Manager - Federal Business Development - Job Description - Summer 2021

Sep 13, 2026

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Job description for a Manager, Federal Business Development position at Third Sector, a 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on transforming public systems to achieve improved, equitable outcomes. The role cultivates federal partnerships with U.S. government departments and leads proposal development for federally funded grants in collaboration with state and local agencies. Responsibilities include managing a Salesforce opportunity pipeline, building proposal tools and templates, and supporting advocacy and client cultivation to meet annual $9+ million revenue goals.

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WHO WE ARE

THE ROLE

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage Federal Business Development, Advocacy and Client Cultivation (75%)

Manage Partnerships & Business Development Pipeline, Reporting, and Tools (25%)

YOUR EXPERIENCE

YOUR SKILLS AND COMP

Job Description Manager, Federal Business Development Summer 2021 WHO WE ARE Third Sector is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to transform public systems to advance improved and equitable outcomes for people that engage with human services. We partner with governments, service providers, and their partners to generate positive, measurable outcomes for people they serve using public funding and data. We work alongside communities to help build a future that includes improved educational opportunity, economic mobility, housing stability, and physical and mental health. When our work is complete, organizations entrusted to use public and private funds will have the systems, tools, and data to do more and do better for our communities. Since 2011, we have worked with more than 40 communities and transitioned over $1 billion in public funding to social programs that measurably improve lives. Our team of more than 50 employees is united by our mission and our individual and collective commitments toward dismantling systemic racism in the United States. THE ROLE We are looking for a driven, entrepreneurial, and equity-focused professional who is deeply passionate about working with government to create a more equitable and prosperous society where everyone can thrive. Every year, the U.S. spends $billions on public systems to help people in need of health, housing, workforce training, nutrition, education and other services. Your job at Third Sector will be to help more agencies engage our support in using these funds in ways that improve life outcomes for people especially those individuals that, due to structural racism, have been underserved or marginalized. As the Manager of Federal Business Development, your primary responsibility will be to cultivate new and maintain existing partnerships and projects with federal government agency leaders within the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, Agriculture, Justice, and others. Another responsibility involves leading proposal development in partnership with state and local agencies to apply for federally funded grants. You will help manage the organization’s pipeline of opportunities in Salesforce and build-out of organization-wide proposal tools and processes. As an integral member of the Partnerships and Business Development team, you will share responsibility for securing the organization’s annual revenue goals of $9+ million that come from a diverse mix of sources including the federal government, state/local government, and philanthropy. You will work most closely with the Director of Federal Business and the Managing Director of Partnerships & Business Development. You will also coordinate with other parts of the organization, including the organization’s Executive Team, Directors, and project teams. Above all, you will apply your passion for social change and your unique lived experiences to the advancement of our mission. At Third Sector, each day presents new and exciting challenges. Whether you chose to work remotely or join one of our offices in Boston or San Francisco, you will join an organization full of passionate, hard-working individuals committed to our mission, collective and individual anti-racist journeys, and the power of person-centered engagement. Please visit our website for examples of our outcomes-oriented work with communities. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES Manage Federal Business Development, Advocacy and Client Cultivation (75%) ● Help shape and implement an annual federal business development strategy ● Write concept papers, grant proposals, blogs, capability statements and other content to share with prospective clients, partners, journals and other audiences ● Develop PowerPoint decks and facilitation guides and present these to various stakeholders ● Actively position for, capture, and pursue competitive grants and contracts from civilian human service agencies ● Support advocacy efforts to increa

FAQs

What is the primary responsibility of the Manager, Federal Business Development?

Cultivate new and maintain existing partnerships and projects with federal government agency leaders, including leading proposal development with state and local partners for federally funded grants.

Which federal agencies and departments does the role focus on?

The position targets leaders within U.S. Departments such as Health and Human Services, Labor, Agriculture, Justice, and others.

How is success measured for this role?

The manager shares responsibility for securing annual revenue goals of $9+ million, sourced from federal government, state/local government, and philanthropy, while managing the opportunity pipeline in Salesforce.

Sep 13, 2026

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