Chesapeake Mission Critical - A Fidelity Company · 20 hours ago
Chief Strategy & Impact Officer
Selma, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expChesapeake Mission Critical, a Fidelity Company, is looking for a Chief Strategy & Impact Officer to join their team. This newly created role will report to the President and CEO and is responsible for leading community engagement, mission investing, and organizational learning to drive impact in the Black Belt region.
Data Center
Responsibilities
Provide leadership for BBCF’s community engagement framework
Strengthen practices that elevate community voice and ensure local insights guide organizational priorities
Align regional strategies with long-term impact goals and mission-aligned investments
Facilitate mission-aligned investment strategies that expand opportunity and build wealth across the Black Belt
Manage cross-functional strategic initiatives, ensuring clarity, alignment, and results
Partner with the President & CEO to cultivate and activate key strategic relationships
Maintain a “balcony-level” view of organizational priorities to support alignment across teams
Facilitate cross-team collaboration and ensure high-quality, on-time execution of major initiatives
Foster a high-trust, high-performance culture grounded in BBCF’s values
Partner with the COO on performance management and organizational development systems
Lead development of a learning agenda that drives continuous improvement
Oversee systems, tools, and processes that support organizational knowledge sharing
Ensure insights from programs, mission investing, and community partnerships inform strategy
Prepare Board materials, updates, and learning sessions in partnership with the President & CEO
Support Board culture-building, alignment, and ongoing learning
Qualification
Required
A master's degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred and/or equivalent advanced experience in a field relevant to BBCF's mission and work (e.g., community engagement, philanthropy, social impact and mission investing, inclusive economic development, public/private/philanthropic partnerships, racial, health, educational, and environmental justice)
Ten-plus years of progressive leadership/management experience that includes leading projects, initiatives, teams, and organizational and cultural development efforts in a nonprofit, public, or business enterprise
An understanding of the root causes of systemic inequities and the long-term effects on people of color, low-wealth, rural, and other marginalized communities, and a demonstrated commitment to advancing racial, social, and economic justice and systems change
Proven ability to partner with a CEO, board, and senior leaders to galvanize the organization and stakeholders behind a reimagined vision for its future
Demonstrated ability to develop, coach, and lead in an evolving organization and culture while focusing on performance, outcomes, and metrics
A compelling communicator with excellent writing and verbal presentation skills, with the ability to provide accurate quantitative and qualitative data, synthesize and translate information and content, and communicate effectively with different audiences
Cultural competence, appreciative of and comfortable working with a wide array of stakeholders
An ability to develop and manage an ever-widening circle of relationships in service of the Black Belt
Strong project management and organization skills, with highly developed analytical and creative problem-solving abilities
Ability to be strategic and a hands-on executor
Preferred
Experience living and working in the American South, ideally Alabama's Black Belt, and an understanding of the political, social, and economic landscape in which BBCF and its stakeholders operate
Company
Chesapeake Mission Critical - A Fidelity Company
Chesapeake Mission Critical offers data center end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including the development of state-of-the-art mission-critical facilities.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase