Foster America

Vice President of Programs

Foster America

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $210,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Drive Execution: Lead the execution and continuous refinement of Foster America's full program portfolio, ensuring efforts impactfully advance our strategy
  • Operationalize Innovation: Translate strategic priorities into clear programmatic approaches, tools, and ways of working that teams can execute with both consistency and contextual judgment
  • Co-Design: Ensure our work integrates those with lived child welfare experience as essential co-creators, collaborators, and decision-makers alongside public sector and community leaders
  • Performance & Accountability: Set clear direction, build accountability structures, and develop measurement approaches to create conditions for high performance across a diverse portfolio
  • Growth-Oriented Coaching: Invest in the development of team members, helping them learn and operate at their highest potential
  • Strategic Thought Partnership: Stay close to the work, contributing to the scope and content of deliverables while entrusting teams to drive execution
  • Partnership Strategy & Lifecycle: Oversee the end-to-end partnership lifecycle—from initial exploration and site assessment to contract negotiation and renewal—ensuring engagements are structured for impact
  • External Influence: Identify and cultivate trusting relationships with state and county child welfare directors, community leaders, and national collaborators in jurisdictions where conditions for change are ripe
  • Revenue Generation: Secure grants and contract agreements that support long-term financial sustainability
  • Executive Collaboration: Serve on Foster America's executive leadership team, partnering closely with the Executive Director, three other executives, and the governing board on strategy, field positioning, and organizational health
  • Development Alignment: Collaborate with the Development and Communications teams to ensure programmatic insight is captured in external narratives and messaging, extending the organization's influence and impact
  • Operational Partnership: Partner with Finance and Operations on personnel matters, annual planning, technology, and budget — contributing to organizational systems that shape how the team works and grows

Requirements

  • more than a decade of experience in child welfare or related fields
  • at least five years of managing people, departments, and budgets
  • bachelor's degree is required
  • advanced degree is strongly preferred, particularly in fields related to public policy, social work, public administration, public health, education, nonprofit management, or a related discipline
Benefits
  • medical insurance
  • paid vacation
  • paid parental leave
  • paid holidays
  • commuter benefits
  • participation in a retirement plan
  • paid sick time
  • professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementbudget managementgrant writingcontract negotiationperformance measurementstrategic planningteam developmentpartnership developmentorganizational systems
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingaccountabilityinfluencerelationship buildingcontextual judgment
Certifications
bachelor's degreeadvanced degree