Executive Director

Braven

Executive Director leading efforts to launch and oversee Braven's Alabama region, including fundraising and partnerships with higher education. Responsible for regional strategy and team management.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeBirmingham • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $212,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implementing a comprehensive multi-year strategic plan to reach our vision for scale and excellent outcomes with our prospective partner and future AL region, higher education partners.
With the Regional Senior Director, ensuring strong program execution resulting in both positive experiences and outcomes for Fellows, volunteers, and partners
Building, managing, and expanding a regional advisory board that will help maximize the AL region’s impact, narrative, and sustainability
Ensuring the health of key stakeholder relationships at both university and employer partners, including university and corporate executives
Raising Braven’s brand awareness through thought-leadership, awards, public speaking, social media, and press pieces
Explore the local political landscape and engage in critical policy efforts when relevant
Raising roughly $9M prior to the launch of the new school, among other external priorities.
Deepening our political capital and thought leadership to ensure that our region maintains its meaningful position in the educational fabric of the community
Focusing on significantly growing and diversifying a sustainable funding base that will include gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government
Attracting, hiring, and developing a team of diverse and talented staff members
Directly manage and develop the Regional Senior Director and Director, External Affairs
Coaching and developing regional staff members to exhibit strong cultural leadership skills and orientations
Serving as the model and leader of Braven culture within the hub
Serving on the organization’s Alignment Team to influence organization-wide impact, growth, and sustainability

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/BA
7-10 years leadership experience as an Executive, leading a department, or similar, with a verifiable track record of achieving successful outcomes while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable team culture.
1-3 years in non-profit, higher education, economic or workforce development, or a chamber of commerce
Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence
You have a demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the experiences of first-generation college students and students from low income backgrounds.
You exemplify Braven’s core values
Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population
Motivation and drive to fundraise and ensure the financial sustainability of the region; an ability to mobilize people and to create champions of an organizational mission
Experience building and working in partnership with partner organizations, funders, a Board of Directors, and other key constituents
Strong presence, communication skills, relationship-building skills, and maturity that engender respect and facilitate a strong partnership with very senior-level staff and Faculty, high-profile community stakeholders and civic leaders, Braven staff, Fellows, and Leadership Coaches
High level of personal responsibility, professional maturity and humility, commitment to personal growth, and self-awareness of one’s own leadership style and its impact on others
Ability to make strong data-informed decisions because you excel at drawing actionable insights from analyses and translating for yourself and others how these insights further your strategy
Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year)
Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
12 weeks of paid parental leave
A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data AnalysisProgram ExecutionFundraisingPartnership DevelopmentStrategic Planning

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsRelationship-Building SkillsCultural LeadershipProfessional MaturitySelf-Awareness