The Organization
About Omidyar Network
Omidyar Network (ON) is an organization that works to fund and generate social impact at scale, addressing some of the most complex problems of our times. Established in 2004 by Pam and Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, ON has committed more than $1 billion to innovative for-profit companies and non-profit entities.
About Omidyar Network
Omidyar Network (ON) is an organization that works to fund and generate social impact at scale, addressing some of the most complex problems of our times. Established in 2004 by Pam and Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, ON has committed more than $1 billion to innovative for-profit companies and non-profit entities.
Position Summary
The Head of Programs can be based in either our Redwood City, CA or Washington, DC office.
We are looking for a mature leader with the range, judgment, experience, and empathy to lead in fast-paced conditions of dynamic complexity. We seek a candidate who is curious, flexible, asks phenomenal questions, and lives and enables all core ON values.
The primary responsibility of this position is to steward a program and strategy that generates both learning and social impact at scale. Your most important role, however, will be as a superb people manager and mentor.
The Head of Programs will report directly to the CEO, and work in close partnership with him to set overall impact theme strategies, determine expansions, sunsets, integration, tradeoffs, and shifts in program areas. You will also engage periodically with the ON Board, along with the CEO.
As a member of the executive team, you will work seamlessly with senior leaders from the operations, people ops, strategic communications, learning and impact, strategy, exploration and future sensing teams.
You will also collaborate with the leaders on the Reimagining Capitalism, Beneficial Technology, and Pluralism teams, who will constitute your own management team. The overall program team includes 25 people (and a number of other advisers) spread across the Bay Area, Washington DC, India, and Kenya. We are looking to you to both grow and mentor the staff and leaders of this area of the firm.
You will bring your own vision for impact, and balance that vision with the existing strategy and priorities of the firm and the program teams.
Qualifications
- Approximately 15-25 years of experience in progressively senior roles, with substantial experience in managing people and teams, with a proven track record in leading teams, divisions, practice areas, programmatic teams, or organizations
- Familiarity with operating in the worlds of ideas, innovation, and influence
- Highly personable and strong ability to build trust-based relationships
- Deep sense of personal responsibility and integrity
- Outstanding written and oral communications skills
At Omidyar Network, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with our fundamental belief that people are inherently capable, but they often lack opportunity. We know that a diverse workforce allows us to see problems in more nuanced ways, creating the thought leadership needed to have outsized positive returns on the world. We actively recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Omidyar Network is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
What you’ll bring to the team
- Superb management skills growing and developing teams
- Demonstrated range across subjects and sectors, and passion for learning new ones
- Proven track record of innovative collaboration with external partners
- Strategy, program management, and team building experience
- Dedication to ON’s core values and mission
- High tolerance for ambiguity and enjoyment of change
- Humility and high EQ
How To Apply
Please submit your application at this link on our job board: https://boards.greenhouse.io/omidyarnetwork/jobs/2197352