Community Impact Operations Manager

The Sobrato Organization; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sobrato Organization seeks a Community Impact Operations Manager to lead planning, execution of program implementation, and alignment across stakeholders. This role coordinates across the leadership team and external partners to ensure seamless program execution and impactful outcomes.

The position supports the VP and Directors with data-driven recommendations, meeting summaries, and strategic planning while maintaining rigorous administrative systems and governance alignment.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze data to inform recommendations for program strategy.
• Experience in multi-phase program implementation and coordination.
• Strong planning, organizing, and multi-tasking capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with governance and partners.

Responsibilities

• Set program leadership and team agendas, draft correspondence, and prepare summaries and presentations.
• Coordinate team meetings, monitor work plans and scorecards, and support special events.
• Communicate with grantees and external partners; provide admin support to VP and directors.
• Ensure discretion and transparent communication with stakeholders, including governance members.

Skills

Data analysis

Planning & organizing

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Team coordination

Job description

Reporting to the Vice President, Community Impact & Systems Change, the Community Impact Operations Manager (Manager) is a key program strategy and operations role on the team, supporting planning, seamless execution of program implementation, alignment across stakeholders, team cohesion, and administrative activities of the program team. The Manager organizes the program leadership team (VP and Directors) with routine and semi-routine strategic and administrative activities in multiple planning and programmatic implementation phases; program staff and broader external partner engagement; research, summary reports, and analysis.

This position provides regular analysis of various data to inform, assist and make recommendations to the Vice President on:

• The execution of quarterly and annual program goals across the regional, statewide and national influence work
• Opportunities and challenges to consider in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector, especially in the core issue areas – economic mobility, housing security, educational equity and climate action
• Operational challenges and program team dynamics
• Departmental expenditures
• Policies and procedures compliance

The individual will set program leadership and team agendas, draft correspondence, prepare meeting summaries and presentations for the senior and executive leadership teams and governance members, and communicate with grantees and other external partners. The Manager monitors the program team’s work plans and scorecards, coordinates team meetings, supports special events, and provides administrative support to the VP and director team.

The position requires adaptiveness; effective communication; research, analytical, and data synthesis skills; strong planning and organizing; a proactive approach to multi-tasking, and teamwork to manage goals and execute tasks and projects. This position requires discretion, thoughtful and transparent communications, and stakeholder engagement, including governance members, staff, grantees, and community partners. The Manager will demonstrate curiosity, humility, and eagerness to learn and be driven by the mission of Sobrato Philanthropies, excited to gain experience in philanthropy while positively impacting the community.