Vice President of Strategic Alliances

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Location: Flexible, based between UTC-6 and UTC+4
Travel: 20% global travel
Reports to: CEO
Classification: Employee or Contractor (depending on location)
Compensation: $105,000-135,000 (experience & COL-adjusted)
Flexible Paid Time Off: 45 days/year
Hours: Full-time (40 hrs/week)

About Legado
Legado is a women-led, global nonprofit working alongside Indigenous Peoples, Afrodescendent Peoples, and local communities in some of the world’s most ecologically important places.

Our mission is to support communities to design and implement solutions of their choosing—benefiting people and landscapes alike. We call these outcomes Thriving Futures.

We are driving toward a paradigm shift towards holistic climate justice by putting 360° Community-Led Change at the center: ensuring communities lead, set priorities, and steward their futures—not as project “beneficiaries,” but as architects.

Learn more at legadoinitiative.org.

About the Role
We are looking for a senior leader to shape how our organization shows up in the world—and to turn that into meaningful partnerships, influence, and funding.

This role operates at the intersection of strategy, relationships, communications, and revenue, with a clear mandate to build a strong external presence and translate that into the relationships and resources needed to deliver long-term impact.

You will work across a wide network of funders, partners, and allies—from foundations and individual donors to partner organizations and global platforms—and ensure that our external work is coherent, credible, and effective.

The VP of Strategic Alliances sits in our executive leadership team, working closely with the CEO, Executive Vice President, and Senior Director of Programs on the vision, strategy, and trajectory of Thriving Futures.

You will collaborate with and oversee our Director of Development, who leads day-to-day fundraising execution, and manage the Senior Marketing & Communications Manager to ensure high-quality, audience-ready materials and messaging. You will also work closely alongside our Executive Vice President and Partnership Team to develop, steer, and nurture our partnerships with diverse types of organizations using Thriving Futures.

This is a role for someone who can think systemically, build trust quickly, and operate with both strategic clarity and practical follow-through.