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Vice President of Campaigns: Ballot Initiatives at Unite America
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
10+ years expUnite America is a philanthropic venture fund that invests in nonpartisan election reform to foster a more representative and functional government. The Vice President of Campaigns: Ballot Initiatives is responsible for delivering policy victories that advance primary reform across states, overseeing campaign strategies, team management, and cross-functional collaboration.
ConsultingHuman Resources
No H1B
Responsibilities
Drive a strategic, portfolio-level approach to state-based campaign work—ensuring the team focuses on the highest-impact campaigns and develops the pipeline of future campaign opportunities by weighing tradeoffs and prioritizing based on organizational goals, staff capacity, financial resource allocation, risk, and field intelligence
Develop and then execute, with support from a small team, state strategies by providing strategic and financial support to win legislative and ballot campaigns
Drive planning and execution—including budgeting, project management, KPI tracking, and post-campaign evaluation—and communicate progress and outcomes to organizational leadership
Identify and evaluate new opportunities for policy impact
Foster strategic alignment and collaboration with peer funders to amplify impact and advance shared policy objectives
Effectively and persuasively communicate and represent Unite America's strategy and priorities with internal and external stakeholders—including the board, funders, and partners—to build alignment and momentum
Manage, coach, and mentor a small team, setting clear expectations, aligning individual goals with campaign strategy, providing regular feedback, and removing obstacles to support strong performance
Monitor team capacity and align resources with evolving priorities, including proactively designing future team structure, supporting staffing plans, and ensuring the team is resourced to deliver impact at scale
Foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture, and support ongoing professional development for all direct reports
Oversee and integrate the work of consultants and contractors, ensuring alignment with team goals and efficient use of external support
Embody organizational values and cultivate them in team members and ensure adherence with organizational norms and policies
Foster collaboration and communication between the Campaigns team and other functions and departments within the organization, ensuring alignment and resolving ambiguity
Represent the perspective of your department and direct reports within the organization and ensure effective and transparent communication of strategic plans, decisions, and progress back to your departmental teams
Advise and collaborate on new strategies (outside of Campaign's direct work) to achieve the organization's objectives, in alignment with core values, including evaluation of new opportunities and assessment for risks, feasibility, mission-alignment, viability, and impact
Ensure responsible stewardship of resources, effective budget management practices, and compliance with fiscal and legal policies
Qualification
Required
A strong desire to fix a broken political system and a passion for primary reform
10+ years of experience, with at least 5 years in a management role, including remote employee management
Successful management of teams overseeing state campaign portfolios (particularly ballot campaigns) across the country, ensuring collaboration, coordination, and strategic resource allocation and the proven ability to align campaign efforts with organization-wide strategic goals
Strong alignment and commitment to Unite America's mission, vision, culture, and values
Entrepreneurial self-starter with strong critical thinking skills and proven ability to effectively manage details, recognize trends, analyze data, and make strategic recommendations
Strong relationship builder and networker with ability to quickly build rapport and establish trust and respect among colleagues, our grantees, partners, and other stakeholders
Track record of developing, managing, and driving multi-faceted projects and initiatives
Exceptional leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and lead a high-performing team
Solutions orientation with proven track record of identifying gaps and recommending improvements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to represent Unite America in many environments
Preferred
Familiarity with grantmaking and philanthropic strategy and processes is preferred, not required
Company
On-Ramps
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11-50 employees
Funding
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Founding Partner
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