ReFED

Vice President

• Serve as a formal member of the ReFED Leadership Team; participate in organizational decision-making alongside the Executive Director and peer VPs, bringing a business-sector perspective to enterprise-wide strategy.
• Set and communicate a multi-year strategy for the Business Initiatives team that is aligned with ReFED's organizational goals, mission, and theory of change; ensure the team's work is coherent, sequenced, and field-shaping.
• Contribute to annual and interim organizational objective-setting (OKRs); ensure Business Initiatives team goals are aligned with and in service of organization-wide priorities.
• Serve as the primary internal connector between Business Services and other teams; collaborate with the other programmatic leaders and VP, Communications, to ensure business engagement work is integrated across ReFED's programmatic and external presence.
• Advise the Executive Director on business sector trends, team performance, and strategic opportunities; serve as a thought partner on organizational decisions that touch the food business landscape.
• Oversee the strategy and quality of ReFED’s business consulting and advisory services; ensure offerings are differentiated, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of food businesses at different stages of their food waste reduction journey.
• Provide strategic leadership to the ongoing execution of the U.S. Food Waste Pact; set the vision for how these programs evolve and deepen their impact over time. Including oversight and management of the U.S. Food Waste Pact Advisory Council.
• Identify and cultivate high-value partnerships with food businesses, trade associations, industry consultants, and mission-aligned organizations; ensure ReFED is positioned as a trusted, go-to partner for business-facing food waste action.
• Partner closely with the policy, capital, community engagement, and research teams to incorporate business sector expertise and stakeholder perspectives into ReFED's broader programmatic work, knowledge products, and external events.
• Serve as a senior external spokesperson for ReFED in the food business space; represent the organization credibly at industry events, conferences, and with funders and partners.
• Cultivate and steward high-value relationships with food businesses, trade associations, and sector allies; build the kind of trust that enables ReFED to be a meaningful partner, not just a vendor.
• Bring external intelligence, including food industry trends, stakeholder dynamics, and emerging food waste challenges, into organizational strategy conversations and ReFED's knowledge products.
• Contribute to business development and fundraising efforts; manage relationships with programmatic funders and support proposal development and grant reporting for Business Services work.
• Lead, develop, and manage the Business Services team; set clear expectations grounded in ReFED's job level competency framework and create the conditions for each team member to operate at or above their level.
• Foster a team culture of learning, collaboration, and accountability; actively participate in hiring and model the behaviors and standards expected across the team.
• Establish and oversee annual team objectives (OKRs); develop systems for tracking and evaluating Business Services performance and impact across programs and clients.
• Contribute to the annual budget development process; hold chief responsibility for managing the Business Services team budget in compliance with organizational financial management policies.
• Support Board engagement as appropriate, including contributing to Board presentations and reporting that reflects Business Services strategy and performance.
• Identify and pursue funding opportunities aligned with Business Services strategy; contribute to grant proposals and steward funder relationships tied to business engagement work.
• Approximately once per month; domestic and international travel required as programs expand globally.

Vice President, Business Initiatives