Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives (re:power)

re:power is a national organization seeking to build a critical mass of social justice movements and their leaders who embody the ideology and practice of liberatory organizing, an organizing practice that is pro-Black and grounded in community, collective action and abundance. Our ultimate vision? A liberated, multiracial democracy, free from the oppressive systems of white supremacy and patriarchy. 

We work towards our vision by offering training and strategic support to leaders and organizations across the progressive ecosystem. Our programming is designed to capture the full spectrum of leaders: the newly activated/newly politicized, the deeply engaged and committed, those who are seeing a values-aligned community and those who are ready to step into becoming the trainer themselves. re:power, and our sibling organization - re:power Fund (501c3) - creates opportunities to learn and develop hard skills, grow leadership, deepen political analysis, and build community through our five program areas: Movement Building, Movement Technology, Civic Engagement, Women of Color Leadership, and Governance. 

The Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives will provide strategic leadership and executive project management across our fully-remote, nationally-distributed 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations, developing new strategic partnerships, managing complex initiatives, operationalizing our strategic plan in close collaboration with our leadership team and  across the organization, and serving as an organizational leader who models re:power’s culture and values.   

Reporting directly to our Executive Director and serving as a member of our executive team, the  Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives will be a critical thought partner to our leadership. 

We are looking for a collaborative and strategic leader who is deeply connected to re:power’s values, especially our focus on building power with BIPOC women and gender expansive people;  has practical knowledge of how the movement ecosystem operates; draws joy and energy from creating structure and possibility out of ambiguity and challenge; and would be energized by the opportunity to serve as a thought partner to a talented team of executive leaders, translating our Executive Director’s vision into actionable plans and working alongside our executive team to operationalize our Strategic Plan. 

RESPONSIBILITES

Strategic Initiatives

• Work closely with our Executive Director to translate bold ideas into actionable plans, supporting her efforts to pilot and test new initiatives by coordinating activity and input across the executive team. 
• Provide high level project management and analysis on executive projects, connecting the dots across the organization and partners to ensure that resources, plans, and processes are aligned with our strategic priorities and moving forward towards objectives. 
• Support re:power’s participation in key coalitions, collaboratives, and other complex partnerships, bringing leadership skills and representing the organization as needed. 
• Work collaboratively across the organization on revenue-generating initiatives, coordinating business development efforts and identifying fundraising opportunities against a clear vision for how our work aligns with an overall vision for the movement.
• In order to coordinate and move strategy across our network, support and advise our Executive Director in her work to meaningfully engage with re:power’s leadership community, both internally and externally, which include a broad range of beloved colleagues and partners, most notably our staff, our Board of Directors, our movement partners, and our funders–all of whom we regularly consult as critical thought partners and collaborators. 

 Organizational Leadership & Learning

• Collaborate closely  with the executive team to develop and communicate an organization-wide strategic framework that will guide and support our efforts to operationalize our strategic plan across all areas of our work. 
• Model our organizational culture and incorporate our values into your practice by grounding your work in racial justice; accountability and excellence; communication and collaboration; and care for our people. 
• Lead process of designing, tracking, and (re)assessing a set of metrics / points of engagement to measure re:power’s strategic effectiveness of our program model. Manage external consultants in support of our impact evaluation work and make recommendations for  assessments as needed. Use this information to identify strengths, areas of improvement and/growth, and guide us to continuously adapt as we seek to be responsive to changing conditions and align with our unique capacity to serve the movement. 
• In partnership with the leadership team, provide support and training as needed to ensure that our staff have the tools and information they need to be successful in fully integrating the strategic framework into their plans. 
• Seek guidance and learnings from our team as they relate to our capacity to execute strategic initiatives; collaborate with staff at all levels, engaging with their creativity, on the ground knowledge, and problem-solving skills to help adapt strategic approaches and move them across challenges and set-backs. 
• Stay current with the possibilities for re:power by engaging with individuals and institutions across our ecosystem, conduct landscape reports as needed, lifting up findings, ideas, and drawing correlations across the movement space in order to help sharpen our analysis and strategies. 

 Progressive Governance Academy Management & Oversight

• Provide oversight and direct supervision for the Director of the Progressive Governance Academy (PGA), providing the Director and other PGA staff with support and thought partnership as they lead and drive a complex, collaborative effort by re:power Fund, State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and Local Progress Impact Lab. 
• Support the PGA Director in developing and implementing an evolving set of strategies for re:power Fund’s participation in the PGA, lifting up learnings and opportunities for deeper collaboration with PGA partners, and broader impact for the movement - including, but not limited to: revenue and expense forecasting and analysis, fundraising, and engagement with PGA stakeholders
• Support, coach or directly supervise other staff and contractors, as needed. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Who you are:

• You are a leader with a personal and professional commitment to re:power’s core values. Our mission energizes you.
• You are a strategic thinker who can manage details of budgeting, planning, and reporting while also holding the bigger picture of re:power’s mission; you have a track record of increasing organizational success by operationalizing a vision across an organization, and using evaluation tools and metrics to support accountability.
• You have a personal and professional commitment to building your skillset as an anti-racist manager and leader. You are continually seeking to grow, reflect, and deepen your understanding of how race and power impact relationships and organizations.  
• You are a highly-relational leader with strong interpersonal skills who genuinely enjoys mentoring and growing a team. You inspire others around you towards action, bringing people together around a shared sense of purpose and moving forward collectively. 
• You are an effective, persuasive communicator with strong presentation, speaking, written, and nonverbal skills, who conveys information clearly and concisely, internally and externally, with high emotional intelligence and professional judgment.
• You appreciate our organizational culture. We are a team that believes in the value of collaboration (even when it’s messy,)  working hard, communicating clearly, and aiming for excellence while also holding space for joy, compassion, and community care. 

Your experience and skills:

• You have 10+ years of progressively responsible leadership experience in areas relevant to the work described here at a nonprofit organization, ideally at both  501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities, including 6+ years of managerial, supervisory, or team leadership experience.
• You are deeply connected to the movement for collective liberation, understand its history and promise. Ideally, you have generalist knowledge across some of the broad array of intersecting methods and fields that our partners work in (e.g. climate justice, voting rights, reparations, land justice, economic justice, worker power, civic engagement, leadership development, community organizing, disability justice, gender justice, electoral politics etc.) that is grounded in a sophisticated analysis of the ways in which systemic racism and other forms of oppression inform this work.  
• You have a demonstrated commitment to building power with BIPOC communities and an understanding of how to align internal organizational practice and strategy with stated values.
• You have experience in working in complex coalitions and partnerships with success in building alignment across differences in order to achieve shared goals. 
• Knowledge of and appreciation for the unique role elected officials hold in the progressive movement with a passion for being in service to this particular constituency.
• Experience developing and driving impact on successful programs, including budget management and  ideally at least some fundraising experience (especially with institutional giving)
• You have a deep understanding of practices, theories, and policies involved in strategic planning and organizational development, bringing knowledge and experience across various matters.
• You have experience with data analysis and performance metrics and a high degree of comfort with using evolving technologies to create and monitor complex processes. 
• Willingness to work non-standard hours, including weekends as needed and travel when required. Senior leaders at re:power travel between 3-5 times per year at minimum and are expected to travel to board meetings, senior team retreats, and represent the organization at conferences and other gatherings as needed. 

To apply, please upload the following materials at this link: 

1. A resume
2. A cover letter that thoughtfully addresses your interest and alignment
3. A work sample (of any kind or length) that demonstrates your strategic capacity and writing ability

Note: We welcome additional work samples, but they are not required at this time.