Program Officer, Panorama Strategy

Panorama Global; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Program Officer to drive social impact through strategic project management and stakeholder engagement. This exciting role involves collaborating with diverse partners to address pressing global issues such as climate change and gender equity. You will lead client-facing projects, manage deliverables, and provide innovative solutions in a dynamic environment. If you are passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful change while enjoying a flexible work arrangement.

Benefits

Flexible Paid Time Off

16 Paid Holidays

Employer-Paid Medical Coverage

401(k) Plan with Employer Contribution

Paid Family/Medical Leave

Hybrid Work Arrangement

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant professional experience in social impact.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and project deliverables.
• Synthesize complex information to provide strategic recommendations.

Skills

Project Management

Strategic Thinking

Stakeholder Engagement

Policy Advocacy

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

If you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point listed below, please apply - you could be exactly who we are looking for!

About Panorama

Panorama, also known as Panorama Group, is a platform for social change dedicated to solving the world’s most intractable problems. Our goal is to maximize social impact by partnering with visionary leaders, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to codevelop solutions with audacious thinking, radical collaboration, and bold action. Panorama’s value proposition is helping partners to operate in smarter, more impactful, and more efficient ways.

Panorama is a community of organizations that include Panorama Strategy, a social purpose consultancy that accelerates progress for clients by helping them chart a path from ideation to action, Panorama Global, a social impact nonprofit that empowers changemakers through radical collaboration, and Panorama Action, which mobilizes voices and resources through bold action. This role is at Panorama Strategy.

About Panorama Strategy

Panorama Strategy is a consulting firm that partners with organizations and leaders to turn their vision for social impact into a reality. In the lifecycle from ideation to impact, we collaborate with our clients to identify and fulfill their unique role in creating a better world. Our diverse first-hand experience enables us to make unique connections for our clients and serve as a thought partner who can adapt to the changing needs of projects and clients—no matter where they are on their social impact journey.

Position Summary

Are you a creative problem solver, strong collaborator, and a strategic project manager? Do you thrive in a purpose-driven and agile culture that allows you to be curious and craft solutions to ambiguous and dynamic challenges? Are you passionate about the intersection of strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and policy advocacy?

If so, this role will enable you to support organizations seeking to create a better future. Panorama Strategy works with a variety of partners, including small and large foundations, nonprofits, private sector, and multilateral agencies.

We are seeking a Program Officer (“PO”) who has a demonstrated passion for social impact across key issue areas (e.g., global health, gender equity, philanthropic giving, climate change) with an ability to actively listen, build trusting relationships with key partners, and provide creative, strategic recommendations to optimize project outcomes. The PO will support a portfolio of client-facing projects, drive and manage project deliverables and timelines, monitor developments in key issues areas, and synthesize a high volume of complex information to make connections and strategic recommendations for our clients.

Examples of the types of projects this role may support include:

• Facilitating a community-driven strategic planning process for a Bay Area nonprofit advancing climate justice, engaging frontline leaders, staff, and board members to co-create a three-year roadmap grounded in equity, sustainability, and local impact.
• Managing a high-impact global oncology grant program, cultivating strong relationships with grantees and driving solutions to enhance project outcomes and maximize policy impact.
• Creating strategies for multi-year partnerships to end child marriage, coordinating the efforts of large foundations, nonprofits, and global coalitions to develop an aligned engagement and investment plan.
• Conducting a global donor landscape for social entrepreneurship in Africa to help a foundation make more targeted investments and expand their programming.

This exempt, full-time position reports to either a Senior Program Officer or a Director. This position is hybrid for Seattle-based candidates and fully remote within the U.S. for those outside Seattle.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Client/Project Management (85%)

Support a portfolio of two or more client-facing projects, which includes the responsibility to:

• Manage day-to-day relationships with clients and partners, including facilitation of calls and meetings.
• Shape, plan, and execute major project deliverables. For example, donor and ecosystem maps, strategic planning documents, and technical issue area reports.
• Propose ideas and recommendations on approaches related to strategy development, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, and/or policy advocacy based on an understanding of clients' goals and the issue area landscape.
• Design and manage strategic project plans, adapting regularly to incorporate new learnings and evolving client needs while keeping the project team on track to deliver high-quality outputs within budget that achieve overarching project goals.
• Facilitate group decision-making and ongoing conversations to drive towards alignment across internal and external stakeholders (managing up, outwards, and down).
• Anticipate emerging crises and opportunities, effectively communicating implications for clients and offering recommendations for a path forward.
• Synthesize large quantities of input from both a micro- and macro-level to make connections and strategic recommendations.
• Conduct mapping and analysis of stakeholders, frameworks, donor strategies, policy priorities, and activities within a sector and draw out insights and implications to inform strategic decisions that maximize social impact.
• Provide on-site client support as needed, requiring 1-3 domestic or international trips annually.

Internal Organizational Support (15%)

• Monitor developments in key social impact issue areas and flag opportunities for further engagement.
• Participate in an organizational culture of continuous learning and improvement by proactively sharing information and lessons learned from projects, incorporating those learnings into action, and holding yourself and your colleagues accountable for results.
• Play an active role in business growth by attending events/conferences, supporting prospective client and partnership cultivation, drafting materials for project proposals, and investigating new issue areas where our team can fill a gap.
• Participate in various internal and ad-hoc initiatives to support the health and culture of the broader organization.

Typical Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Education & experience

• Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of relevant professional experience or equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training.
• Demonstrated ability to strategize on, conceptualize, structure, and lead projects.
• Experience developing strategies related to partnerships, policy, advocacy, communications, and/or philanthropy.
• Strong communications and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize and translate complex ideas and strategies into accessible formats (e.g., slide decks, written narratives, presentations) under tight deadlines.
• Experience in stakeholder or client management that could include experience working with corporations, foundations, multilateral agencies, and NGOs.
• Proactively works to improve processes, takes initiative, and displays a growth mindset.

Required Qualifications

• A quick study able to dive deep and jump across multiple topic areas.
• Highly reliable and able to manage multiple projects and priorities adeptly.
• Comfortable working independently, with some guidance.
• Ready to provide strategic project management, articulate and address problems, and provide direction.
• Able and excited to work in unstructured/ambiguous situations, creatively solve problems, and make recommendations.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous client management or consulting experience.

• Experience with diverse stakeholder engagement and advocacy.

• Experience in strategic planning for nonprofits and foundations.

• Experience working on health systems and policy.

• Experience in impact measurement and/or evaluation.

• Experience living and working in different communities in the US and abroad.

This job description may change as our team continues to grow– we hope you’ll be excited to evolve with us as we scale and increase our impact.

Compensation & Benefits

The starting salary for this role is between $85,000 and $97,500, which represents the minimum to the mid-point of the salary band for this position. When determining an initial offer, we carefully consider these factors: candidate skill and experience; room for growth within the band; and internal equity across the team.

Alongside salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Hybrid work arrangement for Seattle-based employees; remote work arrangement for all other US-based locations
• Flexible paid time off
• 16 paid holidays per year, including an organization-wide Winter Break.
• 90-100% employer-paid monthly premiums for employee medical coverage (depending on plan selected)
• 401(k) safe harbor plan, with employer contribution equal to 3% salary with immediate vesting
• Up to 12 weeks fully paid family/medical leave (eligible after 1 year of employment)
• ... And more! Visit our Careers Page for our full list of benefits

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume and optional cover letter on our Careers Page portal.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Panorama is committed to creating a diverse team and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We know that representation matters in the workplace and with our partners; to that end we are committed to a hiring process grounded in equity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, citizenship or immigration status, national origin, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, political ideology, the presence of any physical, mental, or sensory disability, age, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Panorama complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People & Culture team at [e-mail].

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Panorama participates in the federal E-Verify system. All candidates should review the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters for more information.

Final offer will be contingent on the completion of a successful background check.