Deputy Director, Strategy & Implementation Management, Postsecondary Success

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities.

As a workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The foundation's U.S. Program (USP) works to expand access to life-changing opportunities. The evidence is still clear that having an education after high school is critical for success in today's economy and we are deeply committed to transforming postsecondary education to become a better and more equitable producer of credentials of value for all students. Critically important is that race, ethnicity, income, and wealth are not predictors of student success.

To drive the change we believe is necessary, we invest in large-scale transformation of postsecondary policy and practice that results in increased attainment of credentials of value with special attention to addressing the systemic inequities that impact students, including Black, Latino and Indigenous students, and students from low-income backgrounds.

The Postsecondary Success strategy supports institutional transformation, the development of technologies, and the sharing of those technologies and other tools, practices and policies that lead to increased attainment of credentials of value. Our aim is to help higher education evolve to more effectively deliver economic mobility for students and to more fully realize the public benefits that accrue when more adults earn meaningful credentials equitably across all races, ethnicities, and levels of income and wealth.

As DDSPM, you are responsible for leading the strategic and operational planning and execution of integrated program areas. You lead specific business processes, such as oversight of strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting, ongoing pipeline and portfolio management, business analysis, and the coordination of business strategies across the foundation. In fulfilling these roles, and via collaboration with our Measurement, Learning, Evaluation team, you also play a critical role in shaping the full team and leadership team learning, culture, and norms.

What You'll Do

* Ongoing strategy development and progress monitoring (in collaboration with DD colleagues)

* Drive alignment of team's work to strategy and implementation plans.

* Develop and execute portfolio management approach that fosters great stewardship, planning, and resource allocation.

* Support continuous improvement and change management initiatives.

* Provide feedback and advisory support to program teams on development and management of major grants.

* Cultivate insights to communicate portfolio allocation and progress.

* Coordinating Executive Leadership Team/ Board engagement and learning opportunities

* Oversee overall rhythm of business across team; managing our Program Assistants in helping the team execute against that rhythm

* Design organization structure, promote culture and values, and facilitate retreats and cross-organizational collaboration; may monitor and manage succession planning, team performance, and development.

* Responsible for hiring and managing the Strategy, Planning, Management talent needed to achieve the foundation's goals.

* Foster enabling conditions for talent to thrive and be accountable for inclusive team culture.

* Model and coach equitable decision-making, inclusive behaviors & actions; address escalated issues in a timely fashion.

Your Experience

* An Advanced degree or equivalent demonstrated experience.

* Comprehensive experience leading complex initiatives with budget responsibility at the…