Director of Enterprise Risk & Compliance

Hively’s mission is to build meaningful connections with families and communities, ensuring access to resources every child in Alameda County needs to thrive. Our vision is to transform the lives of children and families to benefit all communities and ensure a promising future for generations to come. We believe that through subsidized child care, mental health support, and community services centered in families of all types and backgrounds, we can profoundly impact the communities we serve.

If this resonates with you, we invite you to apply to join our team.

Our Team at Hively is a passionate and diverse group of individuals from a wide range of different lived experiences, backgrounds and professional expertise. We strive every day to create an environment for families and staff that is inclusive and welcoming of different experiences and perspectives. We prioritize learning, listening, and growing together and to foster a culture of respect.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Enterprise Risk & Compliance to join our team at Hively, a growing nonprofit organization with an annual budget of $70 million and a diverse portfolio of complex contracts and funding sources. The Director of Enterprise Risk & Compliance serves as a critical guardian of Hively’s organizational integrity, risk defense, and contractual obligations.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer and maintaining functional dotted-line partnerships with IT and Program leadership, this role will also work closely in partnership with the Controller to ensure rigorous fiscal compliance and internal controls.

Additionally, this position will support the compliance design, monitoring, and regulatory fulfillment for major public initiatives, including responsibilities under the First 5 Alameda County Measure C Subsidized Child Care and Minimum Wage Floor Administration. This position leads the internal compliance team (Senior Contract Coordinator and Contract Coordinator), liaises with external contracted legal support, and ensures organizational compliance across all operational, technical, and financial functions.

• Strategic Leadership &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Lead organizational risk assessments, compliance frameworks, and internal control structures in alignment with executive leadership and the ACER Committee.
• Fiscal Compliance Partnership:
  Work in close partnership with the Controller to maintain fiscal compliance, ensuring all grant expenditures, budget allocations, financial reporting, and tax/audit filings (including Form 990 and annual independent financial audits) strictly align with federal, state, and local donor requirements.
• Measure C Initiative Administration:
  Support team in designing regulatory oversight and compliance workflows for Measure C Subsidized Child Care (Contracted Slots) and Minimum Wage Floor Operating Grants ($85M+ annual program portfolio).
• Cross-Departmental
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Establish partnerships with IT and Program Department Heads to ensure operational alignment with regulatory mandates, IT security frameworks, and program deliverables.
• Contract & Insurance Oversight:
  Supervise the contract lifecycle managed by the Senior Contract Coordinator and Contract Coordinator. Oversee organizational insurance portfolios, including general liability, and contract-specific insurance,
• Data Privacy & Security Governance:
  Partner with IT leadership on data protection standards (HIPAA, PII, PHI). Manage IT security incident reporting workflows, oversee API/system data integration protocols, and conduct periodic access and privacy audits.
• Legal & Regulatory Liaison:
  Serve as the primary operational liaison to contracted legal counsel on regulatory…