Vote Rev: Executive Director
About The Position
Vote Rev and Vote Rev Action Fund (VRAF) are the design engine for voter engagement innovations. They have cracked a hard problem: how to design and scale voter contact tactics that actually work in the real world. They’ve proven this repeatedly through randomized trials, live campaigns, and large-scale deployments. Their tactics increase turnout, reach voters others miss, and do so cost-effectively. Their first generation of tactics focus on relational organizing, and in 2024, VRAF worked with partner organizations like the League of Conservation Voters and Planned Parenthood to run the largest-ever in-person relational program, producing over five million friend-to-friend contacts across seven key states. Much of their impact has been made by running their own programs with these tactics, often with partners. Additional impact has been made by other organizations adopting the tactics, but not nearly as much as Vote Rev and Vote Rev Action Fund believe is possible. The next chapter for Vote Rev and Vote Rev Action Fund is not just about inventing better ideas. It’s about getting good ideas used reliably, correctly, and at scale by organizations that didn’t invent them and potentially raising funds to run these programs internally as well. That’s the job. They are looking for an Executive Director who is excited by that challenge: someone who knows how hard it is to change behavior across institutions, and who wants to build the systems, incentives, partnerships, and narratives that make it happen.
Requirements
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing people, budgets, and organizational priorities.
- A track record of building, scaling, or significantly advancing an initiative, organization, or program.
- Strong judgment and decisiveness, with the ability to make and stand behind difficult decisions.
- Experience fundraising or revenue-generating in a mission-driven or political environment, especially with High Net Worth Individuals.
- Working knowledge of the progressive political, civic engagement, or advocacy ecosystem.
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to diverse audiences, including funders and partners.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with progressive political campaigns, independent expenditures, PACs, and/or nonprofit civic engagement or voter contact organizations.
- Experience working at the intersection of research, data, technology, and practice.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and adapting strategy based on learning and results.
- Experience collaborating with or leading highly trained, analytically oriented teams.
Responsibilities
- Drive Adoption and Real-World Use
- Figure out why campaigns and nonprofits don’t adopt good tactics and then fix it
- Design strategies that make uptake easy, attractive, and durable
- Build partnerships that lead to sustained use, not one-off pilots
- Translate research findings into clear, usable guidance
- Ensure Financial and Organizational Health
- Lead fundraising (historically from sophisticated advisors to UHNW funders)
- Communicate impact clearly to funders
- Oversee budgeting, operations, and compliance
- Ensure the organizations are built to last
- Set Strategy and Direction
- Define where Vote Rev and Vote Rev Action Fund can have the highest leverage
- Decide what not to do
- Balance experimentation with focus
- Ensure work aligns with real-world political timelines
- Lead External Engagement
- Represent the organizations to funders, partners, and field leaders
- Build credibility as a practical, results-oriented voice
- Position Vote Rev and Vote Rev Action Fund as a go-to resource for relational voter engagement
- Build High-Functioning Organizations
- Lead and support a highly capable, analytically minded team
- Provide clarity, prioritization, and accountability
- Strengthen systems so insights turn into action
- Navigate the founder transition with confidence and steadiness
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a generous PPO option at no cost to the employee
- Generous paid family medical and parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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