Membership Sales Manager

Waukesha, Wisconsin,

ASGCT is a hybrid organization with onsite days of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

ASGCT is seeking a relationship-driven professional to lead member acquisition efforts during a period of significant growth in the cell and gene therapy industry. This is a unique opportunity to build strategic relationships with scientists, clinicians, industry professionals, and emerging leaders while helping expand the reach and impact of one of the world's leading professional societies in gene and cell therapy. If you enjoy prospecting, building meaningful relationships, and connecting professionals with a mission-driven community, we want to hear from you. As the Membership Sales Manager, you will identify, cultivate, and engage prospective members, conference attendees, and industry stakeholders. Through strategic outreach and consultative relationship-building, you will help professionals connect with ASGCT's mission, resources, and networking opportunities while contributing to membership and conference growth goals. Reporting to the Director of Membership, you will build and manage a prospect pipeline, develop recruitment strategies, and play a key role in expanding ASGCT's presence across the rapidly evolving cell and gene therapy landscape.

Primary Responsibilities: Membership Recruitment Strategy

Develop and execute ASGCT's membership recruitment strategy to expand participation across key professional segments. Contribute to membership recruitment revenue goals through strategic outreach, relationship development, pipeline management, and cultivation of prospective members and stakeholders. Conduct proactive outreach to prospective members through phone, email, events, and other engagement channels. Analyze membership, prospect, and registration trends to identify opportunities for improved conversion, expanded reach, and to strengthen ASGCT’s membership value proposition. Support organizational research initiatives including the Member Census, benchmarking studies, and prospect needs assessments. Maintain membership recruitment-related web content, lead-generation forms, and landing pages. Manage and expand the Membership Ambassador Program to support peer-to-peer recruitment.

Conference Growth & Attendee Acquisition

Support conference registration revenue goals through targeted outreach and prospect engagement efforts. Implement post-event follow-up strategies to convert non-member attendees into active ASGCT members. Monitor attendee acquisition performance and recommend strategies to improve conversion and participation rates.

Data Management & Reporting

Maintain accurate pipeline and outreach activity records within the CRM. Create and maintain audience segments, reporting tools, IQAs, business objects, and related data resources within iMIS. Assist in the preparation and delivery of membership growth, recruitment, and conference participation reports and presentations.

Member Service & Organizational Collaboration

Alongside the Member Services Coordinator and Membership Engagement Manager, provide a high level of customer service for membership and conference-related inquiries. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications team to develop recruitment messaging, value propositions, promotional campaigns, and prospect-facing collateral. Support cross-functional membership initiatives and collaborate with other departments to advance ASGCT strategic objectives. Required Skills and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree. 3+ years of related professional experience in membership recruitment, business development, fundraising, donor relations, sales, stakeholder engagement, or a similar revenue-generating role, preferably within a member driving professional association, non-profit organization, or mission driven organization. Results driven. Proven success in meeting recruitment, fundraising, sales, membership growth or other revenue related goals while using date-driven insights to define strategies and targets. Excellent communication skills. Outgoing, relationship focused and comfortable cultivating and stewarding relationships with a variety of stakeholders, prospects, members, donors, sponsors, and volunteers via phone, text, email, social media and other channels. Project and relationship management experience with attention to detail and a technical understanding of CRMs and related communications tools. Ability to work collaboratively with other departments and teams within the organization. Ability to travel for up to 2 weeks per year. annual bonus opportunity