South Asian SOAR · 12 hours ago
Executive Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$130K/yr - $150K/yr
7+ years expSouth Asian SOAR is a national coalition dedicated to ending gender-based violence in the South Asian American diaspora. The Executive Director will lead the organization through its next phase of growth, focusing on strategic planning, fundraising, and program development while fostering collaboration and survivor-centered approaches.
Non Profit
Responsibilities
Lead long-range visioning and strategic planning in partnership with the Board and staff, grounded in assessment of community needs and evolving landscape
Translate strategy into clear organizational priorities, outcomes, and accountabilities, ensuring programs are high-quality, proactive, and responsive
Nurture a unifying organizational mission, vision, and theory of change that integrates SOAR’s programs, services, and cross-functional work
Lead the recruitment, development, and management of a high-performing team, fostering accountability and collaboration to deliver work aligned with strategic goals
Establish and oversee effective governance and advisory structures—working in close partnership with the Board—to ensure strong oversight, timely delivery of milestones, and responsible financial management as the programme scales
Set and execute annual and long-term fundraising goals and strategies that ensure SOAR’s financial sustainability and growth as a national coalition
Build, diversify, and steward a sustainable funding base across individual donors, foundations, corporations, and government
Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with institutional funders, philanthropic partners, and aligned movement funders
In partnership with the Board, serve as a public-facing representative of SOAR, generating visibility, trust, and support among funders and partners
Provide strategic leadership across all of SOAR’s programmatic areas—capacity building, leadership development, organizing, research, and advocacy—clarifying and strengthening programs to support organizational growth and long-term impact
Serve as a trusted connector and facilitator across members and program participants, fostering collaboration, shared learning, and alignment; ensure SOAR’s vision meaningfully informs organizational priorities, strategies, and public positions
Oversee monitoring, learning, and evaluation across programs, using data, reflection, and community feedback to assess impact, strengthen effectiveness, and guide continuous improvement
Serve as a skilled facilitator, convener, and trusted connector across member organizations, survivors, and partners—designing and leading spaces for collaboration, shared learning, alignment, and ensuring diverse voices meaningfully shape SOAR’s priorities and strategies
Serve as SOAR’s primary spokesperson and national representative, advancing the organization’s visibility, credibility, and influence
Build and maintain strategic partnerships with allied movements, advocacy organizations, policymakers, and national networks
Advance policy, systems-change, and narrative-change efforts aligned with SOAR’s mission and values
Position SOAR as a thought leader in culturally specific, survivor-centered approaches to ending gender-based violence
Lead SOAR’s external communications and messaging—including marketing strategy and public-facing platforms—ensuring all fundraising and communications reflect survivor-centered values, cultural humility, and ethical storytelling practices
In collaboration with the Board, lead budgeting and financial planning, providing responsible stewardship of organizational resources
Partner with the fiscal sponsor to ensure strong financial management, internal controls, and compliance with legal, regulatory, and HR requirements, consistent with nonprofit governance best practices
Oversee organizational operational systems, HR infrastructure, and risk management appropriate for a growing national nonprofit
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7–10 years of relevant work experience
Minimum of 3 years in leadership roles, preferably in the nonprofit sector
Preferred
Experience within networks or coalitions facilitating organizational shared goals
Experience with developing organizational structure, including board development, management and governance
Experience hiring staff and building and developing teams
Record of thought leadership, advocacy and media relations
Demonstrated passion, understanding and alignment with SOAR's mission to end GBV
Proven ability to lead strategic planning and program design, development and scaling
Ability to build relationships and partnerships across regions to amplify and connect grassroots/local efforts
Experience with building in early-stage development or solo leadership
Demonstrated fundraising success with cultivating individual and institutional donors
Experience working in culturally specific, survivor-centered, or gender-justice organizations strongly preferred
Comfort working in a fully remote, nationally distributed organization
Company
South Asian SOAR
South Asian SOAR is an non profit Organization.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase