How you will make an impact:
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- Oversee the onboarding, training, and ongoing work of a team of Strategy Analysts and/or Strategists who will conduct field sensing research, source new grant partners, evaluate specific projects for funding, manage grant partner relationships, and support the Foundation’s external thought leadership efforts.
- Work collaboratively across the Strategy & Innovation team to identify new opportunities for the Foundation to add value to its partners and consult on the design of new program offerings.
- Lead multiple strategy projects, including scoping and structuring complex questions, identifying issues and formulating hypotheses, conducting analysis, synthesizing findings in internally and externally facing collateral, and presenting work and recommendations to internal leadership.
- Lead the development and facilitation of high-impact presentations for PJMF’s leadership, team, and other high-priority audiences.
- Oversee the development of program area strategies and be accountable for building a portfolio of hypothesis-aligned grants that align with annual budget targets.
- Develop and execute a portfolio management approach that fosters grant stewardship and provide feedback and advisory support on the development and management of major grants.
- Connect program strategies with philanthropic and tech industry insights to provide critical linkages and support decision-making around resource allocation.
- Serve as a thought leader on the role of AI as a tool to advance prosocial outcomes, including through writing and public engagement (e.g., representing PJMF at conferences and workshops; participating in external advisory groups, where aligned).
What you will need to succeed:
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- Experience: 7+ years of demonstrated experience across the private, public, and social sectors with broad exposure to technology and social impact portfolios. Specific experience in one or more of the Foundation’s current grantmaking focus areas is preferred but not required.
- Consummate people leader: Keen interest in leading a high-performing team and moving a team to action through radically candid feedback, coaching, and development.
- Executive presence: Strong presentation skills and experience facilitating meetings and decision making among senior leaders
- Relationship and management focus: Track record of building strong relationships and working collaboratively and effectively with people at all levels in an organization, including senior leadership. Must have a track record of effectively managing, inspiring, and coaching high-performing team members
- Communication: Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to a range of audiences
- Capabilities: Strong analytical and time management skills; ability to organize and present information to facilitate quick decision-making, ability to anticipate and proactively address needs
- Solutions-driven: Proven ability to take charge of structuring complex – and frequently ambiguous – projects and questions, generating hypotheses, identifying information sources, gathering and interpreting data, executing analyses, developing a coherent point of view, and presenting findings to team members and stakeholders in a manner that enables effective decision making
- Growth mindset: Creative, naturally curious, and willing to take intellectual risks
- 100% Remote: Desire to work remotely, but not alone - with mature, socially minded professionals
