Director, Execution Excellence
About The Position
By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network? Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good! WHY CHOOSE US? Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JOB: Develop enterprise execution capabilities across a portfolio of initiatives, products, and programs. Evolve execution capabilities across the organization by establishing governance, standards, coaching, talent development, and continuous improvement practices that support current-state delivery needs while advancing the organization's Agile transformation journey. Employ a delivery-agnostic, outcomes-focused approach, championing Lean-Agile principles while leveraging the most effective execution methods, practices, and governance models to achieve business objectives. Build organizational capability, develop execution talent, lead communities of practice, and partner with business and technology leaders to continuously improve how work is planned, prioritized, governed, and delivered. The work location for this exciting opportunity is virtual. The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States but must work an east coast schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
- 5+ years of people leadership experience.
- Current SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification required.
- Up to 15% domestic travel required.
- Deep expertise in SAFe principles, Lean-Agile leadership, value stream thinking, and organizational change management.
- Strong coaching, facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to balance governance, agility, and execution discipline.
- Delivery-agnostic mindset, experience working in transformation environments from waterfall to agile required.
- Ability to work on a team.
- Qualified candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. The American Red Cross does not sponsor employment visas.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in nonprofit, humanitarian, or mission-driven organizations.
- Ability to clearly articulate hands-on involvement in prior work.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Scrum Masters, and other execution-focused professionals, including performance management, coaching, succession planning, and capability development.
- Lead and sustain enterprise Agile transformation efforts utilizing SAFe principles and practices, partnering with business and technology leaders to advance organizational agility and execution maturity.
- Establish, implement, and continuously improve execution governance, standards, operating rhythms, metrics, and best practices across Agile, traditional, and hybrid delivery environments.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders, teams, and stakeholders, promoting effective execution practices, organizational agility, continuous improvement, and value delivery.
- Build, lead, and mature Communities of Practice that develop execution capabilities, promote knowledge sharing, and drive consistency across execution disciplines.
- Foster a delivery-agnostic approach to execution by helping teams and leaders apply Agile, predictive, hybrid, or flow-based practices as appropriate to achieve business outcomes.
- Partner with senior leaders to identify organizational impediments, improve execution effectiveness, increase transparency into risks and dependencies, and continuously enhance delivery performance across supported portfolios.
- Establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections and work units.
- Interpret company-wide policies and procedures.
- Develop budgets, schedules, and performance standards.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with up to 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
