Vice President of Mission Innovation

Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida•Lake Worth, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Mission Innovation leads the Council's efforts to identify, develop, test, and scale new approaches that advance the Girl Scout mission, expand participation, and strengthen long-term organizational sustainability. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Vice President helps shape Council-wide strategy, supports organizational priorities, and brings a broad, enterprise-level perspective to decisions that advance GSSEF's mission. As our Vice President of Mission Innovation, you will translate strategic challenges and emerging opportunities into new concepts, pilots, partnerships, and business models. The role applies a disciplined approach to innovation, using community and market insights, organizational data, experimentation, and financial analysis to determine which ideas should be tested, refined, scaled, integrated, or discontinued. Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, you will build the pathway from idea to sustainable execution, establishing the business case and measures of success for promising concepts and working with functional leaders to transition successful innovations into organizational ownership. The role ensures innovation remains grounded in the Girl Scout model, while generating measurable mission, membership, and financial impact. The Vice President of Mission Innovation will champion change and evolution across the council, exploring opportunities across membership, girl experience, volunteerism, product programs, community programs, properties and outdoor experiences, technology and digital experience, partnerships, and mission-based revenue models. You will work collaboratively with Mission Design, Mission Delivery, Membership, Advancement, and other functions to develop pilots, evaluate results, and transition proven concepts into clear implementation plans, organizational ownership, and scalable delivery. You will use partnerships as a strategic accelerator for innovation and growth, leveraging existing relationships and developing new ones with organizations that provide capabilities, audiences, expertise, resources, or reach the Council cannot or should not build alone. In doing so, you will develop strategic relationships with schools, community organizations, businesses, funders, municipalities, and other partners to expand reach, access new audiences and resources, and create opportunities for innovative mission delivery. Being a member of Senior Leadership, you will develop and manage budgets for assigned programs and initiatives and ensures resources are deployed effectively in support of Council priorities. The VP will evaluate the financial sustainability and potential return on investment of new and existing initiatives and develops data-informed recommendations regarding continued investment, expansion, modification, integration, or discontinuation.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of strategy development, program innovation, business planning, and organizational leadership.
Thorough understanding of the communities within the Council's service territory, particularly Palm Beach, Broward, and Martin counties, including local demographics, community needs, existing youth programs, and potential partnership opportunities.
Strong understanding of partnership development and the ability to build productive relationships across schools, businesses, nonprofit organizations, funders, and community stakeholders.
Ability to leverage knowledge of the Council's service territory alongside market trends, participant interests, and organizational data to identify opportunities for growth and innovation.
Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to evaluate budgets, revenue opportunities, resource requirements, and financial sustainability.
Ability to develop, pilot, evaluate, refine, and scale new initiatives; strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to make data-informed recommendations.
Ability to balance creative thinking with disciplined execution, measurement, and accountability. Translates ideas into action.
Excellent leadership and people-management skills, including coaching, delegation, performance management, and team development.
Strong project and change-management skills with the ability to lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and make sound decisions when a clear precedent or established process does not exist.
High degree of initiative, curiosity, creativity, and willingness to continually learn and explore new approaches.
Proficiency with technology and the ability to leverage digital tools, data, and emerging technologies to support program innovation and organizational effectiveness.
Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience, including experience leading programs, initiatives, and teams.
Demonstrated experience developing, launching, or significantly expanding new programs, services, partnerships, or initiatives.
Minimum of four (4) years of leadership and supervisory experience required.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Business, Nonprofit Management, Education, Organizational Leadership, or a related field preferred; graduate degree preferred.
Experience in youth development, community programming, education, nonprofit organizations, or another mission-driven environment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify, develop, test, and scale new approaches that advance the Girl Scout mission, expand participation, and strengthen long-term organizational sustainability.
Translate strategic challenges and emerging opportunities into new concepts, pilots, partnerships, and business models.
Apply a disciplined approach to innovation, using community and market insights, organizational data, experimentation, and financial analysis to determine which ideas should be tested, refined, scaled, integrated, or discontinued.
Build the pathway from idea to sustainable execution, establishing the business case and measures of success for promising concepts.
Work with functional leaders to transition successful innovations into organizational ownership.
Ensure innovation remains grounded in the Girl Scout model, while generating measurable mission, membership, and financial impact.
Champion change and evolution across the council, exploring opportunities across membership, girl experience, volunteerism, product programs, community programs, properties and outdoor experiences, technology and digital experience, partnerships, and mission-based revenue models.
Develop pilots, evaluate results, and transition proven concepts into clear implementation plans, organizational ownership, and scalable delivery.
Use partnerships as a strategic accelerator for innovation and growth, leveraging existing relationships and developing new ones.
Develop strategic relationships with schools, community organizations, businesses, funders, municipalities, and other partners to expand reach, access new audiences and resources, and create opportunities for innovative mission delivery.
Develop and manage budgets for assigned programs and initiatives.
Ensure resources are deployed effectively in support of Council priorities.
Evaluate the financial sustainability and potential return on investment of new and existing initiatives.
Develop data-informed recommendations regarding continued investment, expansion, modification, integration, or discontinuation.