Senior Events and Partnerships Manager

The Senior Events and Partnerships Manager will plan, coordinate, and execute HDC’s events calendar, ensuring events are high-quality, engaging, and aligned with organizational priorities. This role will manage key convenings, support member engagement, and help cultivate relationships with partners and sponsors.

Core Responsibilities

• Events Management (75%)
  • Execute HDC’s 2026 calendar of events, including supporting the Annual Celebration, leading Summer Social, and Housing Innovation Tour, and all member roundtables and trainings.
  • Manage all event logistics: venues, AV, catering, registration, schedules, and staffing.
  • Support Annual Celebration planning and sponsor engagement.
  • Ensure that event standards are inclusive, accessible, and value diversity
• Member and Strategic Partner Engagement (25%)
  • Plan strategic convenings and build and maintain relationships with members, stakeholders, sponsors, elected officials, and partner organizations.
  • Lead HDC’s Young Professionals for Affordable Housing group.
  • Represent HDC at events, meetings, and community gatherings.
  • Lead a robust member affinity group and their activated peer to peer support events, helping plan and execute gatherings that strengthen community and peer networks.
  • Coordinate with Communications and Programs teams to maximize visibility for events and sponsors.

Desired Competencies:

• Strong commitment to the issues of affordable housing in King County.
• Commitment to affordable housing and racial equity in King County.
• A courageous collaborator that values success of the collective.
• A relationship builder and connector with excellent interpersonal skills who excels at partnership development.
• Clearly demonstrated and exceptional communication skills.
• Successful event planning and implementation experience.
• Experience with large event sponsor solicitation
• Organized and self-directed strategic thinker with attention to detail
• Effective communicator with strong verbal and writing skills.
• Alignment with HDC’s mission, vision, and values.
• Competency in Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• English, Communications, Marketing, or Liberal Arts major or equivalent experience.
• Active ties to business leaders.

• 100% comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and short- & long-term disability insurance.
• 13 paid holidays and 1 personal paid day off.
• Paid Time-Off (PTO): 3 weeks annually for the first 3 years and increasing after that up to 5 weeks annually at year 7.
• Prepaid ORCA card.
• 401k Plan with 3% employer contribution (effective following first year of employment).
• Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work environment.
• Laptop computer and other equipment provided for remote work, as well as a contribution toward reimbursement of internet/phone upgrade expenses.