Managing Director - Mental Health and Well-Being

AMB Group, LLC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (AMBFF) is seeking a Managing Director for Mental Health and Well-Being to play a central role in the Foundation’s grantmaking and on the Foundation’s senior leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead an important program and a newly approved strategy focused on supporting flourishing mental health and well-being for young people aged 0-18. The leader will deepen the Foundation’s learning and impact agenda, working closely with the Founder and family members passionate about this field to execute a strategy for meaningful and enduring change. The role involves leading a small program team, overseeing diligence, execution, and evaluation of the Mental Health and Well-Being portfolio. The position is based in Atlanta, with work spanning nationally. The Managing Director reports to the President of AMBFF and has a dotted line report to the Managing Director, Effective Philanthropy and Learning (EPAL). The role requires a leader in philanthropic practice with a service mindset, diplomacy, and the ability to act as a thought partner during critical moments of change, enhancing efforts through partnerships with key stakeholders, including the Blank Family of Businesses (BFOB).

Requirements

Experience working on issues of mental health and well-being, especially with youth.
Strategic, creative, and entrepreneurial leadership.
Ability to position philanthropic work as a powerful and innovative model for social good.
Strong and effective people leadership skills.
Ability to attract and retain great talent by building a positive, trusting, and inclusive team culture.
Ability to mentor, support, encourage, guide, and inspire staff.
Nurturing a culture of accountability to impact.
Lifelong learner with a growth mindset.
Ability to integrate the best ideas no matter the source.
Collaborative, positive, and able to navigate ambiguity and change.
Adept at building collegial relationships.
Ability to respond to issues with clarity and diplomacy.
Credibility and leadership ability to represent all areas of activity within their portfolio.
Ability to contribute to alignment between brand, values, and community goals.
Experience leveraging networks to achieve results.
Fostering strategic partnerships with key leaders from the community, government, private sector, and philanthropy.
Excellent writing and communication skills.
Unquestionable personal and professional integrity.
Genuine commitment to the Blank family values.
Confidence and grounding to be a good listener.
Ability to give and receive feedback graciously and candidly.
Ability to operate with high integrity and transparency.
Experience in assessing and managing risks.
Agility.
Down-to-earth approach with an inclusive style.
Ability to communicate effectively and authentically with a diverse array of people.

Responsibilities

Lead the continued strategy development and execution for mental health and well-being goals, drawing on evidence, powerful ideas, and input from diverse stakeholders.
Utilize philanthropy levers such as grants, collaboration, convening, innovative financing, and communications for innovation, scaling effective practices, and enduring change.
Harness the power of BFOB business operations, properties, and brands to exemplify and elevate mental health and well-being goals externally for grantees and internally for associates.
Understand and monitor grant budgets, ensuring compliance with foundation practices and protocols, including programmatic and financial due diligence.
Lead a programmatic team of strong and skilled staff in a culture of inclusion and purpose that drives relationships, respect, and results.
Oversee all core activities, programs, grantmaking, and other investing, fully leveraging BFOB assets.
Work with the foundation’s Effective Philanthropy team to develop and execute evaluation frameworks and progress tracking for the strategy.
Share lessons and engage AMBFF leadership and the Board in strategic conversations about adapting strategies over time.
Serve as an effective spokesperson for AMBFF’s vision and act as an engaged and responsive partner to community members, practitioners, field leaders, researchers, partners, and peers.
Identify areas of strategic partnership and align and champion opportunities for engagement with other philanthropic, nonprofit, business, and government entities.
Help build bridges across political and economic divides regarding mental health and well-being issues.
Contribute to shaping the foundation’s future as a key member of the leadership team, working in concert with the President, other Managing Directors, and finance and operations leads.
Look for opportunities to cross-fertilize efforts with other foundation strategies.