Operations Lead, American Identity Initiative
Operations Lead, American Identity Initiative
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Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps Americas boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our countrysbiggest problems from education to the economy broken communities and toxic division among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding thought leadership a network of peers and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.
The American Identity Initiative (A250) is a multiyear initiative aimed at renewing public faith in the nations founding principles and uniting Americans through a shared narrative of how these principles are brought to life through action. Leading up to July 4 2026Americas 250th anniversarywe will create widespread opportunities for individuals to demonstrate these values through contributions in their communities businesses and families. This milestone will serve not as a conclusion but as the launch of a sustained national movement.
As Operations Lead you will lead the execution of key program outcomes in alignment with strategic objectives in close coordination with Stand Together community organizations. You will work directly with a diverse coalition of worldclass partners across philanthropy film and media music entertainment education and community sectorsensuring their contributions are fully integrated and aligned to drive the success of this national movement.
The work of A250 will span a national advertising campaign a digital ecosystem to drive participation across multiple audiences (partners community leaders peopleatlarge) major tentpole investments (a Live Aidstyle concert feature films user generated content platform) corporate sponsors major sports leagues celebrities/influencers local events and grass roots organizations. All will come together under the banner of a common brand/message and unified goals to drive participation/contribution. The sheer number of partners initiatives and work streams makes this operational leadership role absolutely critical for the success of A250.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience leading complex program/projects and producing strategydriven outcomes and a passion for deploying that experience in service to the principles that underpin our American Identity and human progress more generally.
How You Will Contribute
- Lead the execution of the overall Movement Strategy by building and scaling the operational infrastructure required to achieve A250s longterm goals.
- Align program resources systems and execution with strategic priorities leading up to during and beyond Americas 250th anniversary on July 4 2026.
- Partner with the Program Operations Leader and program office team to identify and drive timely decisions on critical program milestones.
- Establish and manage the programs operational cadence including oversight of steering committee workflows and key governance objectives.
- Ensure all programs remain aligned with the Movements objectives stage gates timelines and success metrics.
- Collaborate with Stand Together leadership the A250 strategy executive the broader A250 team and external partners including consultants and strategic advisors.
- Oversee financial stewardship of A250 ensuring responsible management of operating expenses and strategic investments across the Stand Together community
What You Will Bring
- Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Togethersvision and principled approachto solving problems and a commitment to stewarding our culture which champions values including transformation and innovation entrepreneurialism humility and respect.
- 10 years of executive csuite leadership (leading leaders or teamsofteams) with a track record of generating successful outcomes
- Exceptional large project/program leadership experience with operational and budget ownership
- Extensive crossfunctional leadership and decisionmaking in a matrixed environment
- Comfort working with and cultivating alignment among peers who possess deep domain expertise and long tenure
- Strong prioritization skills and ability to identify and focus on criticalpath items on complex projects
- Ability to create clarity for leadership program team and supporting staff on how their actions contribute to program success
- Sense of urgency ability to operate at speed and dotconnect across program gaps needs and requirements
Standout Candidates Will Bring
- Program management toolkit (e.g. tools processes) and frameworks to support team operations to help drive operational efficiency and success
- Experience working with missiondriven / social impact organizations
- Experience in one or more of our program domains (philanthropy film media music sports entertainment education civics)
- Growth mindset and belief that fastmoving constantlyevolving environments are the best places to make an outsized impact
Our Values:Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM) a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress such as dignity openness and bottomup empowerment. PBM empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial to innovate and to continually drive transformation.
We believe diversity fuels creativity broadens knowledge and helps drive success and that is why were proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty dignity respect and sensitivity.
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