Chief Executive Officer

Summary

Join the Good Food Institute (GFI) as their Chief Executive Officer and lead their U.S. operations, collaborating closely with the U.S. Leadership Team and global affiliates. Oversee organizational strategy, budget, and the hiring and mentoring of leadership team members. Partner with global affiliates to maximize mission impact and ensure delivery of commitments. Foster a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and strong employee engagement. Manage financial priorities, risk, and governance, reporting to the U.S. Board of Directors. Represent GFI with external stakeholders and engage donors to support the organization's mission. The CEO will also perform other duties as prioritized.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in leadership positions with at least 5 years in executive management; experience leading a nonprofit strongly preferred
• Experience and comfort successfully running a complex organization and being accountable for annual and multi-year strategic development and execution
• Experience overseeing a project or organization with multiple business operating units, with annual revenue greater than $20 million
• Demonstrated success in building and coaching teams and guiding, developing, and retaining leaders in a culture that values autonomy
• Outcomes-focused mentality with a track record of delivering desired results
• Cross-cultural competency: an ability to understand and effectively communicate with global team members, partners, and stakeholders from different cultural backgrounds
• An optimistic, solution-oriented, and collaborative spirit with a start-up mentality, flexibility, resilience, open-mindedness, and a sense of humor
• A commitment to equity, trust, accountability, and collaboration and to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they can be themselves and belong
• Comfort working remotely and in a rapidly growing and evolving organization
• Strong support for GFI’s philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alternative proteins, public health, environmentalism, climate change, animal protection, or hunger relief
• A commitment to GFI’s values: believe change is possible, do the most good we can, share knowledge freely, act on evidence, and invite everyone to the table

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the work of GFI in the U.S., including leading on organizational strategy and culture, and setting the U.S. organizational budget
• Hiring, training, directly supervising, mentoring, and coaching Leadership Team members (General Counsel, Vice Presidents, and Senior Vice Presidents)
• Collaborating with the U.S. Leadership Team, the Regional Leadership Group, and the President and Founder to build, refine, and execute GFI’s strategic plan, with a focus on achieving priorities and goals, and managing the organization’s capacity and resources
• Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, mission-aligned, and impactful work while managing for current and future growth
• Partnering with the President and Founder and key leaders across GFI’s global affiliates to identify and execute on opportunities for collaboration to maximize mission impact in alignment with the strategic plan
• Ensuring delivery of mutually agreed commitments in line with signed affiliate agreements
• Overseeing the global budget, including advising independent affiliates on strategic considerations
• Leading by example, demonstrating the highest ethical standards, ensuring the organization operates in compliance with all laws, creating a vision of success, and motivating and inspiring the team to stay nimble and focused in achieving GFI’s mission and vision
• Promoting a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and strong employee engagement that values kindness and care, equity, trust, accountability, and collaboration, in which all employees have an opportunity to be heard and feel like they belong
• Fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation to ensure GFI remains at the forefront of advancing alternative proteins and systems change
• Ensuring that robust systems for monitoring, evaluation, and learning are in place to track progress toward strategic priorities and impact goals
• Setting financial priorities and ensuring that an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, and procedures is in place to support programmatic needs and employees
• Working with the General Counsel, VP of Operations, and global leadership to assess and address sources of potential organizational risk
• Reporting to the U.S. Board of Directors, providing timely and transparent updates and supporting effective governance and decision-making
• Representing GFI with national media, NGOs, policymakers, and other external stakeholders to advance the organization’s mission and vision
• Engaging donors to support GFI's mission impact as part of our development efforts
• Supporting leadership in effectively deploying GFI’s President and Founder for external-facing engagements including fundraising, communications, and other strategic capacities
• Performing other duties as prioritized

Benefits

• Working from home
• Paid employee base medical coverage
• Dental, vision, and other medical insurance options
• A 401(k) plan with employer match
• 14 paid holidays
• Personal, sick, and vacation time
• Paid family/parental and medical leave
• Lifestyle spending account
• Respectful and collaborative culture