Director, Youth Mental Health

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Director leading strategy and implementation of youth mental health initiatives at Blue Cross NC Foundation, ensuring strong supportive communities for children in North Carolina.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeNorth Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $157,978 - $252,765 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads the strategy and implementation of initiatives to ensure children and youth in North Carolina grow up in strong and supportive communities that provide them and their families with the best opportunity to be mentally healthy and thrive across prevention, early intervention, and care systems that span schools, communities, and health care
Work closely with other senior leaders to create an enterprise-wide strategy, partnering with internal teams and external organizations to make a meaningful impact on youth mental health through activities
Oversee grantmaking efforts, manage a team, and facilitate enterprise-wide and cross-sector collaborations to achieve the organization's goal of improving youth mental health
Exercise strategic judgment in deploying grantmaking, contracts, and partnerships to advance systems level outcomes
Manage grantmaking activities and contracts across a diverse portfolio
Engage directly with grantees to support their work through capacity building, thought partnership, connections to resources, and facilitating introductions to support their goals
Convene and facilitate enterprise-wide councils to inform strategy, clarify priorities, and identify, track and report on KPIs and other accountability metrics
Partner with leaders in the business to identify where philanthropic and community insights and business capabilities can be mutually reinforcing
Build and leverage cross-sector relationships with community and state leaders including potential applicants, grantees, advocates, policy makers, and other funders to identify and advance solutions collaboratively
Represent the organization at community events, conferences, and other forums through speaking engagements and written pieces to advance the mission to improve health for all.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree with advanced degree preferred
10 years of work experience in a philanthropic, nonprofit, social services, communications, project management, or health-related field, with at least five years of leadership experience
In lieu of degree, 12+ years of experience in related field
Foundation and/or public health knowledge or experience is required
Entrepreneurial builder mindset, able to move from strategy to action by piloting, adapting, and scaling ideas; comfortable testing new approaches, navigating ambiguity, and learning in real time
Leadership experience managing teams, programs, and multi-stakeholder collaborations
Background in grantmaking, public health, policy change, health promotion, or community health strongly preferred
Ability to translate between community context, policy, and business strategy
Knowledge of mental health care delivery system/health care financing
Experience in a corporate environment or working with the private sector
Demonstrated success in developing and implementing cross-department or cross-sector initiatives or strategies
Strong communication and storytelling skills
Strong strategy and project management skills
Ability to clearly communicate strategy, insights, and decisions to varied audiences, including senior executives and community partners
Outstanding judgement and independent decision making.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage along with numerous health and wellness programs
Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacy assistance
Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
401k match including an annual company contribution
Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to do great work

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Hard Skills & Tools

grantmakingproject managementhealth promotionpolicy changecommunity healthmental health care deliveryhealth care financingcapacity buildingKPI trackingcross-sector initiatives

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic judgmentcommunicationstorytellingcollaborationentrepreneurial mindsetdecision makingadaptabilityrelationship buildinginsight translation