Regional Director, Charlotte

One Degree, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

One Degree is expanding to Charlotte and hiring a Regional Director to establish a strong presence in the region. You will lead locally, develop partnerships, and guide them through implementation, adoption, growth, and long-term sustainability with support from One Degree’s remote teams across growth, product, technology, implementation, operations, and development.

You’ll be the primary on-ground leader for the initial two years, building trusted relationships with local government,

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years of professional experience with increasing responsibility.
• Experience developing and managing cross-sector partnerships and complex initiatives from relationship-building through execution.
• Strong project, stakeholder-management, and communication skills.
• Experience with or understanding of technology solutions, and comfort using data to inform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Be One Degree’s primary leader in Charlotte and lead partnerships through implementation, adoption, growth, and long-term sustainability.
• Build trusted local relationships and turn them into concrete partnerships.
• Collaborate with remote teams across growth, product, technology, implementation, operations, and development.

Skills

Partnership management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Data-driven decisions

Strategic thinking

Job description

Full-Time, Exempt, with Benefits
Location: Remote; based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area
Salary Range: 100,000–120,000
Application Timing: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply by November 13 for priority consideration.

What We Do

One Degree is a national nonprofit investing in next-generation service navigation solutions that empower people to build healthy and fulfilling lives by improving access to life-changing social services. In the U.S., over 90 million people live in a household where it is a daily struggle to meet basic needs. We are public-interest technologists committed to building the digital infrastructure communities need to help families take on the challenges they face every day.

About the Role

One Degree is expanding to Charlotte with support from GreenLight Fund Charlotte. We’re hiring a Regional Director to build our presence and lead our work in the region.

You’ll be One Degree’s primary leader in Charlotte and, for the first two years, our primary dedicated team member on the ground. You’ll build trusted local relationships, turn them into partnerships, and lead those partnerships through implementation, adoption, growth, and long-term sustainability. You’ll work closely with One Degree’s remote teams across growth, product, technology, implementation, operations, and development.

You may be a strong candidate if you:

• have meaningful relationships across Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, including with local government and community-based organizations
• are a trusted relationship-builder who can turn connections into concrete partnerships and results
• can work effectively with government leaders, nonprofit executives, funders, and frontline teams
• enjoy building something new and can pair strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• are comfortable working independently while collaborating with a remote, cross-functional team
• can create structure amid ambiguity, use good judgment, and manage competing priorities
• care deeply about equity, social justice, and building systems around community needs
  

And have:

• 7–12+ years of professional experience with increasing responsibility
• experience developing and managing cross-sector partnerships and complex initiatives from relationship-building through execution
• strong project, stakeholder-management, and communication skills
• experience with or understanding of technology solutions, and comfort using data to inform decisions

We care more about your relationships, judgment, and ability to build and lead this work than whether you’ve held a particular title.

One Degree does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, religion, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural team, and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

One Degree believes that everyone has the right to express their identity in however manner they choose, including the use of whatever pronouns with which they are most comfortable. Job applicants may, but are not expected to, provide their preferred pronouns at any point in the hiring process by notifying the hiring manager or any other employee with whom they are in contact, over the phone, over email, or in person. We believe in maintaining a welcoming and inclusive workplace. Every employee, volunteer, contractor, community member, and job applicant may discuss their gender identity or expression openly, or keep that information private.