Program Operations Director

Bush Foundation; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bush Foundation in Saint Paul, MN, seeks a Program Operations Director to provide foundation-wide leadership for grantmaking, grants administration and technology. You will lead a six-person team and help shape how programs are funded, evaluated and supported across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and tribal nations.

You will ensure that grant processes are simple, strategic and advance equity, partnering with program teams to streamline operations while upholding the foundation's values.

Qualifications

• Experience leading grantmaking programs
• Ability to align processes with equity values
• Experience leading a team of at least six

Responsibilities

• Lead six-person grants operations team
• Oversee grants management and administration
• Ensure processes align with foundation values and equity goals
• Collaborate with program teams to streamline operations

Skills

Grantmaking processes

Grants administration

Technology leadership

People leadership

Equity

Tools

Grants management software

Project management tools

Job description

We inspire and support creative problem solving - within and across sectors - to make our region better for everyone. Everything we do is to advance this purpose. It is what ties all our work together.

We invest in great ideas and the people who power them in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the 23 Native nations that share this geography. This is both our tagline and our strategy to advance our purpose.

We work through open grantmaking programs to support organizations and people who think bigger and think differently about solutions to problems in their communities to:

• Develop, test and spread great ideas that will make the region better for everyone
• Inspire, equip and connect people to more effectively lead change

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Program Operations Director Role

The Program Operations Director provides Foundation-wide leadership, coordination and expertise in grantmaking processes, grants administration and technology. They are responsible for ensuring that our grantmaking processes and practices are aligned with the Foundation's operating values and are simple, supportive, strategic and advance equity. Leading a six-person team, they provide strategic and day-to-day leadership of grants management and administration, program operations and technology.