Posted: 02-Jul-25
Location: Alexandria, VA
Type: Full Time
Required Education:
Title: Vice President of Membership
Unit: Member Experience
FLSA Status: Full-time, Exempt
Location: This position is located onsite at the APTA headquarters in Alexandria, VA
About APTA
Do you want to contribute to an organization dedicated to improving societal health? Would you like to collaborate with colleagues who are passionate about making a difference? Are you excited to work in a new state-of-the-art building designed to encourage movement, participation, and employee health?
Then you want to work for APTA!
APTA is the trusted leader for the physical therapy profession, representing more than 100,000 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and physical therapy students. Our approximately 150 employees support the association’s mission to build a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society. Learn more in our Association Profile.
Located in Alexandria, Virginia, APTA has outstanding employee benefits, including flexible work schedules, generous retirement contributions, and travel subsidies for employees who choose public and active transportation.
Summary
The Vice President of Membership is a key leadership role within the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), responsible for driving membership growth, enhancing member recruitment and retention strategies, fostering member engagement, and building member loyalty. This position requires a dynamic and strategic leader who can develop and implement innovative programs to attract new members, retain existing members, and ensure a high level of member satisfaction and involvement. Effective champion of the Association vision, mission, and brand.
Essential Functions
- Leads membership strategy for the Association, including member recruitment and retention initiatives and processes
- Advances and accountable for meeting performance expectations and metrics for unit, respective departments, and budget activities
- Accountable for compliance as outlined below including timely submission of all required forms.
- Accountable for staff management and professional development; appraising staff performance in the unit, including directly supervising and coaching staff; recruitment and retention of team members and ensuring morale, engagement, and participation in the workplace.
- Advances operations within the unit to gain efficiencies, grow revenue, and provide stewardship of association resources.
- Advances quality assurance and continuous quality/performance improvement in unit activities, including annual assessments of respective budget activities described above.
- Advances, with the other Unit Leads, the implementation of the Association’s programs, priorities, and projects.
- Leads appointed and volunteer groups in partnership with Board chair and staff colleagues.
- Accountable to ensuring data is collected, shared and aligned with the APTA data strategy within respective budget activities.
- Provides strategic insight, counsel, data and intelligence to executive leadership and the Board of Directors on best practices related to the work of the Unit’s departments through briefings, reports, and presentations.
- Advances and fosters external relationships with thought leaders, stakeholder organizations and entities for partnership, strategic counsel, insight and business opportunities which align with the Association leadership team, the APTA brand, and organizational priorities.
Staff Expectations
- Upholds and fosters APTA staff values
- Complies with all APTA policies and procedures
- Performs other duties as assigned to foster achievement of the unit and association priorities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Healthcare Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of proven experience in membership management, preferably within a professional association or healthcare organization.
- Experience in supervision and professional development of staff
- Strong leadership and strategic planning skills.
- Proficiency in data analysis and digital marketing tools.
- Strong computer/database skills; working knowledge of membership and data platforms
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Budget management skills
- CAE preferred
- Exceptional communications skills - written and verbal
- Exceptional, effective and professional interpersonal communications
- Presentation Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Organizational skills - ability to manage the unit’s multiple areas, people, and projects
- Effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Travel Requirements
Up to 10% - local and National
How To Apply
Please send resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, when applying.
Principals only; no agencies; no phone calls, please. Candidates selected to participate in an interview will be contacted by Human Resources.
The American Physical Therapy Association is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or military status or any other characteristic protected by law.
APTA participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information, please visit e-verify.uscis.gov.
APTA is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and invites and welcomes applicants with diversity of experience, mindset, and skills to add value to APTA and our staff community.
