Director of Membership

SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (ITC), Performance Review Institute (PRI) and SAE International (SAE), deliver shared solutions to industry's common challenges.

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Director, Membership

Reports To: Senior Director, Product Line - Community Initiatives
Location: Warrendale, PA

Job Summary

The Director, Membership leads SAE International's membership strategy, ensuring alignment with SAE's mission to advance mobility knowledge and solutions. This role is responsible for developing and executing strategies that drive membership recruitment, retention, and engagement. The Director oversees SAE's Corporate Member Councils, local sections, student chapters, and community management to create a robust and engaged global membership network.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and implement SAE's membership strategy to support professional, corporate, and student members.
• Oversee corporate membership programs and engagement, ensuring high-value partnerships with leading organizations.
• Lead Corporate Member Councils, ensuring strategic alignment with industry priorities.
• Support the transition of student members into professional SAE membership through university engagement.
• Strengthen and support local SAE sections to drive regional member engagement.
• Develop and expand membership-related products and services that align with industry and academic interests.
• Oversee SAE's awards, scholarships, and recognition initiatives to honor contributions to the mobility industry.
• Monitor and analyze membership trends and data to continuously refine engagement strategies.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Communications, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven leadership experience in membership strategy, professional association management, or stakeholder engagement.
• Experience managing industry partnerships and corporate relationships.
• Strong analytical, strategic planning, and project management skills.
• Proficiency in CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred).
• Ability to work collaboratively with industry professionals, executives, and volunteers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Business, Communications, or a related field.
• Experience with lifecycle marketing, member segmentation, and digital engagement strategy.
• Background in professional associations or technical societies preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment with core collaboration hours.
• Up to 20% travel for member engagement, strategic meetings, and conferences.

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ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

SAE IndustryTechnologies Consortia (SAE ITC)enables organizations to define and pilot best practices. SAE ITC industry stakeholders are able to work together to effectively solve common problems, achieve mutual benefit for industry, and create business value.

The Performance Review Institute (PRI)is the world leader in facilitating collaborative supply chain oversight programs, quality management systems approvals, and professional development in industries where safety and quality are shared values.

SAE International (SAEI)is a global organization serving the mobility sector, predominantly in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries, fostering innovation, and enabling engineering professionals. Since 1905, SAE has harnessed the collective wisdom of engineers around the world to create industry-enabling standards. Likewise, SAE members have advanced their knowledge and understanding of mobility engineering through our information resources, professional development, and networking.

Fullsight is a shared services group working across three affiliate organizations, SAE ITC, SAE International, and Performance Review Institute (PRI), uniformly delivering HR, IT, Legal, Customer Success, Finance, and Procurement services, which enables us to distribute resources across all parts of our businesses.

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