[Hiring] Deputy Director @Working Families Party

Role Description

The Deputy Director is a senior leader responsible for helping turn EpicWorks’ strategy and priorities into action. Working closely with the Executive Director and senior leadership team, the Deputy Director will lead major organizational initiatives, manage and develop staff, strengthen management and labor relations practices, and help ensure that teams and projects deliver on their commitments.

This role requires an exceptional people leader and project manager—someone who shapes culture, creates clarity, establishes accountability, drives work forward, and helps others succeed. The ideal candidate combines strong judgment and strategic thinking with a bias toward action and follow-through.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience with expertise in nonprofit management, political campaigns, or organizational operations with increasing levels of responsibility.
• At least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role, preferably managing multi-functional teams and projects.
• Demonstrated experience strengthening organizational project management capacity, including introducing effective tools and practices, coaching staff, and helping teams build the skills needed to plan, coordinate, and drive complex projects to completion.
• Strong people-management experience, including coaching and developing staff, managing managers, setting expectations, and supporting accountability and performance.
• Strong judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and sensitive organizational issues.
• Some data analysis skills, with the ability to identify trends and drive data-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, trusting relationships across teams and with organizational leaders, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Some experience working within a collective bargaining environment and partnering effectively with union leadership.
• Some experience with complex, multi-entity nonprofit structures, such as organizations that include 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and PAC entities.
• Demonstrated commitment to racial, economic, and gender justice and to building equitable, values-aligned organizations.

Requirements

• Translate organizational strategy into clear priorities, plans, and measurable outcomes to undergird the larger performance management process.
• Manage principals towards organizational and departmental goals, including holding members of the senior leadership team accountable.
• Lead major cross-entity projects like our process to onboard participating organizations or strategic risk mitigation efforts from planning through implementation, establishing clear ownership, timelines, deliverables, and accountability.
• Identify barriers to progress, facilitate decisions, and ensure commitments translate into action.
• Strengthen coordination across teams and improve systems and processes that support organizational effectiveness by developing a new structure for accountability that can be implemented by our two cross functional teams – Participating Organizational Services and Compliance.
• Support the EpicWorks Advisory Board and the Executive Director by planning and facilitating pieces of our quarterly meetings.
• Oversee risk mitigation strategy and crisis response protocols for the organization, including monitoring risk, leading process documentation and document retention efforts.
• Support business continuity planning through close partnership with the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director and Controller.
• Ensure financial strategy is tightly aligned with organizational priorities and drives sustainable growth.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plan options
• Professional development funding
• Remote work support

Salary & Compensation

The final salary offer will fall into one of the following ranges depending on where you live:

• National Market (most locations): $121,300 - $171,600
• High Market (e.g., Baltimore, Los Angeles, Portland): $141,900 - $187,700
• Very High Market (San Francisco, Denver, Seattle): $154,100 - $203,000

The final salary will be determined based on an internal equitable scale that takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. The upper end of the salary range is reserved for individuals who significantly exceed the minimum qualifications and years of experience.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

EpicWorks is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at [email protected] with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.