Sr. Manager, Social Impact

Tapestry•New York, NY

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Social Impact leads the strategy, execution, and operational management of Kate Spade New York’s global social impact platform. The role focuses on advancing women’s mental health and delivering measurable progress toward providing 250,000 women and girls with access to mental health resources by 2030. It oversees global nonprofit partnerships, consumer-facing social impact initiatives, and the Annual Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, while ensuring effective measurement, communications, governance, financial stewardship, and cross-functional collaboration across Kate Spade New York and Tapestry. The position leads the global social impact partnership portfolio, including partner RFPs, reporting, communications, internal approvals, and quarterly impact measurement. It serves as Secretary for the Advisory Council for the Global Fund for Women’s Mental Health and represents the brand at partner and sector events. Travel to partner sites is expected 1–2 times per quarter, with domestic and international travel required. The role also leads consumer-facing social impact marketing and communications in partnership with internal teams and agencies, manages the Annual Brand Social Impact Report, and supports the Annual Tapestry CSR Report. It leads planning and operations for the Annual Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, including vendor and stakeholder coordination and oversight of the summit budget. Additionally, it acts as the brand lead for social impact matters with Tapestry Legal, coordinates commercial co-venture paperwork, and leads internal audits.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in social impact, foundation operations, nonprofit management, or corporate philanthropy.
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 with 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 and the ability to work across all organizational levels.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the gender equality or youth mental health sectors is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead global strategy across the brand’s social impact partnerships toward the goal of providing 250,000 women and girls with access to mental health resources by 2030.
Manage RFPs, reporting, and communications for nonprofit partners, collaborating with internal and external partners.
Present nonprofit partnerships for approval to relevant boards and internal leadership teams.
Lead internal systems for quarterly tracking of impact targets.
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 funding is invested; travel is expected 1–2 times per quarter.
Represent the brand’s social impact work at partner and sector events.
Lead execution of consumer-facing social impact marketing, PR, digital, email, and store-operations activations.
Partner with internal teams, agencies, and stakeholders to define consumer-facing social impact 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, serving as the main brand contact for vendors, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
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.
Serve as team lead on internal audits.