NobleReach Foundation

Senior Director, Business Operations

NobleReach Foundation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Tysons Corner • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Partner with Innovation leadership to develop department-level vision and strategy, make complex operational decisions, and identify transformational opportunities to enhance Innovation's impact and efficiency
  • Serve as trusted advisor to Innovation leadership on operational, organizational, and strategic matters, while driving cross-departmental initiatives that advance broader organizational goals
  • Shape organizational narrative around Innovation's work, representing the team externally to partners, stakeholders, and the broader NobleReach community
  • Oversee department-wide operational initiatives, managing organization-level resources and setting program management direction for the Innovation portfolio
  • Lead data strategy, financial operations, and administrative support functions to ensure compliant, timely delivery of all Innovation programs; regularly evaluate and optimize business procedures to align with organizational objectives
  • Manage federal contracts, agreements, and vendor relationships; oversee all administrative business management functions including invoice approvals, timesheets, legal compliance, and financial reporting
  • Make data-informed recommendations to optimize team productivity, revenue, retention, and operational efficiency
  • Provide leadership across group, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that encourages creativity, learning, and growth while managing multiple stakeholder input and driving the innovation team toward fast, effective decision making.
  • Mentor and guide team members to achieve their full potential, ensuring the team has required technical capabilities and supporting professional development while championing organizational values Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Establish strategic organizational partnerships, building executive networks across NobleReach to integrate Innovation operations seamlessly with other departments
  • Influence key stakeholders across the organization, building coalitions to advance shared goals and providing strategic process support to executive team on corporate functions as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred
  • 10-12 years of combined business operations and marketing, strategy and/or product experience
  • Proven ability to develop department-level strategy and translate vision into execution
  • Demonstrated success in managing complex, ambiguous projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
  • Can operate at all levels – from high level decision making to hands-on building of marketing decks, writing proposals, building budgets and other business operations activities.
  • Strong track record of building and optimizing operational systems, processes, and teams
  • Exceptional relationship management skills, with ability to influence and build coalitions across all organizational levels
  • Outstanding verbal, written, and visual communication skills, with experience presenting to executive audiences
  • Ability to make strategic decisions with incomplete information and manage calculated risks
  • Well-organized work style with focus on both strategic thinking and operational excellence
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment; ability to exercise flexibility and good judgment in complex situations
  • Appetite for curiosity and desire to learn
  • Must have an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong desire to have an impact on society
Benefits
  • Salary is commensurate with experience
  • This position is bonus eligible.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
business operationsmarketing strategyproduct experienceoperational systemsproject managementfinancial operationsdata strategybudgetinglegal compliancefinancial reporting
Soft skills
relationship managementinfluencecollaborationcommunicationstrategic decision makingorganizational skillsflexibilityjudgmentcuriosityentrepreneurial mindset
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree