About World 50 Group

World 50 Group comprises private peer communities that empower CEOs and C-level executives from globally esteemed organizations to discover groundbreaking ideas, share invaluable experiences, and cultivate meaningful relationships. The busiest officer-level executives and their most promising future leaders trust World 50 Group to facilitate collaboration, conversation, and counsel on the topics most crucial to leading, redefining, and growing modern enterprises. Membership is by invitation only.

Founded in 2004, Our purpose is to accelerate the success of our members and their organizations. It comprises highly curious associates who consider it a privilege to help leaders stay ahead. Innovation Roundtable is a community within World50 the connects our members to the cutting-edge solutions to enable innovation within their functional areas of business. Through our collaborative model, Innovation Roundtable has been providing a streamlined innovation process and valuable insights to corporations for more than 9 years.

The Opportunity

The Innovator Relations Manager will play a critical role in cultivating / managing our most trusted innovator relationships and driving growth across our communities. This position will report into our Head of Innovator Relations and will be a part of the innovator relations team.

Key Qualifications & Proficiencies

• Understanding evolving business terrains and effectively articulating the World 50/Innovation Roundtable value proposition to prospective innovators and partners
• Actively building and managing a community of vendors at the bleeding edge of innovation
• Cultivate and maintain strong longitudinal relationships, driving business growth and supporting innovators along their growth trajectory
• Manage pipeline and report on key growth and relationship metrics
• Strategic and operational lead for key processes and communications to our innovator community associated with all events
• Support the conversion of new and existing innovators into IR products and programs (including Roundtables, the Academy, Advisory Services and more)
• Measure and report on impact based on key metrics across a bi-annual timeline
• Jump into other ad hoc innovator projects as needed

Requirements

• 5 years in Account Management, Business Development, or Customer/Client Relations
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Strong work ethic and willingness to take ownership for wide-ranging responsibilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the flexibility to accommodate different situations and personalities
• Superior organization and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Persistence, resourcefulness, drive and ability to work proactively
• Flexibility to work outside of strict job description parameters, thinking creatively about how to provide highest quality of service
• Outstanding project management, scheduling and multi-tasking skills
• Demonstrate poise in personal interactions with C-level executives

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications or Marketing preferred
• 5 years in Account Management, Business Development, or Customer/Client Relations
• Experience with sales and CRM operations

Work Environment and Physical Demands

While performing the responsibilities of this position, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role. The associate is occasionally required to travel.

Conclusion

This position description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position, and it is not intended to be a comprehensive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with this position.

World 50 Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. World 50 also maintains a Drug-Free Workplace