Director of Operations, Radius

How You Will Contribute Own the Operating System

• Project and program management across the initiative

• Lead ongoing prioritization across work streams.

• Develop and maintain knowledge management systems across the Radius Initiatives

• Drive a product team operating rhythm

• Run the operational side of Radius strategy; providing the systems and checkpoints to ensure the investments team partners on strategy through its frameworks mandate

• Operationalize market strategy alignment by administering standards and running the market cadence that keeps four markets aligned to one strategy

• Lead internal strategy coordination for other Stand Together initiatives aligned to Radius goals

• Own relay operations - tracking market-based solutions through their stages across markets - ensuring local experimentation stays local

• Steward the shared protocols for partnership - common signals, measures, and portability standards that travel across markets while implementations stay local

• Run coordination for external communications, including presentation preparation

• Ensure a high degree of execution across the executive support function

• Track funder commitments as an input to development and portfolio planning

• Interface with the Stand Together Foundation Investments team to deliver market-side operational data.

• 8+ years of operations leadership experience
  , including a strong track record of designing, improving, and scaling operational systems across multiple sites, markets, or regions.

• Exceptional systems-thinking skills with the ability to build structures, processes, and operating rhythms that increase effectiveness without creating unnecessary complexity. You know how to create clarity, accountability, and consistency while keeping teams agile and mission-focused.

• A builder's mindset paired with a learner's curiosity
  . You are energized by understanding how successful work happens in practice, translating it into repeatable systems, and continuously improving it over time.

• Strong alignment with community-centered approaches to change. You believe lasting progress is driven by local leaders and community members, and you can balance operational excellence with deep respect for local context, relationships, and decision-making.

• Experience working in collaborative, matrixed environments
  , with the ability to build trust, navigate multiple stakeholder relationships, and drive alignment across teams and leaders.

• Highly adaptable and hands-on
  , with a willingness to spend significant time in the field learning, building relationships, and supporting execution alongside partners and internal leaders.

• Excellent communication, project management, and execution skills
  , with the ability to move seamlessly between strategy and implementation in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to Radius markets (Grand Rapids, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Dallas) and to spend meaningful time working alongside the Managing Director in the field.

• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Experience in community development, social enterprise, economic mobility, or other place-based work is highly valued

• Competitive benefits
  :
  Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.

• A meaningful career
  :
  Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.

• Commitment to growth
  :
  Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.

Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

140000 - 190000 USD a year

For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Our Principles-Based Management (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the…