Strategic Planning Director - Growth and Impact

Islamic Development & Empowerm; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Islamic Development & Empowerm in Alexandria, VA, seeks a Director of Strategy & Planning to guide the organization’s long-term strategy, align cross-functional teams with mission, and oversee the operational plan. You will partner with the CEO and Board to evaluate new programs, measure performance, and drive growth and impact.

The role emphasizes change management, KPI design, and staff development to sustain an ambitious social impact agenda within a faith-based context.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10+ years in strategic planning or nonprofit administration.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience driving strategic initiatives within social impact or nonprofit sectors.
• Strong management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans and measurable results.
• Demonstrated commitment to IDEA's faith-based values and mission.

Responsibilities

• Manage development and execution of the organization's strategic plan in collaboration with the CEO and Board of Directors.
• Design and manage enterprise-wide key performance indicators (KPIs) and frameworks to monitor, evaluation and report on the performance and progress of organizational targets.
• Facilitate strategic alignment across executive leadership, managers and staff.
• Ensure organizational initiatives, annual goals, and resources allocation align with long term strategic goals of the organization
• Provide training and mentorship to staff on frameworks that measure progress of strategy priorities.
• Coordinate with leadership and middle management to ensure alignment on strategy plan and operational plan.
• Identify operations bottlenecks across departments and implement standardized workflows address bottlenecks and scale growth.
• Develop clear messaging frameworks to cascade strategic down to middle management and frontline staff.
• Lead internal change management efforts during major shifts in strategy, organizational structure or operating model.
• Conduct ongoing research on nonprofit landscape, policy changes, philanthropic trends and macro environment factors and recommend shifts as necessary.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Performance measurement

Education

Bachelor's degree

MPA or related master's

Job description

Islamic Development & Empowerm in Alexandria, VA, seeks a Director of Strategy & Planning to guide the organization’s long-term strategy, align cross-functional teams with mission, and oversee the operational plan. You will partner with the CEO and Board to evaluate new programs, measure performance, and drive growth and impact.

The role emphasizes change management, KPI design, and staff development to sustain an ambitious social impact agenda within a faith-based context.