Women Donors Network [WDN; 501(c)(3) organization] and WDN Action [WDNA; 501(c)(4) organization] is immediately hiring a passionate, seasoned, and inspiring Program Manager to play an essential administrative and project management role, operationalizing WDN Action’s strategic priorities, ensuring the smooth functioning of WDN Action and providing project management for WDN Action programs. This is a full-time, remote role with occasional travel that reports directly to the Managing Director of Politics and Advocacy.

ABOUT US

Women Donors Network [WDN] is a national network of women donors [cis and trans], nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals committed to protecting and advancing gender, racial, economic, and climate justice. As a growing multiracial and multigenerational community of donor organizers, we connect, grow, fund, and mobilize together in solidarity with movements to transform people, culture, and systems rooted in justice. Through WDN Action, our c4 affiliate organization, we work to transform policies, political infrastructure, and political possibilities by investing in advocacy and electoral strategies that center the leadership of historically excluded communities. Together, we envision a just and sustainable world where everyone can safely and freely determine their own futures.
This is an exciting time at WDN and WDN Action as we move through the second year of our bold strategic plan. We have a newly expanded team of people who are passionate about social justice and motivated to amplify our impact. Our values are rooted in a culture of courage, commitment, curiosity, accountability, hope, and joy. You can read more about our path forward here.
We are a geographically distributed, remote team of 25 from a range of intersectional identities, including cisgender, BIPOC, and nonbinary people. We have a shared staffing structure across WDN and WDN Action, where our team dedicates a portion of their time to each organizational entity. We believe that a diverse team is integral to our work and strongly encourage applications from people of color, people with disabilities, women, LGBTQIA+, and all other applicants from historically excluded identities in the United States.

REQUIREMENTS

To be successful in this role, you will need to excel at being the right-hand to the Managing Director, bringing executive administrative expertise, proactive problem-solving skills, a growth mindset, executive communication skills, digital fluency and strong project management skills to your work.

As the Program Manager for the Politics and Advocacy Team at WDN/A, you must be a….

• Champion for equity and justice. You have a demonstrated interest in and a steadfast commitment to WDN/A’s mission, strategic vision and priorities rooted in collective liberation and the ability to speak to, bridge, and unite a dynamic audience behind our strategic path. Backgrounds or previous work experience in politics, advocacy, or related fields is a strong plus.
• Skilled executive administrator with project management expertise. You have 8+ years experience working in executive-level administrative roles and hold the highest degree of competence in tech and remote project management, external-facing communications, and relationship management. Backgrounds or previous work experience as an Executive Assistant, Operations Manager, Project Manager or Program Manager is a strong plus.
• Proactive planner. Planning, prioritizing, and executing tasks is your professional sweet spot. You have exceptional organizational skills and a clear understanding of workflow processes with a track record of leaving things better than you found them. You understand how to translate and operationalize strategic priorities into day-to-day functions.
• Exceptional communicator. Your written and verbal communication is proactive, responsive, and excellent. You can effectively interface with a wide range of stakeholders while using discretion and maintaining confidentiality at all times, across various stakeholders with different backgrounds.
• Remote technology power user. You use Google Suite and project management systems [ie. Clickup] with expertise and ease. You can juggle multiple calendars and multiple platforms, create beautiful presentation decks, manage CRM data, or run a Zoom meeting. You look for ways to use virtual office technology for efficiency, and you’re not afraid to try new tools.
• Strategic problem solver. You effectively manage high-stakes work and you are not easily flustered when faced with new or unexpected situations. You exercise independent judgment and handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Collaborative team member. You believe in working together for the greater good and enjoy collaborating cross-functionally with others.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Program Manager serves as the primary administrative and project management support for the Managing Director of Politics & Advocacy and the main point of contact for WDN Action. WDN Action is looking for a Program Manager who is highly organized with a meticulous attention to detail, an exemplary scheduler and communicator, and who is able to successfully manage multiple and competing tasks simultaneously with ease. The ideal candidate is also a highly motivated self-starter who is digitally savvy, committed to transparent data analytics practices and an excellent project manager skilled in building and maintaining systems, operations and programs. The Program Manager must exercise a high level of discretion, confidentiality, and timely responses in working closely with the Managing Director, high-profile individuals, organizations and political leaders. The Program Manager must share our passion for social justice through advocacy and policy change along with a visionary spirit, growth mindset and can-do attitude.
This position requires occasional travel within the United States for meetings, team retreats and organizational events. Candidates must be able to work weekday hours across time zones, be available to work a flexible schedule due to the emergent and rapid response nature of WDN Action’s work, and should have previously demonstrated experience and comfort with remote work. We are open to individual candidates [no agencies] who are based in the United States, available to work across time zones in the United States and who have at least 8+ years of executive-level administrative experience supporting executive team members, high-profile individuals, or political leaders.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

As WDN and WDN Action continues to operationalize our strategic plan, the Program Manager for WDN Action will be focused on the following:

The base salary for the Program Manager role is $110K/year. This role is also eligible to receive WDN’s Employee Benefits Package which is inclusive of:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance [paid by WDN at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents]
• 401K Contribution [4% of your gross pay contributed by WDN and an additional 3% match of your gross pay]
• 20 Vacation Days, 14 Sick Days and 14 Company Holidays
• Partial Reimbursement of Your Internet and Phone Expenses
• Stipends to Support Remote Office Expenses, Co-Working, and Learning and Developmen