Regional Director, North America

• Grade: Regional Director (North America)
• Type: Full-Time
• Term: Indefinite (permanent)
• Location: CPI is remote-first, meaning we support candidates to work wherever they live. This role would require geographic residency within the United States and a willingness to travel as needed.
• Salary: the salary range is $192,000 – $240,000 Annually. Salary at CPI is non-negotiable.
• Work/life balance: Flexibility with Responsibility policy that works around your life
• Reports to: Global Executive Director
• Closing: Aug 6, 2023

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for a leader who believes in government as our best hope for overcoming the world’s complex challenges.

You’ll have the knowledge and experience to understand the ways that governments are letting many communities down, as well as the vision to work alongside them to find better ways of doing things.

This role is an opportunity to lead our ambitious North America team of 40+ individuals to new heights of learning, impact, and influence.

We’re looking for someone with strong values and extensive experience in community, government and nonprofit leadership who is ready for a new challenge.

About the Centre for Public Impact

At the Centre for Public Impact, we believe in the potential of government to bring about better outcomes for people. Yet, we have found that the systems, structures, and processes of government today are often not set up to respond to the complex challenges we face as a society. That’s why we have an emerging vision to reimagine government so that it works for everyone.

A global not-for-profit organization founded by the Boston Consulting Group, we act as a learning partner for governments, public servants, and the diverse network of changemakers who are leading the charge to reimagine government. We work with them to hold space to collectively make sense of the complex challenges we face and drive meaningful change through learning and experimentation.

Since its founding in 2017, CPI’s North America team has built a rich portfolio of programs that help governments be more humble, human-centered, equitable, and legitimate. We have supported over 2,000 public servants from 200+ local governments, working in partnership with leading philanthropies and social impact organizations. Our team has grown rapidly over the past few years; now 40+ strong, we are passionate, values-oriented changemakers who bring diverse life and professional experiences.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Vision, Strategy, and Intellectual Leadership
  • Works with the CPI North America team to set the region’s strategic vision, organizational milestones, learning goals, and other measures to drive the overall direction of our work.
  • Ensures the region contributes to CPI’s overarching mission and supports our commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).
  • Collaborates with the Executive Director, CPI Global and Regional Directors, partner organizations, and the CPI North America Board to ensure impact, accountability, and organizational health.
• Partnership Development and Relationship Management

Working with the North America Director of Strategic Partnerships:

• Drives overall business development strategy and pipeline, overseeing CPI North America’s total portfolio of projects, leading new project opportunities, and preparing proposals/responding to RFPs (Request for Proposal) where required.
• Builds a pipeline of potential formal and informal partners by independently cultivating relationships with prospective partners (government, philanthropic, and community-based, among others) and organizations doing values-aligned work.
• Effectively manages relationships with existing partners and funders, ensuring CPI North America delivers on its programmatic commitments at a high standard.
• People Development and Management
  • Cultivates a vibrant culture and team environment where all individuals can thrive and belong.
  • Proactively fosters relationships and is accessible to staff at all organisational levels, including other Regional and Global Directors and the Board of Directors.
  • Takes responsibility for supporting the professional development of CPI North America staff, including providing corrective feedback when necessary.
  • Supports a culture of knowledge-sharing and learning across programs and regions.
• Fundraising and Financial Health
  • Ensures financial sustainability of CPI North America by defining our financial strategy to achieve short- and long-term programmatic goals, balancing diversified funding sources, and achieving financial goals.
  • Maintains financial transparency and works with CPI’s Finance team to ensure accurate financial reporting within CPI North America.
  • Ensures that CPI North America’s overall portfolio of work and funding sources align with our broader CPI financial and strategic goals.
  • As the signatory of the organization, assumes ownership and responsibility for internal controls and legal matters for all contracts, decisions that affect the operations, the monthly and cumulative financial reports presented to Management and Board, annual audited financial statements and all other compliance forms and reports that pertain to US charities.
• Presence and Influence
  • Acts as a spokesperson for CPI North America, communicating passionately about our work’s vision, impact, and learnings on the ground.
  • Produces and/or contributes to public-facing communications (blogs, podcasts, events, social media etc.).
  • Collaborates with our Storytelling and Communications team to tell the story of CPI’s partnerships and learnings in action.

Position Requirements, Skills and Experience:

We’re looking for a seasoned selfless leader who is/has:

• 12+ years of experience, with increasing leadership responsibility, in any or combination of the following areas: social impact, not-for-profit, working with/in government, global development, policy work, and/or community mobilization and organizing.
• Passionate about CPI’s vision for reimagining government, public impact, social innovation, and government legitimacy, particularly at the local level.
• Demonstrated knowledge of systems thinking and/or complexity theory.
• Strong skills in strategic planning, financial management, fundraising, communications, team management, and non-profit operations and regulations.
• Able to drive an overall financial strategy with an emphasis on diversity, sustainability, and organizational growth as needed.
• Deep understanding of systemic oppression and commitment to cultivating a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace, with an aptitude for working effectively across areas of difference.
• Excellent managerial and interpersonal skills with a track record of developing people, building partnerships, and influencing senior-level stakeholders.
• Emotionally intelligent, self-reflective, with a commitment to continuous learning and growth.
• Able to thrive with a diverse portfolio of responsibilities – able to attend to multiple objectives simultaneously.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and the complexity of our work, where anything is possible but not always known in advance.

The salary range for this role is $192,000 – $240,000 annually. At the Centre for Public Impact, we are committed to countering pay inequality and recently completed a global compensation benchmarking process to ensure that we’re paying our staff fairly and well for the roles that they hold and therefore, salaries are non-negotiable.

CPI North America offers comprehensive benefits to its employees including a range of high-quality health, dental, and vision plans for individuals and their families; 401(k) 3% employer contribution without a required employee contribution; $1,500 per year in dedicated professional development funds; generous paid leave and public holidays; life insurance, short term and long term disability insurance, paid parental leave and extended illness leave; and a year-end organization-wide closure.

We are a remote-first workplace and are open to qualified candidates anywhere in the contiguous United States. CPI anticipates this position will require approximately 20-30% domestic/international travel with the potential for increased travel during their initial year.

CPI is deeply invested in creating an experience of equity, inclusion, and belonging for everyone on our staff. We actively seek to recruit, develop, and retain a team of talented staff that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes candidates that have previously found it hard to be considered for other positions on the basis of their qualifications, disabilities, personal background or life events. If you would like to apply for the position but see a barrier to joining us, please do apply and we will work with you to find a solution. You can also read our full Diversity Equity and Inclusion Policy here.

CPI is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, caste, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.