• The Associate Director of Partnerships & Growth is a key leadership role within DLB’s Design Department, responsible for developing and managing the relationships that accelerate and augment the department’s growth. • This position oversees outsourced and offshore partnerships and leads efforts to identify, evaluate, and expand M&A opportunities that drive inorganic growth. • Working in close collaboration with the Executive Directors, this role bridges departmental staffing augmentation needs with firmwide growth objectives. • Identify, develop, analyze, and manage strategic relationships that expand global reach and operational capacity. • Accountable for cultivating a robust partner ecosystem and creating best-in-class partner tracking, onboarding, and development systems that enhance productivity, scalability, and overall capabilities of the Design Department.