Save the Children US

Account Manager

• Prospect for new public partnerships and new funding opportunities within assigned program states and federal scope of work.
• Promote programs and services targeting new grants, earmarks, and other designated funding opportunities.
• Deliver proposal pitches and presentations, negotiate terms and conditions, close funding asks and follow up regularly with status reports.
• Contribute to, and coordinate, proposals and reports for government targets and ensure that they are completed and submitted on time.
• Steward relationships to maximize long-term engagement and financial support.
• Monitor and analyze government budgets and authorizing and appropriations legislation.
• Work with internal teams to execute a public funding agenda that advances the states’ strategy and influences resource allocations to rural education, Head Start, and/or emergency responses.
• Coordinate with SCAN and the Policy and Advocacy team to collaborate effectively, execute on strategies to address new state legislation or regulations that affect the divisions’ interests.
• Attend, lead, or help coordinate special events and advocacy activities, including field visits, opinion leader gatherings, briefings, and issues forums to cultivate champions among elected leaders in USP states.
• Ensure accurate reporting of lobbying activities as mandated by relevant state and federal law.
• Contribute towards the implementation of partnership development plans as required and assigned by the Managing Director.
• Offer advisory support to the State team in creating and sustaining a pipeline of schools, communities, and partners that help move our programs and strategies forward in rural communities.
• Coordinate scheduling, logistics, and the execution of other administrative matters as requested.
• Generate materials and presentations to provide updates at various meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain records of contacts with elected officials entering all information into required systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect, maintain, and organize department one-pagers and key documents in a centralized repository for our team access and use.

Lead Associate, Public Partnerships

Director

• Oversee the translation of program design into scalable, high quality delivery frameworks and lead the implementation strategy of Head Start and Early Head Start programs across assigned states.
• Ensure programs consistently meet or exceed Head Start quality, compliance, and performance standards by driving cross-functional collaboration with Quality & Compliance, Monitoring & Evaluation, program development, and shared services to address trends, improve efficiency, align resources, and enhance program outcomes at scale.
• Provide executive oversight and leadership to State Program Directors, strengthening leadership capability, accountability, and consistent execution through coaching, performance management, and clear performance expectations.
• Lead cross‑state operational readiness and start‑up efforts, ensuring new or expanding programs are implemented on time, within scope, and aligned to Head Start standards and delivery expectations.
• Integrate best practices and emerging research in early childhood education, applying insights to strengthen program design, implementation, and impact in targeted Head Start and Early Head Start communities.
• Serve as a technical lead for resource development efforts in order to strengthen the diversity and sustainability of Head Start program funding; support the development of donor proposals and reports and cultivate donor relationships through in-person meetings, site visits and other engagement events.
• Build and maintain relationships between SCUS and other relevant organizations, including government entities and community organizations, to support Head Start and Early Head Start programs effectiveness and alignment.
• Provide technical guidance and programmatic expertise in advocacy and policy engagement efforts as needed, contributing to development of policy agendas and participate in meetings with local, state and federal officials as needed.
• Contribute to activities that increase brand visibility and program awareness, share knowledge products and results, represent Save the Children to the local press as needed, and identify other media-worthy moments that highlight our work.
• Actively contribute as a member of the Head Start Leadership Team and Extended Senior Management, helping set direction and ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and outcomes.

Senior Managing Director – Head Start

Procurement

• Oversee procurement governance frameworks to ensure consistent application of policies, internal controls, and ethical standards.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, federal acquisition guidelines (as applicable), global policies, and organizational standards.
• Maintain and evolve agency-wide procurement policies, templates, and tools to ensure clarity, usability, and accountability.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and internal audit to proactively manage risk and strengthen contract and vendor oversight.
• Embed environmental, social, and ethical sourcing considerations into procurement strategy and supplier relationships.
• Lead sourcing strategies for key categories to drive value, competition, innovation, and sustainability.
• Conduct market analyses, supplier evaluations, and cost-benefit assessments to inform leadership decisions.
• Build strong supplier relationships that support programmatic agility, resilience, and long-term value.
• Oversee competitive bid processes, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• Manage vendor accountability in delivery of SLA’s/KPI’s
• Manage centralized procurement operations, ensuring timely, quality, and cost-effective purchasing activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing sourcing and procurement team with a culture of customer service, integrity, accountability, and excellence.
• Enhance systems, workflows, and technology platforms to support a scalable and efficient procurement lifecycle.
• Monitor and report procurement metrics, savings, risk indicators, and strategic performance outcomes.
• Drive broad organizational alignment and adoption of standardized procurement practices.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure procurement strategies meet program needs and achieve operational goals.
• Serve as a connector across departments to ensure procurement supports strategic initiatives, innovations, and donor requirements.

Head, Strategic Sourcing – Procurement

Marketing Analyst

• Perform hands-on data analysis, programming, and modeling using tools such as SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and Power BI
• Build, maintain, and enhance dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support marketing performance measurement and strategic decision-making
• Ensure data quality, integration, and hygiene across platforms
• Lead benchmarking, propensity modeling, and integration of third-party data sources to improve targeting and analytics capabilities
• Drive the development and implementation of integrated analytics, supporter segmentation, and predictive modeling to optimize marketing ROI
• Design and build dashboards and reporting tools to provide real-time visibility into campaign performance and supporter behavior
• Mentor and coach colleagues in data best practices, fostering a culture of data literacy and innovation across the division

Senior Marketing Analyst

Payroll

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the payroll team and processes associated with payroll, payroll tax, wage garnishments, and related transactions for three entities.
• Administer payroll for international expatriates and third country nationals working abroad including ensuring that international living allowance compensation is complete and accurate.
• Ensure pay is completely and accurately transmitted to banks as required, including international wire payments.
• Assess payroll-related operations and identify areas to incorporate automation or improve efficiencies.
• Collaborate closely with Benefits team on deduction processing, benefits reconciliation, and leave related pay impacts.
• Oversee the payroll help desk along with resolution of complex payroll issues, employee concerns and inquiries and resolve errors related to payroll processing, deductions, or special pays.
• Manage payroll to banks’ reconciliation processes, payroll general ledger reconciliation, payroll year end process, and review of audit reports and inquiries; ensure correction of payment issues prior to closing payroll.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of time sheets for labor reporting and payroll for all staff.
• Lead payroll audits, support financial statements and all prepare reporting and information for audits involving payroll.
• Support and monitor the annual payroll team budget, working with leadership to forecast payroll-related expenses.
• Serve as subject matter expert in payroll related matters on all projects that impact payroll and timekeeping and lead change management activities to drive user adoption.
• Build and maintain communication and training for employees.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for federal, state, and local tax and payroll regulations, including year-end W-2 filings and corrections.
• Produce relevant payroll-related reporting and manage maintenance of all payroll/timekeeping internal processes, procedures, and policies.
• Support accounting with closing activities related to staffing costs, including month-end and year-end close.

Senior Director, Payroll

Communications

• Optimize private fundraising through the ongoing development of creative content for donors and prospects (40%)
• Manage editorial production calendar, setting editorial tone and style for Marketing & Growth communications, which include solicitations/proposals, program reports, email appeals, and acknowledgements as well as speech writing, editorial pieces, and other formats that bring Save the Children in front of the team’s prioritized audiences.
• Modernize donor communications, with an emphasis on identifying, testing and rolling out more effective tools that incorporate best practices for leveraging digital capabilities, videos, interactive graphs, as well as a mix of short and long content pieces.
• Assess the impact of our communications and course correct when needed.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of what our peers are doing and how Save the Children can differentiate ourselves in the current donor market.
• Provide creative oversight on content for high-level donors, ranging from prioritized program overviews, reports, journalistic pieces or others as needed.
• Collaborate with global colleagues as needed, identifying opportunities to amplify our existing assets.
• Lead content development for international/domestic emergency responses and fragile settings in partnership with the Philanthropy Operations Humanitarian Partnerships team and humanitarian colleagues (40%)
• As the communications focal point for private humanitarian fundraising, assess media coverage and private fundraising viability at emergency onset and develop a compelling communications plan for private donors.
• Ensure fundraisers have the essential tools and resources to initiate fundraising activities with their respective constituencies (foundations, corporate and high-net worth individuals).
• This includes preparing/customizing talking points, crisis briefings, and social media messaging drawn from information on sitreps and working group meetings.
• Identify humanitarian content asset gaps and keep knowledge management systems updated.
• Work with new business and existing account managers to develop custom and compelling humanitarian proposals for high-level funding opportunities.
• Team management (20%)
• Oversee a team of communication staff and ensure appropriate staff are assigned to priority communications projects to support private fundraising efforts.
• Hire external consultants for specialized projects as needed.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission.

Lead Associate, Public Partnerships

Senior Managing Director – Head Start

Head, Strategic Sourcing – Procurement

Senior Marketing Analyst

Senior Director, Payroll

Senior Director, Philanthropy Communications