Vice President & Federal Practice Lead

Results For America•Columbia, WA

12d•$203,056 - $267,740•Remote

About The Position

Results for America (RFA) is a national nonprofit that helps policymakers use evidence and data to inform policy and funding decisions. The Vice President & Federal Practice Lead is accountable for helping RFA achieve its federal strategic goals: shifting government dollars toward what works, replicating effective solutions, and building evidence and data capacity to improve federal decision-making. This full-time, exempt position is home-office based anywhere in the United States, with the Eastern seaboard preferred. Travel of up to 30% annually is required for funder meetings, conferences, and external convenings. The role leads the Federal Practice, overseeing technical assistance to Executive Branch and Congressional leaders on budgets, grantmaking, and legislative policy. It advances progress toward federal goals, coordinates aligned service delivery with state and local practice teams, promotes collaboration across RFA, and represents the organization to external stakeholders. The position also shares responsibility for strategic communications and fundraising, including setting multi-year goals, cultivating funders, and contributing to proposals and reports. As a team and organizational leader, the Vice President oversees the Federal Practice team’s goals, performance management, quality improvement, reporting, annual budget, grant budgets, and deliverables. The role builds a strong team culture, supports staff growth, and champions RFA’s organizational values, racial justice commitments, and inclusive culture. The position reports to the SVP and Chief Program Officer within the Government as Client Unit.

Requirements

15 or more years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor’s degree.
At least 6 years of work experience as an employee within the federal government and/or other levels of government.
At least 8 years of experience directly supervising multiple full-time staff.
Thorough understanding of federal government funding levers, including how outcomes and evidence are prioritized in federal budgeting, grantmaking, and/or procurement systems.
Prior experience cultivating funders and achieving fundraising targets.
Experience overseeing an entire department or program, including budget accountability and leading multilevel teams to successful outcomes.
Track record of setting and achieving ambitious organization-wide goals on a designated budget, and leading others to achieve them.
Strategic thinking and demonstrated use of data and research to drive decisions at programmatic, functional, and organizational levels.
Ability to communicate effectively with varied stakeholders and external audiences, including funders, executive leaders, and media.
Demonstrated ability to motivate, influence, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Adaptive, solutions-driven leadership and ability to identify needs and lead solutions in high-ambiguity situations.
Commitment to Results for America’s mission, vision, and organizational values.
Familiarity with Google Suite, Slack, Salesforce, Asana, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.

Nice To Haves

Professional experience in federal policymaking, budgeting, grantmaking, or procurement within a federal agency or Congressional Committee/Office.
Senior-level responsibility for federal policy.
Eastern seaboard location preference.

Responsibilities

Develop, oversee, and be accountable for effective delivery and impact of technical assistance to federal leaders on shifting government dollars toward effective programs, including budget, grantmaking, and legislative policy.
Lead the Federal Practice team’s progress toward goals to shift federal dollars to what works, replicate effective solutions, and build evidence and data capacity; track and report progress.
Coordinate with state and local practice leads to provide aligned service delivery across levels of government.
Lead and influence internal and external stakeholders in setting, scaling, and innovating programs aligned with RFA’s goals.
Promote cross-unit and enterprise-wide collaboration and planning in support of RFA’s strategic plan and financial sustainability targets.
Represent RFA in meetings with senior stakeholders from national and regional organizations, governments, and partner organizations.
Identify communications opportunities to broaden RFA’s influence, credibility, and reach as a public-sector expert and national leader.
Set and own explicit multi-year fundraising goals and targets in collaboration with senior leadership and the Development team.
Identify new funders and cultivate existing funder relationships.
Participate in funder meetings, external events, and related activities to build RFA’s visibility.
Help generate and finalize funder proposals and reports.
Oversee the Federal Practice team and ensure it achieves annual goals in alignment with RFA’s strategic plan.
Ensure the team conducts routine performance management and continuous quality improvement and meets internal and external reporting deadlines, using Salesforce.
Develop and oversee the Federal Practice team’s annual budget and grant budget management, including monthly P&L reviews, variance analysis, and mid-year reforecast decisions.
Ensure the Federal Practice team meets grant reporting milestones and required deliverables throughout the year.
Build a strong team culture and model effective people management and staff growth oversight.
Serve as an enterprise leader, championing diverse teams and modeling RFA’s organizational values, racial justice commitments, and inclusive culture.