Sr. Director, Technology & Systems Point Foundation nation's st scholarship-granting org LGBTQ

Point Foundation is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ+ and ally students, supporting 1,250 scholars in the 2026-27 academic year. Point provides scholars with financial support, leadership and career development, and a lifelong community of students, alumni, and leaders in every field and industry.

Point’s mission is to support the educational aspirations of LGBTQ+ and ally students to become impactful leaders in their lives, careers, and communities. Point is proud to be a top-rated nonprofit by watchdog groups including Charity Navigator, Guide Star, and the Better Business Bureau.

We pursue excellence in all we do and are building for scale – growing the number of scholars we serve, expanding leadership and career development opportunities, and innovating on the systems and technology that let a nimble team reach further every year.

Point Foundation seeks a visionary, innovative, and experienced Sr. Director, Technology & Systems to build the technology foundation that will carry Point into its next chapter of growth. This is a rare opportunity to own technology end-to-end at a prominent national organization. The Sr. Director will set the multi-year roadmap, serve as Point’s internal authority on technology investment, and act as a trusted advisor and technical coach to leaders across Point’s Program and Development departments as they seek out the right technology to accelerate and streamline their work.

This is also a chance to lead on AI: deciding where it genuinely creates capacity for a nimble team and bringing staff along, so new tools are actually adopted. For a leader who wants scope, real influence with the executive team, and a mission worth building for, this role offers all three.

Chief Operating Officer – Kevin Wright

Full-time, exempt

Technology & Systems direct report(s); retained IT and technology vendors and consultants

Remote position based in the greater Los Angeles area. Occasional in-person meetings and events require candidates to be located in, or willing to relocate to, the L.A. area. Relocation assistance available.

Technology Strategy &

Roadmap:

• Own Point’s technology roadmap and strategy, developing a multi-year plan that translates organizational growth goals into a coherent systems and infrastructure strategy.
• Serve as the internal authority on major technology decisions, investments, and implementations, bringing clear recommendations and trade-offs to the COO.
• Evaluate the current tech stack end-to-end and sequence investments to systems scale with the organization rather than accumulating one at a time.
• Manage the technology budget, allocating resources across vendors, licenses, staff, and projects with fiscal accountability.
• Establish and maintain organization-wide standards for how technology is evaluated, procured, and implemented.
• Report on technology performance, risk, and roadmap progress to senior leadership and the Board as needed.

Organizational Technology Strategy & Advisory:

• Advise Program Operations and Development Operations on data governance, CRM strategy, and cybersecurity, partnering with those directors to identify and implement the right tools for their needs.
• Establish organization-wide data standards, ensuring clean, consistent, and well-governed data across Program, Development, and Finance systems.
• Set cybersecurity policy and hold departments and vendors accountable to it, including training, access management, and incident response.

IT Vendor Management & Infrastructure:

• Own the relationship with Point’s retained IT vendor(s) and additional technology vendors, setting KPIs and holding them accountable…