Vice President, Field Operations

Summary

Join Playworks as their Vice President, Field Operations! This executive-level position requires contributing to organization-wide strategy and planning while overseeing multiple states/regions. The VP will supervise regional leaders, manage personnel, and design operational strategies. You'll provide mission-focused perspectives, build partner relationships, and assess community needs to maximize Playworks' impact. As part of the leadership team, you'll collaborate with other VPs and headquarters leaders. The role involves creating best practices, establishing vision, and setting priorities to achieve financial sustainability and team health. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Passionate commitment to Playworks’ mission and youth development approach and comfort with an open, playful and mildly irreverent workplace culture
• A track record of creating a shared vision and leading a variety of teams to collaboratively realize results working through challenges and unanticipated obstacles
• Demonstrated ability to translate vision into strategy and then into tangible results across a variety of teams and/or departments
• Previous success as a reflective and learning-oriented leader who can spot and develop individuals (including experienced leaders) and bring people together to work across a variety of differences
• Demonstrated ability to be a collaborative leader that fosters a workplace that values all employees, their perspectives, and life experiences
• Emotional intelligence and ability to cultivate strong interpersonal relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience managing sustainable operations with an approach that aligns day to day operations with broader organizational vision and strategy
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify, assess, and resolve complex problems efficiently
• Well-developed verbal, written, and facilitative communication skills
• Willingness and ability to manage change and resolve conflict effectively with grace, empathy, courage, and confidence
• Ability to travel to multiple locations as needed, both within hub and across the country if needed

Responsibilities

• Create and adopt a shared vision of success in your hub and support the development of the hub team’s annual plans to align with this vision and organizational strategy
• Recruit, develop, manage and retain regional leaders within the hub
• Align staff resources to optimize performance in program, sales and development operations to enable achievement of annual plans in alignment with organizational priorities
• Ensure adequate support for regional teams in meeting annual impact goals, including quality of programs, and working toward long-term partnerships with schools and districts
• Cultivate and contribute to hub-level culture and collaboration in accordance with Playworks Core Values and the Strategic Plan
• Hold regional leaders accountable for translating annual development, government, and Pro (training) revenue targets into actionable strategies and tactics that meet or exceed goals
• Partner with leaders to set ambitious yet achievable financial goals and budgets, and ensure disciplined oversight of expenses to maintain strong fiscal health
• Ensure hub team is investing in ongoing evaluation of consistency in the quality of programs, fundraising, financial management, communications, and business processes using measurement tools and peer reflection
• Represent Playworks’ strategic priorities and challenges in organization-wide discussions
• Leverage strengths and experience to address issues facing the organization including developing strategies for increasing impact while ensuring team and financial sustainability
• Foster and lead collaboration efforts across the hub and with HQ functions/departments to identify and maximize opportunities for increased impact, financial sustainability and team health
• Assume additional organizational responsibilities with formal assignments, including, but not limited to, government, impact, revenue, and professional growth for Playworkers

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) plans with employer match of up to 1% of salary, life insurance, employee funded pre-tax health, and child care spending accounts
• Generous Flex PTO policy, paid sick and holiday leave
• Salary: $155,200