newly created role of Associate Vice President, Strategic Partnerships plays a pivotal role in advancing Project UP’s vision and maximizing the impact of Comcast’s philanthropic investments. Reporting to the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy, this leader translates enterprise and Project UP priorities into actionable plans, drives alignment across headquarters and field teams, and ensures the full portfolio operates as a cohesive, high-performing unit. The leader will be responsible for looking across the entire portfolio to identify opportunities to amplify impact and improve efficiencies through cross-team collaboration and coordination.

This role will strengthen integration across the portfolio, elevate storytelling around Project UP’s impact, and ensure that cross-cutting opportunities such as conference strategies, thought leadership, and partner activations are aligned to key business priorities and markets.

Project UP is Comcast’s $1 billion initiative to connect people to the internet, create digital opportunity, and build a future of unlimited possibilities. This commitment is helping to expand internet access, deliver digital skills training, and drive economic mobility.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the VP of Strategic Partnerships and Philanthropy to assess and identify grant-making strategies, organizational priorities, and areas of largest impact. Translate priorities into actionable plans and manage execution of plans across HQ, Field, and Lift Zone team leaders.

• Partner with executive leaders to anticipate growth areas, optimize the portfolio, and align investments to business priorities and impact.

• Manage a team that is responsible for executing key initiatives and activations in Comcast’s priority markets.

• Lead event activations & vendor management, including partner integration, market engagements, and budgeting. Ensure business leaders are engaged to ensure alignment to business objectives and growth.

• Oversee cross‑cutting support for common work: conference/event strategy and execution, partner engagement, market activation, and key sponsorships. Drive efficiency across HQ, Lift Zones, and Field teams by enabling those teams to focus on unique and highest-value work.

• Collaborate with the Director of Data & Insights to assess and communicate the outcomes of philanthropic investments – leveraging data and analytics to deepen understanding of impact, inform strategy, and enhance storytelling in partnership with internal data and technology teams.

• Partner with the Portfolio leads and Communications team to translate impact outcomes into compelling narratives that demonstrate Comcast’s leadership in advancing digital opportunity & economic mobility. Develop & support thought leadership opportunities that promote our philanthropic impact and align with the needs and pace of the business.

• Continuously optimize the Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy team operating model by assessing gaps and building capabilities and infrastructure that enable teams to do their best work.

• Support the enhancement of team culture, performance culture, and organizational effectiveness across the team.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years working in a CSR, social impact, or related function.

• Experience leading a grant portfolio, developing a strategy, and managing multiple stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to stand up shared services and operating mechanisms (governance, processes, tools) that scale and streamline execution across multiple teams and markets.

• Must be skilled at working across teams and external stakeholders and finding paths to pursue common objectives.

• Experience with event management and planning.

• Experience in people management.

• Ability to lead through ambiguity and develop creative solutions.

• Must be in the Philadelphia Headquarters location 4 days a week (1 day/week may be remote).

• Must be able to work nights and weekends, to attend internal and partner conferences and events.

• U.S. travel required (about 20-30%).

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.

• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.

• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.

• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.

• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.

• Drive results and growth.

• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.

• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBTQ+ employer.

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Grantmaking, People Leadership

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

15 Years +

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