Executive Director, Policy Solutions Institute

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) to lead and administer programming across the IPS portfolio. The role reports to the Vice Dean for Policy and Health Systems Transformation and serves as the institute’s senior operational leader, coordinating with research cores, the Policy Leadership Academy, and external partners.

Key duties include program leadership on major proposals, knowledge management, and performance reporting, with focus on

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading communications and marketing—integrated strategy, media relations, and brand—and supervising communications staff.
• Minimum qualifications include a Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field and five years of related experience, with at least three years managing staff.
• On-call and non-standard hours with occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Serve as program lead and writer for large, complex or global proposals.
• Review and provide feedback on country-level narrative and budget submissions to donors.
• Ensure a knowledge management system to track requests and submissions.
• Lead work planning and reporting across project core areas; troubleshoot as needed.
• Develop and track metrics to gauge project performance.

Skills

Communications leadership

Marketing leadership

Staff supervision

Knowledge management

Proposal development

Performance metrics

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Financial acumen

Project planning

Education

Master's Degree in Finance, Business or related field

Job description

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Managing Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) to lead and administer programming across the IPS portfolio. The role reports to the Vice Dean for Policy and Health Systems Transformation and serves as the institute’s senior operational leader, coordinating with research cores, the Policy Leadership Academy, and external partners.

Key duties include program leadership on major proposals, knowledge management, and performance reporting, with focus on