Tent Partnership for Refugees · 3 weeks ago
VP, Innovation, Learning & Strategy
District of Columbia, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$208K/yr - $222K/yr
15+ years expTent Partnership for Refugees is dedicated to mobilizing businesses to help connect refugees to work. The Vice President for Innovation, Learning & Strategy will propose and drive the global strategy for hiring refugees at scale, while ensuring continuous improvement in execution, learning, and performance across multiple teams and countries.
Non-profit Organization Management
Responsibilities
Lead Tent’s annual and multi-year strategic planning processes, including annual KPI-setting
Drive alignment across teams and countries, ensuring priorities are clear and decisions are made based on evidence
Support the CEO in preparing board materials and strategic communications, ensuring that data and priorities are presented clearly to drive decision making
Set the strategic direction, data architecture, and governance standards for Tent, ensuring high-quality data, dashboards, and reporting across the organization
Define and build KPIs, impact models, and performance frameworks, and ensure they are applied consistently to enable organizational learning and evidence-based decision-making
Translate trends, risks, and insights from internal and external data into strategic recommendations for leadership, resource allocation, and planning
Set the team agenda and priorities, commissioning high-quality polling, business cases, and resources that enable companies to hire refugees at scale
Oversee the development of resources (e.g., playbooks, frameworks, legal guidance, and other materials), ensuring they are practical, data-driven, and aligned with Tent’s mission, and company and country needs
Ensure that insights emerging from company tactics are captured, organized, and translated into scalable resources and publications
Ensure findings are communicated clearly and persuasively through strategic publications, presentations, and external-facing materials
Provide strategic leadership for Tent’s hiring programs, ensuring delivery models are effective, scalable, consistently implemented, and measured across countries
Set strategic direction for mentoring and training programs that enable and accelerate the hiring of refugees at scale
Oversee operational guidance, tools, and internal consulting capacity that support country teams and priority companies to progress from interest to hiring
Ensure surge support, playbooks, and problem-solving mechanisms are available to unblock bottlenecks and accelerate results in key countries
Strengthen coordination and knowledge-sharing across teams so successful delivery models and lessons are replicated quickly and efficiently via working groups
Oversee the development and expansion of Tent’s digital platforms and tools, ensuring they enable scalable sourcing and hiring pathways
Oversee initiative to better connect companies to refugee candidates, including by leveraging digital innovation, such as in Mexico
Ensure user feedback, performance data, and market insights continuously inform product improvements and delivery strategies
Lead Tent’s company engagement strategy, including recruitment, multi-country activation, and re-engagement of dormant relationships
Ensure country teams have clear partnership models, playbooks, and support to manage strategic relationships with companies, NGOs, governments, and multilaterals
Oversee Tent HQ's engagement with preeminent global partners, including UNHCR and IOM
Strengthen partnership governance and account-management discipline, ensuring consistent standards for outreach, follow-up, and value delivery across countries, while ensuring the CRM is updated and functional for country teams
Build and develop a high-performing ILS team that works with multiple functions, and countries, setting clear expectations, coaching directors,, and ensuring accountability for results
Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and shared learning, with strong feedback norms and transparent decision-making
Ensure teams are resourced, empowered, and aligned to deliver against strategic priorities, including succession planning and professional growth
Model Tent’s values and maintain a high-trust, inclusive environment that attracts and retains exceptional talent
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience in management consulting, with a strong track record in strategic leadership, transformation, and large-scale program delivery
Top-notch problem-solving and analytical skills, able to break down complex challenges and develop insights, effective solutions and drive action
Proficiency in data-driven decision making, including anticipating and interpreting risks, trends, and performance metrics
Demonstrated ability to innovate, improve organizational performance, and build scalable solutions
Strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, able to synthesize and express insights clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences
Proven success leading cross-functional teams and overseeing multiple workstreams in complex, fast-paced environments
Highly structured and organized, with strong project discipline and attention to detail
Excellent partnership development and stakeholder management capabilities, with experience across sectors or geographies
Strong understanding of global markets and the ability to adapt strategies to different contexts
Preferred
Background in managing strategic initiatives and large-scale projects
Familiarity with corporate social responsibility, human resources, and/or DEI
Exposure to private sector engagement or corporate partnerships is helpful, though not required
Company
Tent Partnership for Refugees
Tent Partnership for Refugees is an international network of major companies helping refugees access labor markets via job prep.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Gideon Maltz
Chief Executive Officer
Jacqueline Ramirez, MBA
Manager U.S. Partnerships
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