Chief Officer

Position: Chief Growth Officer
Overview

Direct Reports:
Director of Marketing & Brand;
Growth & Partnership Staff

Location:

East Harris County, TX

Status:
Full-Time, Exempt

Compensation: $115,000 base + performance incentive + full benefits

The Seat That Builds the Financial Engine of a Region

EHCEC is not a typical nonprofit.

We are the regional development anchor for East Harris County.

We build systems.

We move with urgency.

We measure impact — not activity.

The Chief Growth Officer is the architect of EHCEC’s growth engine.

This is not a traditional fundraising role.

This is a general management seat focused on systems design.

You will not win by grinding harder.

You will win by designing structures that scale without heroics.

There is no playbook for this work.

East Harris County has been underserved for decades.

We are building what does not yet exist — and we want you to help design it.

If you thrive in white space, complexity, and institutional building — keep reading.

The Problem This Role Solves

Without a strong growth system:

• Revenue becomes person-dependent

• Staff burnout

• Partnerships stay transactional

• Growth creates strain instead of capacity

• Strategy gets compromised by money pressure

This role exists to ensure:

EHCEC raises and sustains millions without relying on any single person — including you.

• Organizational health

• Mission integrity

• Staff capacity

Your Mission

Design, build, and steward EHCEC’s growth architecture — a system that attracts aligned capital, builds multi-year partnerships, and fuels regional transformation.

Not to:

• Close every deal

• Personally manage every relationship

• Be the hero

But to:

• Build engines

• Transfer ownership

• Make growth repeatable

IMPORTANT:
This Is a Generalist Leadership Role

This is not a subject matter expert seat.

You do not need to be a technical expert in:

• Corporate CSR

• Workplace giving

• Corporate Sponsor ships

• Grant writing

We are hiring a systems leader who can:

• Ask strategic questions

• Build teams of subject-matter experts

• Make disciplined tradeoffs

• Lead at the enterprise level

Your value is not in tactics.

Your value is in judgment, structure, and system design.

If you want to personally execute every revenue activity —this is not your seat.

How We Work

•  & AI Software

• Hub Spot CRM

• Weekly execution cadence

• Clear ownership

• Radical accountability

Low ego.

Team  individual credit.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and execute a multi-year growth strategy aligned to the EHCTX 2035 Plan

• Build capital systems, not pipelines

• Protect EHCEC from misaligned money

• Partner with the CEO on strategic tradeoffs

2. Corporate Impact Platform™ (Primary Engine)

• Own and steward EHCEC’s single corporate investment product

• Build multi-year partnerships across:

– executive investment

– brand visibility

• Eliminate fragmented asks

• Design tiered investment pathways

3. Workplace Giving System

• Architect a scalable employer-based giving model

• Scale to 15+ employers in Year 1

• Develop onboarding + campaign playbooks

• Remove dependency on personal hustle

• Build external leverage systems:

• trusted intermediaries

• Transition growth from:

• If growth still depends on you in Year 3, the system has failed.

5. Brand & Narrative Stewardship

• Provide strategic leadership to the Director of Marketing & Brand

• Ensure marketing ladders into:

• trust

• credibility

• long-term investment

• Guard brand integrity

• Align the Opportunity Guide to growth strategy

• Serve on the Executive Leadership Team

• Bring a capital lens to enterprise decisions

• Partner with:

• – COO (program capacity)
• – Director of Finance (financial risk)
• – CAO (talent systems)

• Surface risks early

• Pressure-test growth ideas

• Lead the Resource Development Department

• Directly manage:

– Director of Marketing & Brand

– Growth & partnership staff

• Build systems that:

• reduce burnout

• create clarity

• Develop leaders, not task executors

Reality Check

You are not stepping into a polished system.

You are building it.

If you want to:

• Personal credit

• Hustle culture

• Quick wins

This is not your seat.

If you want:

• Systems

• Leverage

• Institutional impact

• Long-term legacy

We want you.

What Success Looks Like (12–36 Months)

• $1.5M+ in multi-year renewable investment

• Workplace…