Program Manager

About Purpose

Purpose builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world. We use public mobilization and storytelling to help leading organizations, activists, businesses, and philanthropies engaged in this fight, and we create campaigning labs and new initiatives that can shift policies and change public narratives when it matters most.

About Purpose Labs

Purpose Labs address the gaps in the public mobilization ecosystem. Across sectors we work in deep collaboration with an extensive network of likely and unlikely partners to experiment in real-time to discover and amplify the best new approaches to public mobilization on major issues like climate change, global poverty and voting rights.

Our Labs have produced breakthrough public engagement campaigns, new messaging approaches and unexpected coalitions – winning policy victories, reaching vital new audiences, and producing measurable shifts in public opinion.

Join the team that made all this work!

About the Role

We are looking for a Program Manager to join the Purpose team, based in our office in New York.

The Program Manager will work on a new Lab, which is focused on supporting initiatives that combat widespread, harmful and inaccurate assumptions about poverty, deservingness, income, and wealth gaps. The Lab works by providing strategy, campaign and creative support to innovative individuals and organizations that are elevating diverse voices and broadening the national conversation about poverty and economic mobility. Purpose are excited to find a candidate with demonstrated experience in this subject area, and in applying an equity lens to this important work.

This is a multifaceted role – requiring strong relationship management, system design and organizational skills, all in a fast paced work environment. The Program Manager will be a central position on the team, managing relationships with key organizational partners, coordinating the team to deliver in line with multiple deadlines and playing an important role in tracking our impact.

Responsibilities:

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  Cohort Management:
• Project Management:
• Building and managing relationships with partner individuals and organizations
• Developing systems for efficient communication and feedback between centralized Lab team and partner organizations
• Create and maintain detailed timelines / work plans for all project deliverables and key milestones; hold delivery teams (i.e. strategy, campaigns, creative, freelancers, vendors) accountable to project plans.
• Work with operational teams at Purpose to ensure the Lab is supported by and capitalizing on the resources and expertise in-house.
• Track project budget finances and staff hours consistently and accurately based on time management system (10,000FT) within project budget tracker spreadsheets.
• Identify stakeholders and attendees for crucial recurring and ad-hoc discussions; capture key decisions and escalate communications (as needed) between Client and Purpose teams to align on expectations, roles, goals, and solutions for roadblocks.
• Support the Project Lead in preparing project kickoffs, weekly client check-ins, and pause and reflect sessions to identify and capture recommendations for future execution.

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  Account Management

• Manage day to day relationship with key funder stakeholders
• Coordinate team to develop funder facing reporting materials
• Coordinate team to participate in sophisticated impact measurement practices

About You

• At least 6 years of experience in project management or organizing
• A keen eye for detail and meticulous organization skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in or experience working on the issue of poverty in the US, and a demonstrated ability to apply an intersectional lens to this work
• Proactiveness and proven problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with Google Suite
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor and work under pressure in a fast paced organization
• You are excited to support global teams and work with people from diverse backgrounds
• You are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment
• Eligible to work in the US

If these are the things that get you up in the morning, we want to hear from you! Please submit your resume and a cover letter that gives us insight into your passion and qualifications for the role.

Purpose takes on some of the biggest challenges in the world, which affect people of different identities and backgrounds in different ways. We believe we are stronger and most effective with a diverse team leading the charge. People of color, women, LGBTQ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.