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The Managing Director is the CEO’s primary partner and the connective tissue of the organization—ensuring GoodPower operates with clarity, cohesion, and disciplined execution. Acting as an extension of the CEO, this leader drives alignment across teams, strengthens internal systems, and ensures that GoodPower’s priorities translate into measurable impact.
Job Responsibility:
Serve as the CEO’s right hand—supporting planning, decision-making, and organizational priority-setting
Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO, offering strong judgment, insight, and strategic clarity
Represent the CEO in meetings and decision-making settings when requested, ensuring continuity of leadership and expectations
Work with the Executive Assistant to the CEO to manage the CEO’s bandwidth by ensuring follow-through, clarity of priorities, and proactive problem-solving
Ensure cross-departmental alignment to keep teams coordinated, informed, and moving in the same direction
Translate goals into clear work plans, timelines, and organizational rhythms that keep leaders accountable
Surface organizational bottlenecks or conflicts early and develop solutions that keep teams aligned and supported
Drive internal communication systems that foster transparency, collaboration, and shared understanding
Be the ultimate stop-gap for programmatic and operational success
Identify operational challenges and design systems that help GoodPower operate more effectively and scale sustainably
Maintain high-level visibility into program performance, KPIs, and cross-team deliverables
support leaders in using data for decision-making
Partner closely with Operations, HR, and Finance to ensure program and organizational needs are supported with efficiency and compliance
Support coaching of senior program directors, helping them operate with clarity, strategic alignment, and strong execution
Build strong relationships across the organization
serve as a trusted connector who can hold people accountable while fostering respect and collaboration
Champion a culture grounded in communication, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous improvement
Model transparency, diplomacy, calm leadership, and discretion — especially in sensitive organizational conversations
Support the CEO in preparing and communicating materials for board meetings, funder briefings, investor conversations, external communications channels and high-stakes moments
Ensure seamless information flow to the CEO and executive team so decisions are grounded in clarity and context
Draft, review, or refine communications, executive updates, and organizational narratives as needed
Requirements:
5+ years as a Deputy Director, Chief of Staff, Managing Director or CEO for a fast-paced organization spanning operations, program management, and executive support functions
Demonstrated success as a right-hand to a CEO, Executive Director, or C-suite leader
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills—including the ability to build trust, deliver clear messaging, navigate sensitive dynamics, and influence without authority
Proven track record in organizational alignment, effective execution and managing cross-functional priorities in fast-moving environments
Strong systems thinker with experience designing and improving operational processes at scale
High emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and discretion
excels at managing relationships across levels and functions
Highly proficient in modern collaboration and project management tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Jira or Monday.com, Salesforce), and comfortable with data-driven decision-making
Nice to have:
Experience leading or supporting distributed, remote teams is a plus
Thoughtful, steady, proactive, and grounded—able to bring clarity and confidence to ambiguity
What we offer:
Medical
Dental
Vision
403b retirement savings plan
Vacation
Sabbatical
Paid Parental Leave
2 Floating Holidays
2 Community Service Floating Holidays
sick time
two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week)