Compensation Overview

Caregiving – and specifically unpaid care work – is one of the biggest barriers to women’s economic power and influence! Pivotal has recently approved the next phase of its caregiving strategy that seeks to make caregiving more affordable for families by unlocking a once-in-a-generation level of investment into the care economy from public and private sources. 

The Program Strategy Manager, Caregiving is a new role that will serve as a critical member of the lean Caregiving Team, which sits within Pivotal’s Program Strategy Team. The Program Strategy Manager will work in close partnership with the Program Strategy Director to manage and execute Pivotal’s Caregiving strategy, with a particular focus on caregiving policy and advocacy partners. The Program Strategy Manager will track the caregiving policy landscape, engage with stakeholders in the caregiving policy ecosystem, make programmatic investments, and partner with teams internally to advance our strategic goals. 

Role Responsibilties

Strategy Execution 

• Develop strong internal and external partnerships to support Pivotal’s Caregiving strategy, routinely communicating with stakeholders and making connections and recommendations to advance the work. 
• Support the Program Strategy Director, Caregiving to successfully execute on the approved strategy, expanding team bandwidth and serving as a proxy for the Director at meetings and events as needed. 
• Work closely across teams to advise on caregiving-related matters, ensure knowledge sharing, and assess the effect of partnerships and grants in the context of overall strategy goals. 
• Track, synthesize, and share caregiving developments and news. 
• Be an active member of the broader caregiving community to stay ahead of relevant happenings, gather findings, and establish relationships with key players. 
• Support overall strategy management by evaluating progress to date, managing key grantee relationships, working with Pivotal and other partners to gather evidence and insights. 
• Represent Pivotal’s interests and caregiving priorities in external forums, such as meetings, discussions, and at events.

Grants and Grantee Management 

• Help identify, move resources to, and manage a portfolio of caregiving policy and advocacy partners driving transformational change at the federal and state level. 
• Follow internal procedures for grant and strategy development and deployment, coordinating closely with internal stakeholders. 
• Collaborate with existing and new grantee partners and cultivate or implement funding opportunities to support programmatic goals. 
• Regularly check in with grantee partners to share information and gather updates across the strategy portfolio. 
• Find opportunities for partner and ecosystem collaboration, make connections to improve efficiency and outcomes, and convene partners when appropriate. 
• Track progress of individual grants, as well as across the portfolio, to evaluate impact and course correct where needed. 

Be an active, engaged member of a lean team 

• Communicate in a clear and timely manner with team members to enable the Caregiving team to extend its reach while staying tightly coordinated. 
• Collaborate closely across teams at Pivotal, including with the Policy & Advocacy team to align the caregiving work with Pivotal’s overall policy agenda and relationship management, and with the Communications team to drive strategies for related communications objectives. 
• Provide timely information and point-of-view to Pivotal colleagues, ensuring transparency and jointly held accountability across staff, regardless of job responsibilities. 
• Lead by example by showing intellectual rigor, a focus on the impact of our work and an understanding of the rare opportunity Pivotal has to advance social change. 

Skills and Competencies 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or behavior required to be successful in this role. 

• Experience cultivating and maintaining relationships with grantees and partners, including a deep understanding of priorities, concerns and needs of various stakeholder relationships and how best to navigate them. 
• Ability to collaborate positively and productively with partners within Pivotal to implement a strategy. 
• Strong writing ability with a clear and coherent writing and communications style and experience writing for and communicating with multiple audiences. 
• An analytical and strategic problem solver with an ability to parse and distill complex information. 
• Ability to apply an equity lens, ensuring that our external engagements and the work we undertake internally are centered on principles of equity and belonging. 
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, including the capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and meet changing deadlines and requests while strategically thinking ahead 
• Strong attention to detail paired with an ability to see and understand the big picture 
• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to fluid situations and ambiguity, including anticipating and proactively solving problems. 
• Ability to offer creative solutions when faced with challenges by thinking through alternatives and implementing the best course of action. 
• React well under pressure and maintain a positive, collaborative and professional attitude under a variety of circumstances. 
• A great teammate who actively seeks opportunities for collaboration and partnership and communicates proactively with colleagues and managers. 
• Humility, self-awareness, a well-developed sense of humor and the emotional intelligence to work with a diverse team of individuals. 
• An ability to conduct work with discretion and confidentiality. 

Qualifications 

• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant work experience in philanthropic, public policy, government, social impact, and/or non-profit sectors. 
• Experience building and managing relationships with a diverse set of individuals and organizations. 
• Ability to travel as needed. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Interest in, commitment to and/or experience in gender social equity work, particularly Women’s Power and Influence and caregiving 
• Experience in grantmaking or directly investing in non-profit and/or for-profit organizations 
• Experience and familiarity with caregiving policy and advocacy a plus 
• Experience and familiarity with the Medicare and/or Medicaid landscape a plus 
• Strong analytical skills and experience with data and measurement 

Base annual compensation range for this role is from $170,000 - $177,500. This role is based in Washington, D.C. Remote may be considered for exceptionally qualified US-based candidates in certain geographic locations who are willing to travel.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability and long-term care insurance, fertility benefit, backup caregiving solution, 144 hours of vacation, 96 hours of sick leave, 401k, HSA, FSA, discretionary annual target performance bonus and more.