Senior Director Strategy Alignment
U.S. national health philanthropy that advances health equity through grantmaking, convening, advocacy, evidence-building, and impact investing.
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About Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is a Princeton, New Jersey-based nonprofit foundation focused on transforming health and advancing health equity in the United States. Its work includes grantmaking, research and evidence-building, convening, advocacy, and impact investing.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will coordinate strategic alignment across program units and lead high-priority internal initiatives from planning through implementation. You will create operational frameworks, workplans, governance structures, executive briefings, dashboards, and risk analyses while guiding change management and translating research into operational improvements.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in operational management, strategy consulting, chief of staff roles, cross-functional program management, or institutional change management.
- Experience designing internal workflows and managing complex partner alignment.
- Mastery of cross-functional workflows, operational dashboards, governance mechanisms, and project roadmaps.
- Experience navigating ambiguity and translating vision into execution plans.
- Advanced executive presentation and Board-level communication skills.
- Demonstrated change-management and conflict-resolution leadership.
- Knowledge of structural racism and health equity.
- Seven to 10+ years of progressive professional experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 40%.
Responsibilities
- Align program strategy, priorities, and activities with strategic direction.
- Translate strategic direction into workflows, service agreements, and multiyear roadmaps.
- Establish milestones and governance frameworks for priority initiatives.
- Assess strategic risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, and resource allocation.
- Develop executive analyses, briefings, and Board decision materials.
- Build and monitor KPI and OKR tracking systems.
- Advise on operating-model changes and restructuring efforts.
- Establish dashboards linking operational inputs to equity and societal-impact targets.
- Conduct community engagement reviews and landscape assessments.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Transition stipend