Director, Innovation Fund & Strategic Capital Allocation

Clearpath; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental, health, and vision plans

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Enterprise, based in New York, invites a senior Strategy & Operations leader to oversee the internal RAF and fund governance. The role focuses on building tools, templates, and processes to guide capital allocation and to deliver decision-ready analyses to senior leadership.

The position emphasizes financial modeling, portfolio reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to advance affordable housing and community development goals.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in impact investing, mission finance, strategic finance, or resource allocation.
• Strong analytical capabilities (financial modeling, scenario analysis, risk assessment).
• Experience supporting investment decisions or capital allocation.
• Entrepreneurial mindset—operationalizing an early-stage framework in a growing function.
• Ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative inputs into decision-ready recommendations.
• Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders in complex environments.
• Familiarity with governance processes, investment frameworks, or portfolio-level systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior leaders.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and across multiple workstreams.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; able to build financial models and executive-ready analyses.
• Proficiency using AI tools to improve outputs.

Responsibilities

• Administer, operationalize, and continuously improve the RAF that governs investments from the internal fund.
• Develop tools, templates, processes, and governance for RAF.
• Guide program owners through intake, due diligence, and evaluation of funding requests.
• Perform financial and strategic analyses to support evaluation and decision-making.
• Present investment recommendations to senior leadership.
• Monitor the fund’s portfolio against RAF criteria across multiple dimensions.
• Provide portfolio-level reporting and analytics to executives.
• Integrate funded initiatives into Enterprise PMO reporting for execution.

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Enterprise, based in New York, invites a senior Strategy & Operations leader to oversee the internal RAF and fund governance. The role focuses on building tools, templates, and processes to guide capital allocation and to deliver decision-ready analyses to senior leadership.

The position emphasizes financial modeling, portfolio reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to advance affordable housing and community development goals.