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Senior Director, Innovation
Location
United States
Posted
82 days ago
Salary
$95K - $110K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Director, Innovation
Campus Compact
• Provide strategic leadership for Campus Compact’s innovation and scaling work • Identify, test, and scale field-facing innovations that strengthen student civic engagement, democratic discourse, and higher education’s public purpose. • Build and steward a structured innovation ecosystem that draws from Campus Compact’s national coalition of institutions, partners, and funders. • Ensure that promising practices emerging across higher education are rigorously evaluated, supported through pilot and cohort-based models, and scaled in ways that are transferable across institutional contexts. • Work across the organization and with external partners to ensure innovation efforts are mission-aligned, evidence-informed, and positioned for national impact. • Hire and build out the innovation team, at least 1-2 staff members, over the next 6-12 months.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred
- 7+ years experience in roles with similar level of capacity & responsibilities
- Significant senior-level experience in higher education, democracy, civic engagement, social innovation, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with a national or field-wide scope.
- Experience working in or closely with non-profits and/or a diverse set of organizational structures and working towards both impact-driven and entrepreneurial-focused success measures.
- Experience designing or managing innovation, pilot, or scaling initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience supervising professional staff and leading complex initiatives that engage volunteer leaders, advisors, and partners across institutions and organizations.
- Demonstrated success working effectively in a fast paced environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience identifying, analyzing, and communicating complex data sets, metrics, and success measures, including clear experience working with and achieving both individual work and organizational KPIs.
Benefits
- national healthcare coverage
- generous paid time off
- employer retirement contribution
- flexible work environment
- inclusive and caring culture
- dedication to professional development
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