Executive Director​/President

Code for Science & Society (CS&S) is a nonprofit, fiscal sponsorship organization working to advance the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people. CS&S focuses on supporting the social and organizational infrastructure that allows data, research, and technology to improve lives through its best-in-class Fiscal Sponsorship Program. In practice, the organization provides the operational backbone public interest technology projects need to thrive.

Sponsored projects across community-centered research and technology development receive comprehensive financial and operational support - from back-office infrastructure to strategic guidance on governance, organizational project development, and sustainability - so project leaders can focus on their mission rather than the administration of running a nonprofit. CS&S is home to 20 fiscally sponsored projects spanning open data, open source software, open scholarship, and research infrastructure.

CS&S is experiencing a moment of transition and opportunity. The departure of a long-tenured leader positions CS&S for a new chapter of strategic leadership and impact. The current cultural and political climate has brought heightened visibility, vulnerability, and urgency to the advancement of public interest technology. At the same time, the funding landscape is shifting. Internally, CS&S is experiencing the need for renewed strategic clarity, and the next Executive Director / President (Executive Director) will guide the organization to become an even more visible and catalytic force, building on its role as fiscal sponsor and leaning into the opportunity to serve as a best-in-class model of critical infrastructure support.

This leadership transition creates a rare and exciting opportunity to deepen CS&S' impact, strengthen resource development, evolve strategic vision, and reaffirm CS&S as a powerful champion for public interest technology.

CS&S seeks a visionary, strategic leader with strong executive presence, fundraising acumen, and a deep understanding of fiscal sponsorship excellence. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to the success of the public interest technology and open-source communities and possess a combination of strategic sophistication and results orientation, balancing external engagement with internal capacity building. Areas for impact in this role include:

Resource Development. Ensuring CS&S' long-term financial stability and capacity for growth will be a central leadership priority. The Executive Director will take a holistic approach to resource development, expanding both the fundraising strength and the business development capacity of CS&S and its fiscal projects. They will diversify revenue streams, cultivate relationships with new and existing institutional and philanthropic funders and new donor communities, and identify and pursue innovative revenue and partnership opportunities.

Through strategic leadership, relationship building, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a sophisticated understanding of today's funding landscape, they will diversify and grow the resources that fuel CS&S' impact.

Financial Strategy. The Executive Director will bring strategic insight to guide sound decision-making and deepen organizational understanding of financial risks and opportunities within the fiscal sponsorship model. They will oversee financial health and asset management, sustain and grow reserves, and guide thoughtful choices about resource allocation that advance CS&S' mission.

Organizational Strategy. The Executive Director will bring a current understanding of fiscal sponsorship models and the fiscal sponsor field…