Talent Partner, Expert Network
Rippleworks, United States

Rippleworks Foundation provides high-growth social ventures the practical support they need to improve more lives. Rippleworks’ programs directly support 200+ of the fastest growing, most impactful social ventures around the world, empowering entrepreneurial teams that are improving the lives of 216+ million people across 59 countries.

Rippleworks Projects: Rippleworks leads short-term, high-impact projects where social ventures tackle their top operational challenges by working closely alongside leading startup executives from top Silicon Valley companies (including Airbnb, Netflix, Google).

Rippleworks Insights: Rippleworks designs and delivers expert-led learning programs designed specifically for social venture leaders. Rippleworks partners with leading industry executives to run interactive, results-driven learning programs where social venture leaders gain the critical skills they need to deliver impact at scale.

Rippleworks Investments: Rippleworks provides hard-to-find capital required for scale (grants and investments in the $1M-$3M range), and has distributed $40M+ to scaling social ventures since 2018.

We are a 25+ person team on a mission to help impactful ventures thrive. We strive to create the best possible workplace for purpose-driven professionals to make an outsized difference in the world: learning, growing, and having fun together along the way.

Rippleworks has been named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (by Fast Company) and one of the world’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (by Fast Company and Accenture).

We are committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rippleworks. Candidates from underrepresented minority groups (Black, Latinx, Native American or individuals with national origins from developing countries that reflect the communities we serve) are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Talent Partner, Expert Network, co-leads the Rippleworks Expert Network by identifying and cultivating relationships with mission driven executives and placing these volunteer executives into high impact opportunities through Rippleworks initiatives. This person drives the strategy, search, and placement of opportunities by identifying, engaging, and evaluating senior leaders throughout the tech sector.

This person will also support the overall growth of the Rippleworks Expert Network community, and co-leads Rippleworks’ efforts in designing and executing a variety of activities and communications with experts to ensure ongoing engagement. The Talent Manager, Expert Network will report directly to the Managing Director, Projects.

This person will work closely with the most impactful social ventures in the world to understand how executive-level volunteer support can scale their impact. You will build personal relationships with inspiring executives across multiple industries, and identify high-leverage opportunities to put their expertise to use to help power global social impact.

• Deeply understand venture needs. Collaborate with the other team members to understand and evaluate the talent needs for multiple projects and translate those needs into the ideal profile of an executive to help the venture with their most immediate operational challenges to scale (see our project portfolio)
• Search and selection. Identify the best experts for upcoming projects or Insights programs leveraging tools such as LinkedIn and other social media, professional networks, referrals, and internal referral sources. Connect with potential experts and build a pipeline of qualified experts for current and future opportunities.
• Manage and support our growing Expert Network. Build and manage the database of executives in our Expert Network, identifying their skills, assignment status, availability, and feedback on completed projects. Evaluate the health of our Expert Network and engage qualified experts in functional areas where we have known opportunities. Regularly interact with the Expert Network in communications and activities to ensure our community remains inspired and engaged.

Requirements

• Recruiting: You have successful work experience in executive recruiting (ideally inhouse and search firm), or a very similar role, in which you identify and build relationships with senior level leaders. You are a great connector of people and highly skilled in quickly finding and building relationships with top-level executives and assessing their capabilities. You know how to interact with executives without them knowing they are being interviewed and assessed.
• Business Insight: You are capable at assessing and understanding diverse business needs and translating them into potential expert profiles.
• Interpersonal Savvy

Job Rewards and Benefits