Program Director

As Program Director, you join an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of the Alzheimer’s Association Portfolio of Community Program Offerings. The Portfolio brings awareness, education and support to all communities in the United States and activates a grassroots network of individuals and community leaders to work toward a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.

Utilizing your proven leadership, networking and relationship building skills to cultivate key community connections, you will drive success and expand the reach of our community offerings by strategically identifying and engaging community partners and activating and empowering volunteers, especially in new, underrepresented and rural communities. This position is the top program lead in the chapter and position is responsible to not only manage and support their team but also actively contributes to day-to-day work and deliverables.

As a successful community mobilizer who will manage multiple program delivery volunteers annually, you will generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community for the cause, coach and inspire your volunteers to implement proven strategies and best practices that result in increased community presence and serving more people with awareness, education and support year over year.

• Design and implement effective strategies to recruit, coach, and manage volunteers
  , building a grassroots movement aligned with organizational goals.
• Build or develop a balanced, volunteer‑led portfolio of Community Program Offerings to meet Care & Support goals and performance metrics. Secure and manage donor relationships, grant funders and other revenue streams to support our Care & Support delivery.
• Apply Association best practices in community engagement and volunteer activation
  , leveraging strong relationship‑building skills to drive impact. Coach your team in a relationship‑sales approach and hold the team accountable to securing Community Partner Agreements.
• Build and activate volunteer networks using Association methods such as peer coaching, Mission Conversations, and quality improvement strategies. Evaluate volunteer performance and make improvements as needed.
• Build a pipeline of community partners ensuring cultivation and management of high‑impact community partnerships
  , including with underrepresented groups, to expand awareness, education, and support. Serve as a relationship lead for key, chapter‑wide accounts.
• Demonstrate cross‑functional collaborative leadership - with revenue, advocacy, leadership, and other stakeholders such as the Chapter Board - to identify and qualify awareness opportunities, strategically engaging supporters to expand reach and impact. Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that sustains long‑term community impact and volunteer engagement.
• Develop and execute data‑informed community impact plans aligned with local needs, and manage all related budgets, grants, and timelines with precision.
• Mobilize and coach the Program Delivery team using a relationship‑based approach to inspire urgency and support for the Alzheimer’s Association’s full mission, advancing care, fundraising, and advocacy across all communities with an emphasis on reaching underrepresented communities.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience;
  Masters preferred
• 7 years of experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals.
• Experience in community health and community volunteer mobilization a plus.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

• Confident, goal‑oriented, positive self‑starter able to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Proven success cultivating community partnerships to create a sense of urgency related to awareness of a major health or social problem. Demonstrated ability to motivate & lead a volunteer and staff team to action in prevention and early detection, and influence strategies and techniques.
• Demonstrated success recruiting and managing a team of staff and volunteers with mission, program delivery and community engagement experience.
• Ability to work…