VP, Program

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2026, 11:00 pm EST

FAQs: https://leadingedge.app.box.com/s/vw6nd6lpyrn75fuspghyiizvuprbaolp

SALARY: $145,000 – $155,000 

START DATE: September 1, 2026

LOCATION: Remote (U.S. only). Position Supervisor in DC. Travel is required approximately 5x a year.

About Leading Edge

Leading Edge strengthens the Jewish nonprofit field to help it better serve both the Jewish community and the broader world. We envision a thriving Jewish communal ecosystem where talented and engaged people are empowered to drive meaningful change. By mobilizing Jewish nonprofits to become organizations where great people deliver great impact, Leading Edge helps build a more vibrant, effective, and inspiring Jewish sector.

Position Summary

Leading Edge is seeking a highly strategic operator to serve as the connective tissue across our Programs team, focusing primarily on Program Integration.  This role will ensure that our programs, people, and processes get built clearly and are aligned, streamlined, and scalable as we endeavor to mobilize the field and drive talent and culture change across Jewish organizations. In doing so, our program team focuses on learning experiences that drive influence and mobilization and asks: What experiences will help participants learn, grow, and implement change?

This individual will act as both a programmer and an “air traffic controller” across programs and across the organization—bringing clarity to complexity, building repeatable systems, and enabling our team to operate more efficiently and effectively. They will play a critical role in strengthening how our programs function as a cohesive ecosystem, particularly as we deepen our use of survey data, expand and refine program offerings (both our own and amplifying others’) and activate new infrastructure necessary for implementation, like our learning management system and our approach to adult learning. 

Core Responsibilities

Team Leadership

• Model core values and ways of working, bringing a focus on outcomes paired with an openness and flexibility to evolving how we work
• Invest in the growth and development of any direct reports and the broader team, translating People and Culture policies into practice
• Represent Program in various spaces as needed - both internally (e.g. JPro conference planning, task forces) and externally (programs, external conferences, with funders, etc)
• When appropriate and aligned to strengths and needs, directly hold effective delivery of programmatic offerings

Design and Implement Key Infrastructure for Programmatic Field Mobilization

• Lead activation of our learning management system as a delivery platform, learning from our pilot offerings of the Board Leadership Accelerator and considering appropriate use cases, license needs, etc.
• Further develop and execute on our vision for vetting content across the field and how it will live on our platforms
• Build on our vision of excellence for adult learning and articulate the Leading Edge bar for how we will approach for content design, organization, and delivery, both for our own offerings and those from external providers
• Ensure consistency and quality across participant experience, regardless of the modality

Standards of Excellence Integration

• Conduct a thorough landscape analysis to a) ensure programs reflect and reinforce Leading Edge’s best thinking and research on talent and culture (our Standards of Excellence) and b) Identify opportunities to better embed this learning into existing and new offerings
• Create visibility into and ensure programs represents the user experience as we design new organizational systems and content (e.g. website)
• Directly supervise a contract hire for our Constructive Dialogue Institute partnership - determine how we can amplify this standard, learn from the CDI offering and explore other potential ways we can scale our standards adoption
• Co-create with the Chief Program Officer, VP, Program and Chief Impact Officer our programmatic “menu of offerings” for our network (e.g. umbrellas, regional communities) to engage with to drive talent and culture change

Team Operations and Coordination across Leading Edge

• In partnership with CPO and VP, design and manage the Programs team’s operating rhythm (meetings, in-person convening time, etc)
• Support cross-team communication and alignment, including leveraging our program associate thoughtfully and efficiently
• Codify and aim to simplify repeatable processes that exist across programs (i.e. cohort program registration)
• Stand up standard operating procedures for key collaborative work with our Outreach and Engagement team, including but not limited to the user experience from program prospect to applicant to participant and what effective hand-offs look like
• Inform and help design future evaluation approach to determine measures of success for programs and build in a rigorous and consistent reflection process to build on wins and learn from offerings

Core ways of operating: Leadership Competencies

This role requires a leader who can seamlessly move between strategy and execution, someone who brings operational rigor, systems thinking, and collaborative leadership to complex, cross-functional work. They demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, empathy and initiative.

Year One Initial Success Indicators

• Leading Edge “Standards of Excellence” (best practices in talent and culture for organizations and boards) are integrated into existing work where possible or a plan has been provided to adjust existing offerings to sharpen how the Standards show up
• Our cadre of coaches and consultants understand the language of Standards of Excellence
• We have built or evolved existing strong user pathways to advance talent and culture norms at the individual, organization and board level
• We have a system in place to assess external offerings
• We have a deep and diverse bench of providers across a range of standards
• A feedback loop has been established across our teams to collect input from our users about what they need to more effectively drive change in their organizations

COMMITMENT, COMPENSATION, AND BENEFITS

This is a full-time exempt position, with a salary between $145,000 – $155,000 commensurate with experience. Leading Edge provides a best-in-class benefits package, including:

• 100% coverage for employees and 50% coverage for spouses and dependents for medical, dental, and vision
• Retirement matching, wellness benefits, ample flex time, and a three-month paid parental leave
• Generous professional development stipend

Leading Edge is committed to equal employment and advancement opportunities. Leading Edge does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis [“protected class”] including, but not limited to: race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions) gender, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship, alienage, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, veteran or military status, political affiliation, hairstyle or hair texture, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. Leading Edge considers skill, experience, education, attitude and potential for growth when employment selections and all other employment-related decisions, such as compensation or promotion, policy administration, etc. are made.  

You are:

• Highly attuned to stakeholder needs—internally and across the field even when tensions are present. Asks the question: How can we raise the bar and build consistency while demonstrating empathy for our users and helping them get started?
• Fluent working across multiple stakeholders, priorities, and workstreams in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
• A strong project and operational manager, including the ability to prioritize effectively and know when and how to make trade-offs
• Comfortable engaging thoughtfully with a range of stakeholders, including colleagues, participants, consultants, funders, partners, and senior leaders
• A strong people leader who can balance strategic priorities, operational realities, and stakeholder needs to make thoughtful, timely decisions with organizational impact.
• An organizational systems thinker, aligning programs, processes, systems, and cross-functional partnerships around an integrated operating model that advances organizational strategy.
• A process optimizer, championing a culture of continuous improvement by designing and refining workflows, systems, and operational practices that increase efficiency, clarity, and impact.
• A continuous learner who models both giving and receiving feedback across all levels

You have:

• Experience preferred leading and managing people and teams; alternatively, demonstrated success driving outcomes through strong lateral leadership, cross
• Experience designing, delivering, and refining impactful learning experiences, programs, or initiatives that serve diverse stakeholders and audiences, ideally in the Jewish communal field
• A demonstrated track record building and improving processes and operational systems with a strong focus on simplicity and user experience
• Experience operating at a senior level, demonstrating strong judgment and discerning opportunities and priorities even when tensions are present