Director, Program Strategy

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Pivotal

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: USD 252,100 USD-USD 261,600 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Location: United States 
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
Founded by Melinda French Gates, Pivotal is a group of organizations working to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the U.S. and around the world.
Inspired by our founder, we reach across communities and sectors to bring together innovative thinkers who can scale up proven ideas and catalyze new ones. We learn from their experiences, amplify their resources, and support them as they lead.
Pivotal includes Pivotal Philanthropies, focused on charitable grantmaking and impact investing; Pivotal Initiatives Fund, focused on policy and advocacy work; and Pivotal Ventures, focused on direct investments and partnerships. 
SUMMARY
The Director, Program Strategy serves as a leader, strategist, and grant maker on the Program Strategy team. This role performs work on behalf of Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation and related 501(c)(3) entities ("Pivotal Philanthropies"). This individual is responsible for developing, executing, and managing strategies and grants aligned with impact goals. This role designs and implements strategies and strategic initiatives, structures grants, monitors progress, and adjusts course as needed to deploy capital at scale and advance impact goals. In addition to leading grantmaking, this position drives internal and external engagement to deepen understanding of the ecosystem and leverage partnerships and voice in service of impact. This role builds and maintains key relationships with partners, peer donors, and influential players in the field to source and cultivate new ideas, and coordinate opportunities, and ensure strategies remain innovative, relevant, and effective. This individual manages a small team and key consultants to advance the work.  
 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 
  • Minimum 11-12 years of experience in philanthropy, communications, and/or social impact fields, or an equivalent combination of advanced training and experience. 
  • Minimum 6 years leading others, with demonstrated commitment to staff development and experience fostering equity and belonging within a team. 
  • Experience managing vendors. 
  • Experience and familiarity with current initiatives and network connections to leaders and organizations working to advance social progress in the U.S. and globally, across a range of programmatic portfolios. 
  • Familiarity with measurement and evaluation approaches in philanthropy, as well as knowledge of grantmaking standard methodologies. 
  • Proven ability to design effective strategies and strategic initiatives that advance impact goals. 
  • Ability to synthesize complex information and lead a project from conception to completion, engaging relevant partners throughout. 
  • Ability to remain objective and serve as an honest broker when synthesizing or presenting information, avoiding bias or over-interpretation. 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive communications, content tailored to varied audiences and formats, negotiation experience, and track record of producing memos, strategy documents and presentations. 
  • Experience working with and on behalf of a senior leader. 
  • Ability to learn and adopt data systems (e.g. Salesforce). 
  • Proficiency using Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and SharePoint).  
  • Fluency in use of systems necessary to role (e.g., Salesforce, Workday). 

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