Vice President of Data, Impact, and Learning

POSITION DESCRIPTION
VICE PRESIDENT OF DATA IMPACT AND LEARNING
THE SOBRATO ORGANIZATION
Mountain View CA October 20 2025

OVERVIEW

The Role. The Sobrato Organization (TSO) seeks a dynamic and experienced data strategist and champion impact advisor and senior leader to serve as our first-ever Vice President - Data Impact and Learning. This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to shape and build TSOs enterprise-wide impact and learning vision alongside the systems that drive performance and ensure strategic decisions integrate purpose impact and financial goals. This role will work across the enterprise with internal stakeholders governance bodies partner organizations and the communities we serve. The role will ensure a holistic view of the organizations impact by improving data quality driving meaningful learning and facilitating iteration and improvement across philanthropies real estate and capital.

The Organization. As a dynamic privately-held enterprise TSO leverages the collective power of our three enterprises - Sobrato Philanthropies Sobrato Real Estate and Sobrato Capital- to live out our mission of building a more equitable and sustainable world through business and philanthropic leadership. TSO is at a critical inflection point as it works to integrate for impact aligning its business and philanthropic goals and taking a disciplined approach to operationalizing how the enterprise and family leverage their assets for positive impact ensuring the totality of its work has a meaningful impact.

The Function. The VP is a critical new senior leadership position for the organization as it works to achieve this vision fully. The VP will strengthen organizational effectiveness leading TSOs enterprise-wide data impact and learning strategy to drive performance and align purpose impact and financial goals. The VP will guide and shape how the organization defines gathers evaluates and applies learning. The VP will foster a culture of learning and data-informed decision-making ensuring that insights from TSO and its partners are understood and applied to guide strategy strengthen accountability and drive systems change. The VP will also serve as a data architect linking disparate information systems and translating and aggregating data across multiple data sources. As a new role and function the VP will have the opportunity to further define and evolve the position and function at TSO for maximum success and impact.

Reporting and Organizational Partners. The VP reports to TSOs Chief Impact Officer and serves on the TSO Senior Leadership Team. The VP will work closely with internal staff in the areas of 1) measurement evaluation and learning 2) grants management 3) Sobrato Philanthropies; 4) TSO-wide horizontal initiatives on housing security and environmental sustainability; 5) Sobrato Real Estate as it scales its work in sustainability and manages a portfolio of social purpose real estate; and 6) Sobrato Capital as it scales the impact investment portfolio and 7) Information Technology (IT). The VP will also partner with staff to engage with grantees and community members on participatory input and collaborative social impact work reporting and learning.

Qualifications.The ideal candidate has: 1) relevant senior leadership experience and proven expertise in defining driving and embedding organization-wide learning and a culture of data-informed decision-making; 2) a strong track record as a trusted resource and data-driven strategist and champion; 3) experience with leading-edge technologies data systems quantitative and qualitative methodologies and AI tools; 4) a reputation as a compelling and inspirational people leader with exceptional communication storytelling partnership-building and relationship management skills; and 5) financial acumen and experience in general business planning with the ability to connect data insights to strategic and operational decision-making.

Logistics. This full-time exempt hybrid position is based in Mountain View CA. TSO has designated Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week as Core Collaboration days where all employees are expected to be present in the office to facilitate a sense of community and belonging among employees and allow for inclusive collaboration within and among teams. The target starting salary for this position is $257000 to $321000 per year depending on experience.

THE ORGANIZATION

The Sobrato Organization (TSO) is a multi-generational family-owned firm based in Silicon Valley with 92 employees. Sixty-five years ago its founder began developing commercial real estate for high-growth companies before expanding to include building multifamily communities investing in entrepreneurial enterprises and giving back to the communities where the family lives and conducts business. The Sobrato family applies the same values of mutual accountability collaboration engagement excellence and integrity across all its philanthropic and business activities leveraging the combined power of their investments to create value and opportunity in their local community and beyond.

TSO comprises three enterprise groups that are integrated for impact all served by a shared enterprise operations platform:

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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The target starting salary for this position is $257000 to $321000 per year depending on experience. The Sobrato Organization promotes equitable and rewarding compensation for its team. Salary is commensurate with experience plus a competitive benefits package with perks including medical dental and vision coverage; life insurance; 401(k) plan with generous employer match; paid time off and holidays; access to professional development resources; matching gift contributions; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); cell phone reimbursement; public transportation passes; dedicated parking; stocked kitchen snacks and beverages; and many employee events and lunches.

Beyond competitive salaries benefits and perks joining The Sobrato Organization is an opportunity to build upon the Sobrato family legacy of strong values deep commitment and large-scale community impact. It is dynamic and growing encourages collaboration and continuous learning and is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion. Our team has the opportunity to contribute immediately taking on meaningful work alongside caring talented colleagues.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

In alignment with our values Sobrato Philanthropies is an equal opportunity employer committed to the values of diversity equity and inclusion. We are dedicated to building a team that represents a diversity of backgrounds cultures experiences perspectives and skills and to creating an environment of inclusion and belonging welcoming to all regardless of race skin color ethnicity religion gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability age marital status military status pregnancy or parenthood. People of diverse backgrounds with lived experience in our communities and focus areas are strongly encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY

Martha Montag Brown & Associates LLChas been retained to conduct this search. Interested and qualified candidates should apply by submitting relevant application materials via The Sobrato Organizations candidate application portal here. All correspondence will remain confidential. Questions about the search and application process should be directed to.