Chief Mission Impact & Growth Executive

Evergreen goodwill; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Evergreen Goodwill seeks a Senior Vice President, Mission Impact & Advancement to lead strategic initiatives across credentialing, workforce development, and Excel Center expansion in northwest Washington. You will drive end-to-end strategy, oversee cross-functional teams, and ensure measurable outcomes aligning with the organization’s mission and growth goals.

You will engage with funders, employers, and public partners to secure sustainable funding, build employer pathways, and scale mission

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across workforce development, education, talent, or mission-driven organizations.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling financially sustainable initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including budgets, program economics, resource allocation, and multi-year planning.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy and scale plan for pre-apprenticeship and certificate programs, including portfolio design, performance goals, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive leadership through the VP of Mission Programming, ensuring strong operations, delivery, team performance, and cross-functional alignment across program design, finance, data, partnerships, and communications.
• Build strategic partnerships with employers, education and training providers, workforce boards, public agencies, community organizations, and government stakeholders.
• Develop scalable employer pathways that create repeatable hiring opportunities for graduates and use employer feedback to strengthen curriculum, job readiness, and placement outcomes.
• Determine which capabilities Evergreen Goodwill should deliver directly or through partners, and establish operating reviews, KPIs, risk management, and decision routines to support program health and financially viable scale.
• Provide strategic oversight for the planning, establishment, and successful opening of Evergreen Goodwill’s first Excel Center, while building the strategy, operating model, partnerships, funding, and infrastructure for the long-term vision of multiple Excel Centers across the five counties Evergreen Goodwill serves.
• Provide direct people leadership to the Head of School, who leads school administration and day-to-day operations.
• Serve as the primary executive point of contact with the Washington State Charter School Commission, community stakeholders, and external partners; establish and support the Excel Center Board of Trustees and its governance and reporting routines.
• Drive launch readiness across funding, staffing, operations, recruitment, and enrollment to support strong early performance.
• Own the financial sustainability and diversification of the Mission funding portfolio across federal, state, and local public funding; government and employer contracts; workforce-development funds; foundations; grants; philanthropy; sponsorships; and other earned or contributed revenue.
• Identify, develop, negotiate, and manage public and private funding agreements, including programs such as WIOA, Department of Labor initiatives, and Basic Food Employment and Training, ensuring compliance, performance, and renewal readiness.
• Set annual and multi-year financial targets and align funding strategy to program and impact priorities, including building financial models and braiding funding sources to reduce reliance on Retail profits.
• Partner with the CFO to establish and operationalize the Evergreen Goodwill Foundation, including governance, stewardship, reporting, compliance, and sustainable funding practices; evolve advancement toward a strategic, program-connected model.
• Oversee portfolio performance across revenue and contract goals, pipeline health, forecasting, cost-to-deliver, compliance, participant outcomes, and executive- and Board-ready reporting.
• Represent Evergreen Goodwill with funders, employers, workforce boards, public agencies, community partners, and other external stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy

Budgeting

Partnership development

Executive communication

Fundraising

Education and workforce development

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Public funding

Job description

Evergreen Goodwill seeks a Senior Vice President, Mission Impact & Advancement to lead strategic initiatives across credentialing, workforce development, and Excel Center expansion in northwest Washington. You will drive end-to-end strategy, oversee cross-functional teams, and ensure measurable outcomes aligning with the organization’s mission and growth goals.

You will engage with funders, employers, and public partners to secure sustainable funding, build employer pathways, and scale mission