Director, Strategic Portfolio

Yoga Alliance • Arlington, VT

1d • $100,000 - $120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Yoga Alliance is seeking a Director, Strategic Portfolio to join their team. This role leads the prioritization and coordination of Yoga Alliance's strategic portfolio of initiatives, projects, and work plans. The Director assesses, coordinates, troubleshoots, and problem-solves, while advancing communication between organizational strategy and day-to-day execution. This includes guiding cross-functional project teams, supporting the optimization of resource allocations across competing priorities, and ensuring accountability for deliverables and outcomes. The primary goal is to build and maintain alignment and cohesion across the organization by supporting and leading strategic portfolio work, addressing roadblocks, preserving the strategic roadmap, and partnering with operations and people teams to ensure organizational capacity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, or a related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic planning, project management, or a related role
• 5+ years experience in complex project management in a growing, fast paced organization with diverse stakeholders, tight deadlines, and multiple priorities
• 5+ years experience designing, building, and successfully implementing learning resources, toolkits, organizational playbooks, or standard operating procedures with proven success in user adoption
• 5+ years experience facilitating individual and group discussions
• 5+ years experience in thought partnership
• Deep analytical and critical thinking skills
• Proficient experience with various data analysis tools and platforms (e.g. Google Analytics, Tableau, Microsoft Excel)
• Technology skills: Microsoft Office Suite, CRM (e.g. Salesforce for Nonprofits), project management platform (e.g. Monday.com), LMSs (e.g. Absorb, LearnUpon), LLMs (e.g. Gemini, Claude), Canva.
• Ability to utilize data and metrics to communicate needs with the ease of a business unit owner.
• Entrepreneurial, with high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity, and an ability to navigate problem solving in an efficient and collaborative manner.
• Strength in collaboration: Builds strong relationships across teams; creates conditions for cross-functional teamwork and trust.
• Strength in communication: Communicates clearly and professionally across levels; provides insight and context that builds understanding.
• Strength in judgment and confidentiality: Exercises discretion and sound decision-making; operates with integrity and diplomacy.
• Strength in operational execution: Designs systems that support clarity, accountability, and follow-through across multiple teams and priorities.
• Strength in project and change management: Leads teams through complex, evolving projects with care, consistency, and attention to outcomes.
• Strength in strategic and systems thinking: Connects operational details to broader goals; identifies leverage points to improve performance or outcomes.
• Demonstrated commitment to and experience advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging in workplace or community settings.
• Curious and proactively scans the horizon to stay abreast of technology, creative approaches, and novel ideas to experiment, test, and apply.
• Ability to travel as needed to Yoga Alliance's Arlington, VA office to participate in organizational meetings, trainings and retreats.

Nice To Haves

• A master's degree or MBA
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) certification
• Certification or formal training in facilitation, instructional design, organizational development, or change management (e.g., PROSCI, ATD, IAF, Certified Professional Facilitator)
• Familiarity with the industry and market trends relevant to the organization's mission and goals
• Commitment to and interest in advancing yoga and social impact through own yoga practice, work experience or volunteer activities

Responsibilities

• Ensure comprehensive visibility across all active work plans, tracking progress, interdependencies, risks, and resource utilization.
• Identify and resolve resource conflicts, bottlenecks, and capacity constraints across the portfolio.
• Partner with project owners and department leads to ensure work plans include clear objectives, timelines, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Lead meeting facilitation of portfolio review sessions to assess project health, resource allocation, and strategic alignment.
• Monitor project progress, draft and distribute periodic progress reports for leadership and stakeholders; proactively flag concerns with viable solutions.
• Develop and ensure user adoption of a clear set of criteria for evaluating, prioritizing, and balancing initiatives across the portfolio to ensure alignment with Yoga Alliance's strategic plan; continually assess and iterate as needs evolve.
• Serve as the central point of coordination for cross-departmental initiatives and dependencies as it relates to the strategic portfolio.
• Proactively initiate and follow through on communication and collaboration among project teams to optimize synergies, minimize duplication, and ensure clarity of expectations and roles.
• Build strong working relationships with staff to understand needs and challenges.
• Set clear expectations and provide regular feedback and coaching to build collaboration and high trust relationships.
• Lead the design and maintenance of portfolio dashboards and reporting systems that provide real-time visibility into portfolio health using data analysis tools and platforms.
• Identify, establish, and analyze key performance indicators for overall portfolio performance and prepare executive-level reports and presentations on portfolio status, risks, and recommendations.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to inform strategic planning cycles and annual work plan development.
• Identify gaps between strategic commitments and current portfolio composition.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and inform continuous improvement.
• Support scenario planning and capacity modeling for future work.
• Design and facilitate training sessions on portfolio management methodologies, project management best practices, and strategic planning tools for staff across all levels.
• Support workshops and learning sessions that build staff capability in portfolio thinking, data-informed prioritization, and cross-functional execution of strategic initiatives.
• Develop toolkits, templates, and resources that enable teams to effectively plan, track, and report on strategic initiatives.
• Coach and mentor project leads and team members to strengthen their project management capabilities.
• Lead change management efforts associated with new portfolio processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Design, build, and maintain organizational project portfolio playbooks and learning resources that document best practices and standard project portfolio procedures.
• Support Head of Strategy with Board of Directors meetings materials preparation and review.
• Work on projects and other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plan offerings that are 100% employer paid for employees and 65% paid for dependents
• Matching 401(k) plan
• Generous paid-leave program including parental leave and sabbatical leave
• Reimbursement for professional development opportunities
• Casual dress code

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director