Senior Director, Grant Implementation

Summary

Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of America as a Senior Director, Grant Implementation! This 100% remote, East Coast-based role requires 20-25% travel. You will lead a team, overseeing grant-funded program implementation, ensuring alignment with funder expectations and organizational goals. Strategic decision-making, project management, and collaboration are key. You'll build strong relationships with stakeholders, manage grant reporting, and foster a high-performing team culture. A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience are required, along with advanced project management and leadership skills. This position offers professional development opportunities and the chance to make a significant impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in nonprofit management, youth development, or related fields
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in managing grant-funded initiatives, including implementation, project management, and reporting
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, direct supervision, and working collaboratively across diverse stakeholders
• Expertise in designing and implementing grant-funded programs, including scaling initiatives across multiple sites
• Advanced project management skills, with proficiency in tools such as MS Project, Asana, or similar platforms
• Excellent interpersonal communication, customer service and relationship-building skills to build and sustain relationships with a wide range of clients and stakeholders
• Proficiency in data reporting, visualization, and analysis to inform decision-making
• Advanced leadership and coaching skills to support team development and performance
• Ability to mentor and guide staff to achieve program and professional growth goals
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Advanced organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be results-oriented, displaying accountability and achievement orientation in meeting goals
• Advanced analytical skills including the ability to comprehend and make inferences from technical, statistical, and written materials; excellent problem-solving
• Advanced technical skills; maintaining state-of-the-art knowledge of advances in the field

Responsibilities

• Leads strategy, oversees the team, and has ultimate accountability for outcomes
• Evaluates diverse inputs and ideas in real-time, summarizing key takeaways and translating them into clear, prioritized action steps for the team
• Assesses complex scenarios, identify critical elements, set clear priorities and guide decision-making to align with organizational priorities
• Develops clear, concise action plans that align with organizational goals and effectively delegate tasks to the team
• Uses advanced analytical and critical thinking skills to evaluate the feasibility, potential challenges, and impact of proposed initiatives
• Serves as a bridge between high-level strategic discussions and team-level execution, ensuring clarity and focus
• Provides strategic oversight and guidance to the Grant Implementation team to ensure grant deliverables align with both funder expectations and BBBSA’s strategic priorities
• Fosters a high-performing team culture through regular feedback, professional development opportunities, and goal setting
• Sets strategic priorities for the team, establish and refine processes that respond to organizational needs, funder requirements, and lessons learned from implementation
• Oversees the implementation of multiple grant-funded programs, ensuring alignment with funder expectations and organizational goals
• Designs and manages project management processes that facilitate timely and impactful delivery of grant initiatives
• Provides strategic oversight to address challenges and identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in program delivery
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (e.g., Resource Development, Finance, and other Program & Impact staff) to ensure seamless execution of grant deliverables
• Works closely with the Senior Director, Grants Administration to ensure seamless collaboration between the implementation and administration teams
• Partners with internal teams, including Resource Development, Communications and Agency Growth to support cross-functional alignment and support efforts to increase investments to the network
• Fosters strong relationships with Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) agencies, funders, and other stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment on expectations
• Represents BBBSA’s grant implementation efforts at conferences, workshops, and other forums to share best practices and advocate for the organization’s strategic priorities
• Ensures that all grants maintain accurate and relevant documentation that supports collaborative grants management and excellent customer relationship management
• Oversees the development of reports and other deliverables to communicate successes, challenges, lessons learned and overall impact to funders and other key stakeholders
• Collaborates with evaluation staff to incorporate data into grant reports and assessments
• Recruits, trains, retains, and cultivates professional development of direct reports
• Creates a dynamic, supportive, and effective team that is impactful across the BBBSA and the Big Brothers Big Sisters Network
• Leads and manages resources (people and capital) that retains and cultivates positive, measurable success
• Monitors progress against performance targets; implements countermeasures as needed
• Demonstrates a commitment to BBBSA’s shared leadership competencies and organizational values
• Provides consistent follow-up regarding assigned projects and after meetings
• Cultivates an environment where all team members feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their potential
• Manages related and other duties as assigned in support of department and business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• A graduate degree in nonprofit management, public administration, youth development
• Knowledge of youth development programs and their implementation at the local level

Benefits

Professional development opportunities