Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing . We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 
As a Program Manager on the team, you’ll support the Director in executing high-impact cultural partnerships—such as major festivals—that deepen engagement on key issues like Strong & Safe Communities, Free Speech, Education, and more. 
You’ll help manage the internal coordination and strategy behind a portfolio of aligned partners, ensuring strong collaboration across teams and clear connection to Stand Together’s broader vision. Your work will help streamline operations, strengthen partnership execution, and expand the impact of our cultural engagement efforts.How You Will ContributeSupport Director of Festivals to prioritize and execute strategy.  Manage portfolio of partners and networks to support capability build. Leverage partnership management best practices and tools to drive coordinated collaboration across internal and external teams, bringing together the correct audiences at the right time and proactively identifying risks across teams.   Establish and maintain excellent communication with stakeholders, providing regular updates on partnership status, key milestones, and roadblocks.  Implement and continuously improve partnership management processes, tools, and best practices that drive efficiency, visibility, and accountability.  Prioritize workload effectively in a fast-paced, creative environment, proactively identifying and addressing challenges.  Foster a high-performance culture by mentoring junior team members and promoting a learning environment.  What You Will Bring7+ years of Partnership or Project Management experience working with various levels of leadership, stakeholders, and a variety of teams.  Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to connect dots quickly and find connections with networks, partners and strategies, multi-dimensional programs and events with a proven ability to think ahead, problem solve, engage proactively, and take initiative.   Proven experience and best practices with partner facing relationships. Demonstrated ability to proactively drive clarity in ambiguous environments, with a strong bias for purposeful action aligned to strategy. Proven track record of mobilizing and aligning diverse stakeholders to collaborate toward shared goals. Growth-oriented mindset grounded in humility, openness, and a commitment to continual learning. Willingness to travel as needed, sometimes on short notice, depending on your location and the needs of the business.  Well-versed in music industry norms and behaviors and festival operations. Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding , which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.  What We Offer Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving progress on complex social challenges. Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that emphasizes self-actualization, with roles and responsibilities based on your strengths, not tenure. Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.    We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.