[Hiring] Associate Vice President, Strategy @Parisleaf

Role Description

This is an Associate Vice President-level leadership role for the Strategy discipline. We are looking for someone with at least 10 years of experience leading strategy engagements that include research, analysis, insight development, and strategic direction. Experience within a brand or creative agency environment is strongly preferred, along with demonstrated success developing strategists, evolving methodologies, and guiding complex Partner engagements.

• Lead the Strategy discipline, establishing clear standards, methodologies, and best practices that strengthen the quality and consistency of our work.
• Provide strategic oversight across engagements, ensuring insights are meaningful, recommendations are actionable, and deliverables support each Partner's goals.
• Coach, develop, and manage Strategy team members, providing the clarity, feedback, and support they need to grow and deliver excellent work.
• Serve as a trusted senior advisor and lead facilitator in Partner interactions, navigating complex stakeholders and guiding teams toward alignment and confident decisions.
• Collaborate with leaders across disciplines to strengthen integrated delivery, proactively identify risks, and ensure strategy effectively informs creative outcomes.
• Contribute to company growth by supporting business development, identifying opportunities to expand Partner relationships, and advancing company-wide priorities.

Qualifications

• Strategic leader who thrives at the intersection of people, ideas, and impact.
• Equal parts coach, practitioner, and partner.
• Experience in the nonprofit and fundraising sector is highly valued.
• Deep appreciation for branding and its various manifestations.
• Exceptional relationship builder, earning trust quickly and cultivating long-term partnerships.
• Curious, organized, proactive, and deeply collaborative.

Requirements

• Demonstrate exceptional communication skills in both written and verbal formats.
• Exercise sound judgment and decision-making in complex situations.
• Balance strategic thinking with practical execution and partner needs.
• Effectively manage time, priorities, budgets, and scope across multiple engagements.
• Build trust with partners, teammates, and stakeholders through integrity, candor, empathy, and accountability.
• Remain curious, adaptable, and committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Benefits

• This is a full-time, remote, salaried position commensurate with experience.
• We are a fully distributed team.
• Travel is required.

Company Description

We are a brand & digital agency specializing in partnering with Nonprofits. Most of our work helps support fundraising efforts by building brands for major fundraising campaigns. As we often say, money is mission fuel in the right hands.

• Seeking people who share our values of gratitude, responsibility, integrity, candor, and empathy.
• Curious individuals who believe good strategy and good design can drive fundraising.
• Dedicated to helping partners find and show their purpose.