Managing Director

Summary

Join Movement Labs, a full-time remote position dedicated to combating the far right and bolstering democracy. As a key member of the leadership team, you will act as a chief problem-solver for the CEO, supporting strategic planning and implementation across 80 employees. Responsibilities include leading a small finance team, enhancing financial visibility, and managing a people operations team focused on employee effectiveness. The role requires significant political campaign or advocacy experience, leadership experience in a growing tech or consulting firm, and experience managing managers. A competitive salary of $165,000-$200,000 with a COLA adjustment is offered, along with excellent benefits.

Requirements

• Possess a fast-paced, exceptional intelligence, highly quantitative mindset
• Be comfortable with risk
• Have significant political campaign or advocacy experience (2+ years)
• Have leadership experience in a growing tech or consulting firm, ideally touching political, social or civic work
• Have experience managing managers (4+ years preferred)
• Have experience with financial and HR management

Responsibilities

• Act as chief problem-solver to the CEO and VP team
• Work with the CEO to vet possible growth areas, and drive some forward
• Support team-wide & leadership meeting and strategic planning
• Reinforce our values as a coherent organizational culture
• With support staff be a strategic leader guiding bookkeeping, cost and revenue projections, department budgeting, and margin management of our core business
• Support the fundraising team in increasing velocity and systematization of fundraising
• Increase team effectiveness by working closely as a people-focused partner to leadership team
• Lead recruitment, identifying new roles and help facilitate horizontal movement
• Oversee a people team managing hiring, training, culture, benefits, and HR functions
• Oversee staff conflict, mediation, performance improvement processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience working in strategy consulting, marketing or SMS
• Have experience with management training or coaching
• Have experience with political or 501(c)(4) fundraising
• Live in the Bay Area (modestly preferred)

Benefits

• Annual salary of $165,000 - 200,000 with COLA adjustments
• Excellent health, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k
• Work-from-home stipends
• Unlimited Paid Time Off