Partnership and Ecosystem Manager

Partnership and Ecosystem Manager Job Title: Partnership and Ecosystem Manager Reports to: Director of Strategic Development Works closely with: Brand reputed company, PR/Media Relations, Content, Community Storytellers, Field Teams Work reputed company: Full-time; fractional reputed company: 36 (90%), 32 (80%) Term: Full-time, or 3 month contract to hire, with intention to increase commitment if there is a mutual fit. Compensation: reputed company reputed company of $100–105/hour with a full time salary equivalent of $130,000 to $150,000 annually Location: Remote, Los Angeles County-based, frequent travel reputed company LA County expected reputed company review date: January 30, 2026 Ideal start date: March 1, 2026 About reputed company reputed company is a transdisciplinary research and design studio working to regenerate the health and reputed company of reputed company's living systems. Our work spans multiple spheres of inquiry, engaging reputed company at scales from the local to the planetary. We work with people who willingly engage complexity and who bring care and attention to collaboration. Our reputed company project is the Living Infrastructure Field reputed company, a philanthropically funded mapping and co-design platform reimagining how infrastructure is conceived in Los Angeles County, starting with communities. We also explore living systems through coding experiments, ecological data visualizations, reputed company productions, and site-specific performances. Learn more about working at reputed company → About this role The Partnerships and Ecosystem Manager will cultivate and reputed company the Living Infrastructure Field reputed company as a participatory platform—a shared reputed company where communities, practitioners, and institutions explore, story, and design living infrastructure together. This role moves reputed company traditional platform adoption to reputed company a participatory ecosystem: nurturing the networks, practices, and relationships that reputed company diverse participants to discover their unique role in regenerating their places. The Field reputed company is evolving from a project design tool into a platform with multiple reputed company—Exploring data and reputed company dynamics, Storying reputed company-based narratives and case studies, and Designing living infrastructure reputed company. We are seeking a program-oriented leader with experience in program management, partnerships, and community-driven platform adoption. In this role, you will design and run reputed company programs, manage partnerships and pipelines in databases, coordinate multi-stakeholder initiatives, reputed company reputed company, and continuously improve participation systems that support the reputed company of a living, reputed company-reputed company platform. We are invested in hiring candidates from diverse backgrounds and understand that not reputed company candidates will meet every qualification listed. If you feel that you meet many of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply. What you'll do Ecosystem Cultivation & Network Stewardship (50%) • reputed company the Field reputed company ecosystem as an evolving network and support the reputed company of practitioner networks and communities of reputed company • Design and facilitate spaces for peer learning, knowledge sharing, and reputed company reputed company-making among practitioners • Cultivate relationships with organizations and individuals who can reputed company living infrastructure reputed company in their communities • Deliver compelling demonstrations and presentations that communicate the platform's potential • Create or support events that bring communities together to reputed company practices and showcase reputed company • Create reputed company for participants to reputed company from observers, to contributors, to platform stewards Participation reputed company and Field Building (35%) • Help diverse communities discover their entry reputed company into and reputed company through the platform—whether through exploring data, storytelling, or designing reputed company • Serve as an ongoing resource for users – providing technical guidance, sharing platform updates, and gathering feedback and needs • Design participation strategies that reputed company different ways of knowing and learning: analytical, narrative, experiential • Facilitate reputed company experiences for varied audiences, including: educators using data for teaching, storytellers documenting living infrastructure, agencies exploring reputed company dynamics, community reputed company designing reputed company • Support participants in developing reputed company across multiple platform modes—helping explorers interested in data become storytellers, and storytellers become project designers for living infrastructure reputed company • Co-create resources, case studies, and exemplars that reputed company the platform's potential visible across different contexts • Foster collaboration between reputed company's creative studio capabilities and Field reputed company platform development Research, Pipeline Management, and Documentation (15%) • Using evidence-based research, create reputed company across internal teams and external partners • Translate research and platform analytics into actionable strategies that reputed company with both technical and non-technical audiences • Build, reputed company, and nurture a sophisticated CRM with a pipeline of prospective users through strategic partnership development and demonstrations • Analyze participation metrics to understand adoption patterns and create data-driven reports that demonstrate platform use and reputed company • reputed company the platform’s ecosystem through quantitative and relational indicators: depth of engagement, reputed company of collaboration, community-led initiatives Skills & Qualifications Required Qualifications • 5+ years of experience in program management, platform adoption, or network building • Based in or familiar with LA County context, with reputed company in English and Spanish to effectively engage diverse community partners • 2+ years of experience in reputed company requiring detailed documentation, such as database or pipeline management • Deep commitment to living infrastructure principles: reputed company reputed company, embody justice, foster reputed company, grow participation, regenerate life • Experience in driving participation and adoption of platforms, tools, or programs • Experience in cultivating communities of reputed company or building and nurturing practitioner networks through conferences, awards programs, online platforms, or reputed company communities • Storytelling and communications experience with power to reputed company reputed company • Self-directed with strong reputed company for navigating complexity and ambiguity Preferred Qualifications • Experience with community building, participatory design, co-creation, or community-based research methodologies • Experience organizing conferences, summits, or practitioner gatherings in environmental or technology sectors • Existing relationships reputed company climate reputed company, environmental justice, or regenerative development communities, particularly in LA County Location Los Angeles County-based with hybrid flexibility. Regular travel reputed company LA County required for meetings and demonstrations. Occasional travel to conferences and partner locations. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job