Chief Program Officer
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Women Donors NetworkPhilanthropy, Social Justice
United States, US time zonesFull-TimeExecutive
SalaryAt least 240,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 15+ years of experience with organizations of a comparable size, with at least 2+ years of proven experience operating as a senior executive leader
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience with organizations of a comparable size
- 2+ years of proven experience operating as a senior executive leader
- Previous work experience within multi-entity, membership-based or networked organizations is strongly preferred
- Deep commitment to WDN/A’s mission and values, with previous work experience in at least two of WDN’s funding priorities
- Deep experience at the intersection of philanthropy, movement building, and/or political advocacy
- Demonstrated success leading, refining and scaling an established strategy and systems for greater impact
- Track record of mobilizing significant resources (e.g., philanthropic capital, political funding, or aligned investments)
- Previous experience leading, integrating, and scaling complex, cross-functional strategies, transformations and/or organizational change
- Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills
- Ability to engage, align, and influence diverse stakeholders, including donors, staff, and partners
- Strong systems thinker and builder who has high emotional intelligence and values operational rigor
- Ability to translate vision into strategy, drive accountability, and deliver results in complex environments
- Ability to work weekday hours across US time zones
- Available to work a flexible schedule due to the emergent, rapid-response nature of our work
- Demonstrated success and comfort with remote work
- At least 15 years of nonprofit or philanthropy experience
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop WDN/A’s Learning & Impact, Politics & Advocacy, and Strategic Grantmaking functions.
- Partner closely with the CEO and Boards as a strategic thought partner and advisor.
- Drive organization-wide alignment across WDN’s Community & Development, Communications, and Finance Teams.
- Serve as an organization-wide leader in annual and multi-year planning.
- Build and lead a high-performing team culture.
- Lead and integrate WDN/A’s member engagement and mobilization strategy and cross functional, member facing functions.
- Refine and scale WDN/A’s membership model.
- Translate WDN/A’s strategic priorities into a clear, high-impact strategy.
- Develop and implement a program data and insights strategy.
- Design and implement an integrated member journey with decision making frameworks.
- Partner with the Learning & Impact team to advance a best-in-class philanthropic and political learning strategy.
- Partner with the Politics & Advocacy team to develop strategic plans for organizing.
- Develop and scale the leadership capacity of WDN/A’s membership network.
- Deepen relationships with members and field leaders.
- Partner with the Community & Development team to strategically steward member relationships.
- Partner closely with the Grantmaking and Impact team to support WDN/A’s multi-entity (c3/c4) grantmaking vision and strategy.
- Align and integrate funding pathways between grantmaking, member engagement, and advocacy strategies.
- Develop and co-lead our membership change management strategy.
- Translate WDN/A’s grantmaking strategy into meaningful member-facing pathways.
- Partner with member-facing teams to strengthen WDN/A’s ability to move capital strategically and at scale.
- Collaborate closely with the Grantmaking and Impact team on the evolution of incubated initiatives and funding vehicles.
- Support relationship-building on WDN/A’s behalf with aligned funders, collaboratives, and philanthropic partners.
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