Fractional Head of Growth & Business Development

Location: New York City strongly preferred; hybrid
Engagement: Initial six-month consulting engagement
Commitment: Approximately 15–20 hours per month
Compensation: $60–$80 per hour, based on experience
Works with: Chief Executive Officer and senior leadership team

Align Social Impact is seeking a Fractional Head of Growth & Business Development to help expand our U.S. presence, deepen strategic relationships, and develop new client and partnership opportunities.

Working closely with the CEO and senior leadership team, this person will introduce Align’s capabilities to a broader network of mission-aligned organizations and leaders. They will cultivate relationships, identify areas where Align can deliver distinctive value, and guide promising opportunities from early conversations through engagement.

This is a senior, hands-on role for an experienced growth leader who understands how trusted relationships, thoughtful positioning, and consistent follow-through contribute to sustainable agency growth.

• Develop and maintain a focused approach to growing Align’s U.S. client and partner network.

• Cultivate relationships with prospective clients, partners, advisors, and influential connectors.

• Expand Align’s network across corporations, nonprofits, foundations, philanthropy, government, family offices, and talent.

• Identify opportunities aligned with Align’s mission, capabilities, and values.

• Initiate and lead conversations with senior decision-makers about their goals and needs.

• Clearly communicate Align’s integrated capabilities, approach, and relevant experience.

• Bring together the appropriate Align leaders and subject-matter experts for each opportunity.

• Collaborate on tailored approaches, scopes, proposals, budgets, and presentations.

• Guide opportunities through proposal development, negotiation, contracting, and engagement.

• Reconnect with former clients and identify opportunities to deepen current relationships.

• Develop new sources of trusted referrals and strategic introductions.

• Maintain an accurate pipeline and provide concise progress and revenue updates.

• Represent Align at selected meetings, conferences, convenings, and industry events.

• Share market insights and prospective-client feedback to strengthen Align’s positioning and services.

• Approximately 10 or more years of relevant growth, business-development, agency, consulting, communications, philanthropy, corporate-purpose, nonprofit, government, or social-impact experience.

• A demonstrated record of developing relationships and securing significant professional-services engagements.

• An active U.S. network across one or more of Align’s priority sectors.

• Strong relationships with senior decision-makers and influential connectors.

• Experience leading discovery conversations, pitches, proposals, negotiations, and closing discussions.

• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to recognize promising opportunities.

• Excellent relationship-building, presentation, facilitation, negotiation, and communication skills.

• Proactive, entrepreneurial, organized, and able to create momentum independently.

• Comfortable being accountable for measurable pipeline, partnership, and revenue goals.

• Passion for social impact and commitment to thoughtful, ethical, and relationship-centered growth.
• A bachelor’s or advanced degree is welcome but not required. Align places greater value on demonstrated results, relevant relationships, judgment, reputation, and lived experience.

Goals will be established at the beginning of the engagement based on Align’s priorities, target markets, and anticipated relationship-development cycles.

Measures may include:

• Growth of Align’s network among priority organizations and leaders.

• New strategic relationships and referral sources developed.

• Qualified conversations with senior decision-makers.

• Opportunities advanced to proposals or defined scopes.

• Quality and value of the active pipeline.

• New client engagements and agency revenue secured.

• Expansion of current and former client relationships.

• Consistent progress across priority opportunities.

Align Social Impact is a women-owned agency working at the intersection of research, communications, culture, philanthropy, and social change. For more than two decades, we have partnered with corporations, nonprofits, foundations, government entities, and influential talent to create measurable community, business, and social outcomes.

Align has offices in New York City and Amsterdam. Learn more atalignsocialimpact.com.

Regular in-person participation in New York City is required and may include team sessions, prospective-client meetings, presentations, networking opportunities, and events. The consultant may serve other nonconflicting clients, subject to confidentiality and conflict-of-interest requirements. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Please submit a résumé or professional biography and a brief introduction addressing:

• Your experience developing relationships and securing professional-services engagements

• The sectors, markets, and relationships most relevant to this role

• One or two significant opportunities or partnerships you helped develop

• Your interest in Align’s mission and next phase of growth

Align Social Impact is an Align Communications & Creative LLC company and an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. All employment and contracting decisions are based on qualifications, merit, organizational needs, and alignment with our values.