Sr. Manager, Social Impact

kate spade new york•New York, NY

5d•$105,000 - $125,000

About The Position

Lead the strategy, execution, and operational management of Kate Spade New York’s global social impact platform, focusing on advancing women’s mental health and delivering measurable impact toward the goal of providing 250,000 women and girls access to mental health resources by 2030. The role drives global nonprofit partnerships, consumer-facing social impact initiatives, and the Annual Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, while ensuring measurement, communications, governance, financial stewardship, and cross-functional collaboration across Kate Spade New York and Tapestry. The role leads the global social impact partnership portfolio, including partner RFPs, reporting, communications, approvals, impact measurement, and engagement with the Advisory Council for the Global Fund for Women’s Mental Health. It also represents the brand at partner and sector events and includes travel to partner sites, expected 1–2 times per quarter. The Sr. Manager serves as the social impact lead for consumer-facing marketing, PR, digital, email, and store activations; project manages the Annual Brand Social Impact Report; and supports Tapestry’s Annual CSR Report. The position also leads planning, operations, vendor and stakeholder coordination, and budget oversight for the Annual Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health. In partnership with Legal, Finance, and Audit teams, the role oversees social impact contracts and events, commercial co-venture paperwork, and internal audits.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in social impact, foundation operations, nonprofit management, or corporate philanthropy.
Completion of an undergraduate university degree.
Deep experience managing global nonprofit partnerships.
Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder processes and events across functions and geographies.
Strong operational and project management skills and exceptional attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate data into insights and actions.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work across all levels of the organization.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the gender equality or youth mental health sectors.

Responsibilities

Lead the global brand social impact strategy and partnership portfolio toward providing 250,000 women and girls with access to mental health resources by 2030.
Manage RFPs, reporting, and communications for nonprofit partners in collaboration with internal and external partners.
Present nonprofit partnerships for approval to relevant boards and internal leadership teams.
Lead internal measurement systems and track impact targets quarterly.
Serve as Secretary for the Advisory Council for the Global Fund for Women’s Mental Health and work with council members to advance the brand’s social impact mission.
Travel to social impact partner sites where funds are invested; travel is expected 1–2 times per quarter.
Represent the brand’s social impact work at partner and sector events.
Lead social impact execution for consumer-facing marketing, PR, digital, email, and store operations activations.
Partner with internal teams, agencies, and stakeholders to define consumer-facing strategies.
Project manage the Annual Brand Social Impact Report and support internal teams with the Annual Tapestry CSR Report.
Lead operations for the Annual Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health.
Serve as the main brand contact for summit vendors, consultants, and internal stakeholder partners.
Oversee the annual budget for the Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health.
Serve as the brand lead for the Tapestry Legal Team on social impact contracts and events.
Lead commercial co-venture paperwork and coordinate cross-functional partners at Kate Spade New York and Tapestry.
Lead internal audits.