Priority Initiative Leader

Salary Range: 200000 to 250000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

How You Will Contribute

Set and steward the overarching strategy and theory of change for the portfolio, ensuring that the National Narrative, Action, and Civics pillars operate as one integrated movement rather than three parallel efforts, with clear and well-reasoned points of view on how paradigm-level change in American identity is achieved
Represent Stand Together externally by aligning a high-profile coalition of philanthropic partners, sports leagues and franchises, entertainment and music partners, and civics education organizations around a shared, ambitious agenda for a unified American identity
Integrate Stand Together’s full range of capabilities, including content production, marketing and communications, activations, and fundraising, into a cohesive portfolio strategy, with attention to sequencing brand and narrative work ahead of platform, measurement, and civics investments
Run a disciplined portfolio of experiments and new builds: test where the strategy has gaps, learn quickly from what the audience responds to, scale what works, and cut what doesn't
Partner with internal investment specialists to structure complex, nine-figure-and-above opportunities with philanthropic partners across the ideological spectrum, bringing sound judgment to deal design without owning execution
Turn strategy into accountable systems, establishing clear owners, measures, reporting cadence, and decision rights
Establish and steward the structures that keep knowledge moving across Priority Initiatives, capability, and business teams, redesigning working groups to function as knowledge and decision-support engines rather than coordination forums, and applying technology, including artificial-intelligence-enabled synthesis so insight and decisions travel as fast as the campaigns do
Develop talent beyond your own direct reporting lines, treating the portfolio as a bench that produces leaders and operators the broader organization can deploy
Lead through Principle Based Management® day to day: giving and receiving direct challenge, running consistent feedback loops, and holding partners and teams accountable through influence rather than formal authority

What You Will Bring

• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
• Significant leadership experience within a large, complex philanthropic organization, foundation, or corporate social impact function—with a track record of driving strategy at national scale
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute audience identification and engagement strategies
• Demonstrated ability to convene and align diverse, high-profile stakeholders—including funders, nonprofit leaders, and policy advocates—around a shared, ambitious agenda
• Experience developing and executing complex theories of change across multiple sub-issues or portfolios simultaneously
• Strong external presence and communication skills, with comfort operating in media, cultural, and entertainment-adjacent spaces alongside policy and philanthropic audiences
• Genuine grounding in the country’s founding principles, including individual liberty, civic virtue, and classical constitutional values, and the ability to make that case resonate with partners and audiences across the ideological spectrum

Standout Candidates Will Bring

• Working knowledge of issue sets and markets relevant to this portfolio, including national narrative or movement-marketing campaigns, civics education, and cultural or entertainment-industry partnership building
• Demonstrated strength in management and strategic thinking, with the ability to build teams, set clear goals, rally others around a shared vision, and drive measurable progress as a leader of leaders
• Direct experience building or scaling a brand or cultural campaign with celebrity, sports-league, or entertainment-industry partners at national scale
• Fluency with modern knowledge and synthesis tools, including artificial-intelligence-enabled research, measurement, and communication workflows
• Existing subject matter expertise in one or more of the specific areas this portfolio works in, such as civics education, national identity or founding-principles-based movements, or cultural and entertainment partnerships, is an added plus, though not required

What We Offer

Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their unique talents.
Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.