[Hiring] Managing Director of Impact Media @Parents Together Foundation

Role Description

We're looking for a dynamic, social-first, strategic media leader who is excited to transform ParentsTogether’s mission into multi-format, cross-platform content that reaches parents at scale. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial with a growth mindset, having equal strengths in storytelling and content production, along with the operational rigor to manage high-performing teams.

The Managing Director of Impact Media will combine a passion for kids and families with the expertise to lead a team in creating and distributing compelling content that is topical and culturally fluent. Our mission is to reach people who scroll past traditional news media with issue-driven content that speaks to their everyday parenting experiences and challenges.

This role will report to the Executive Director and work closely with the CEO of the for-profit ParentsTogether Holdings (anchored by the Motherly brand). This is a senior role for a builder who knows how to take an ambitious strategic direction and translate it into a roadmap, a high-performing team, and a media operation that consistently delivers results.

Here's what you'll be responsible for:

• Strategic planning and execution
• Team and operational leadership
• Cross-functional leadership across the network

Qualifications

• Have built something in a digital media operation.
• Fluent in modern digital media.
• Have an experimental, iterative mindset.
• Tech-forward or an early adopter.
• Translator of vision into execution.
• Meaningful people management and hiring experience.
• Skilled at pointing multiple teams in the same direction.
• Believe deeply in the breakthrough thesis that issue-driven content can reach non-political, non-news-consuming parents.
• Thrive in evolving environments.
• Bring a thoughtful approach to equity in practice.

Requirements

• Hands-on leadership experience in a digital media operation.
• Expertise in vertical video and social formats.
• Ability to run A/B tests and let data drive decisions.
• Proven track record of growing an audience from 0 to 1 and 1 to 10.
• History of using emerging tech tools and platforms to innovate.
• Experience managing and coaching team members directly.
• Ability to align teams around shared goals.

Benefits

• Health insurance (with cost-share for dependents) for employees working > 75% time.
• Three weeks of vacation (plus holidays and the last week of the calendar year off).
• Paid family and sick leave.
• Retirement match after four months on staff.
• FSA account.

Company Description

Founded in 2012, ParentsTogether is the largest mission-driven media organization serving parents in the United States. Through a growing network of media properties (including Motherly), we reach approximately 32 million parents a year with trusted, emotionally resonant content that meets parents where they already spend their time.

• ParentsTogether Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that anchors our charitable mission and owns PT Holdings.
• ParentsTogether Action, a 501(c)(4) that conducts advocacy and permissible lobbying.
• PT Holdings, a for-profit C-corporation that owns and operates Motherly.

ParentsTogether’s theory of change is rooted in the belief that to build a world where all kids and families can thrive, we must reach parents beyond the audiences typically engaged by issue-focused organizations.