Strategic Partnership Manager - Asia

This is a remote position. Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employee's country in addition to Ipas's own pay philosophy and other factors, such as the employee's experience level and expertise. Candidates can expect traveling up to 30% time. The successful candidate must be based geographically in Asia. Ipas seeks a Strategic Partnership Manager to strengthen resource mobilization and the partnership portfolio across Asia. The manager will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators whose priorities align with Ipas's mission and values. The role will provide targeted business development support for high-value funding opportunities, deepen engagement with priority donors and partners, and contribute to donor-facing materials, including expressions of interest, concept notes, proposals, budgets, presentations, results frameworks, and partnership strategies. The Strategic Partnership Manager will demonstrate a strong commitment to reproductive justice, including human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The role will work with the Development Service Node, Fundraising Leads, Asia Country Directors, and colleagues across the Ipas Network to promote shared leadership, trust, and inclusive, non-hierarchical collaboration.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Opportunity Pipeline Development and Donor/Partner Intelligence

• Map priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic implementing partners aligned with Ipas's mission and work.

• Analyze funder priorities, eligibility, timelines, typical award size, indirect cost expectations, compliance considerations, and relationship pathways.

• Identify and track RFPs, calls for proposals, invitations, and relationship-led opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.

• Support go/no-go decisions through fit assessments, competitiveness analysis, and risk and feasibility review.

2. External Relations and Resource Mobilization Support

• Develop donor and partner engagement plans for priority prospects, including objectives, messages, decision-makers, and follow-up actions.

• Draft and refine capability statements, one-pagers, brief slide decks, project summaries, and boilerplate language.

• Develop a External relations for Asia in coordination with Country nodes and the network

• Build Ipas Network intelligence on key trends and opportunities in Asia.

• Contribute to external communications through the Ipas website, newsletters, and social media.

• Prepare talking points, briefing notes, and agendas for external meetings and support follow-up.

• Advice on partnership strategy, consortium roles, negotiation points, partner mapping, and outreach.

• Report quarterly and annually on fundraising efforts and results and participate in annual management cycle activities.

3. Proposal Development, Review, and Quality Assurance