DC Program Director, GET Cities
SecondMuse, United States
Job Description
The Opportunity
SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that builds resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them. We do this by designing, developing, and implementing a mix of innovation programming and investing capital. From Singapore to San Francisco, SecondMuse programs define inspiring visions, build lasting businesses and unite people across the globe. Over the last decade, they’ve designed and implemented programs on seven continents with 600+ organizations such as NASA, The World Bank, and Nike. This role is as an employee of SecondMuse Foundation, a non-profit corporation created by SecondMuse, and will leverage the relationships and resources of both organizations.
Job Description
SecondMuse Foundation is seeking a Program Director to lead local strategy and partnership development for GET (Gender Equity in Tech) Cities programs in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding DMV region. GET Cities is designed to accelerate the representation and leadership of women in tech through the development of inclusive tech hubs across the United States. The DC Director will be responsible for managing the local team, contributing to and executing the local strategy, building partnerships and overseeing the success of the Washington, DC-based program. The Director will report to a National Director and will work closely with National and City teams to develop best practices to significantly increase the representation of women in all facets of tech, from academia to industry to entrepreneurship.
As a candidate for the DC Director role, you are passionate about advancing the representation of women in tech with a particular comfort and focus on intersectional lived experiences which include, race, ethnicity and gender orientation, are people and relationship-driven, an ecosystem thinker, have stellar management and communication skills, maintain a balance between flexibility and focus, are comfortable in complex and ambiguous spaces, entrepreneurial and independently proactive. You are experienced in designing new programs, gaining buy-in from a diversity of stakeholders, building and managing teams, have existing involvement and relationships within tech communities and are able to grow networks to support and drive programming that increases participation and leadership of women in tech.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Build and maintain new relationships and deepen existing ones, while empowering the D.C. tech ecosystem to put their organizations and talents behind shared goals.
- Plan and facilitate events and convening of key players from the D.C. tech ecosystem.
- Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
- Document and track learnings and best practices with an eye toward continual iteration, improvement and, ultimately, a big impact.
- Strategic communication to ensure buy-in, enthusiasm for and expansive awareness of the program, opportunities to engage and impact.
- Motivate, inspire and manage the local team, which includes staff and partners, for greater collective impact.
- Contribute to local and national program strategy, design and execution to advance the inclusion of women in tech.
Requirements
Key Competencies
- People-oriented; motivated by improving life and experience of others
- Entrepreneurial thinker; agile
- Strategic thinker and communicator
- Continuous learner, insatiable curiosity
- Relationship and operations management
- Leadership and navigation of coalitions of diverse stakeholders
- Substantial facilitation skills
- Effective change agent
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Qualifications
- Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to manage staff, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
- A persuasive and passionate communicator.
- An entrepreneurial and innovative approach to program planning.
- Experience in working with high-level stakeholders in private sector tech companies, government, and/or NGOs.
- Familiarity in the application of systems thinking, developing a theory of change, and design thinking (human-centered design principles). Experience with monitoring amp; evaluation is a plus.
- Ability to identify partn