Program Manager, Investments - Stanford Impact Labs

Stanford Impact Labs; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Impact Labs invites a Program Manager, Investments to oversee the operations of our grantmaking process and lead strategic initiatives across the university to boost impact. You will work with the Director of Investments & Accountability during a period of rapid growth and portfolio expansion.

In this role, you will design processes, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and implement improvements to help SIL investments move faster and more effectively.

Job description

Program Manager, Investments - Stanford Impact Labs

The world’s biggest social problems are complex, multi-faceted, and pervasive. No academic center, company, or organization can solve systemic issues – such as economic inequality, inequitable access to health care and education, and racial discrimination – alone. We need leaders with different skills and experiences to come together to generate fresh insights, evidence, and action to make progress. Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) was created to help make such progress possible.

A major initiative at Stanford University, SIL invests in mission-driven teams of researchers and practitioners from government, business, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy. These teams (we call them impact labs) work together on social problems of their choice, where practical progress is possible. With our support, these impact labs rapidly develop, test, and scale new solutions to social problems that affect millions of people worldwide. Learn more about our work at https://impact.stanford.edu/.

Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) is an equal opportunity organization strongly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. To that end, we particularly encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply for open positions.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Program Manager, Investments will own the operations and management of Stanford Impact Labs' grantmaking process, and drive strategic initiatives across the university to increase the impact of SIL’s grantees. This role will support the Director of Investments & Accountability at a unique time of dramatic growth in the organization and our investments. Over the past year, SIL’s portfolio of investments in impact labs has doubled in size, with plans for continued growth over the next few years. The Program Manager will design and execute operational improvements to help the SIL investments team work more efficiently and effectively.

For more details regarding the expected duties, please visit this link: https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/program-manager-investments-21226.

Learn more: To ensure equitable access to information about this job, we’re unable to hold individual informational interviews. Instead, we encourage all interested candidates to join us for an open webinar on Friday, April 28th at 12:30pm PT, where we’ll provide more information and take questions. Please register at this link ( https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5HkgWTMjQM-hwdEBwVoFUA ). After April 28th, you may view the recording at the same link.