Vice President & Federal Practice Lead

Results for America; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Results for America is seeking a Vice President and Federal Practice Lead to guide federal strategy, with accountability for shifting dollars toward what works, replicating solutions, and building evidence capacity. This full-time, exempt role is based in a home office anywhere in the United States (Eastern seaboard preferred).

Travel up to 30% annually for funder meetings and external convenings. Reporting to the SVP and Chief Program Officer, you will lead cross-unit collaboration and engage

Responsibilities

• Develop, oversee, and be accountable for effective delivery and impact of RFA’s federal shifting dollars TA for budget, grants, and policy in coordination with other practice teams.
• Lead and accelerate team progress to enlist federal leaders across target agencies and Congress, shifting dollars to what works and building evidence capacity.
• Collaborate with State and Local Government Practice Leads to ensure aligned service delivery across practice levels of government.
• Lead and influence stakeholders in setting, scaling, and innovating programs to shift dollars toward evidence-based outcomes.
• Promote cross-unit collaboration to support the 2027-2029 Scale strategic plan and organizational sustainability targets.
• Represent RFA externally in meetings with senior-level stakeholders from national/regional organizations, governments, and partners.

Job description

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Organization: Results for America

Location: Flexible,within the United States (Eastern seaboard-preferred)

Organization Overview

Results for America (RFA) is the leading national nonprofit organization helping policymakers at all levels of government harness the power of evidence and data to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Our mission is to make investing in what works the “new normal,” so that, one day, all government leaders use rigorous evidence and quality data to inform important policy and funding decisions. We believe that data-driven and evidence-based policy decisions could significantly increase the impact of the over $1 trillion that governments spend annually to advance economic mobility and opportunity for all.

Position Overview

RFA Practice Leads, along with all RFA Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senior Advisors & Managing Directors/Executive Directors, are accountable for ensuring that RFA achieves its 2027-30 strategic plan outcomes - in all impact focus areas (policy, practice, dollars shifted, access, and outcomes) across all levels of government (federal/state/local).

The Vice President and Federal Practice Lead is specifically accountable for helping RFA meet its Federal goals of shifting government dollars toward what works, replicating effective solutions, and building evidence/data capacity so that Federal government leaders can make better decisions for decades to come.

This is a full-time, exempt position, based in a home office anywhere within the U.S. (Eastern seaboard-preferred)

Travel up to 30% annually will be required for funder meetings, conferences and/or attendance at external convenings.

Position Reporting Relationship

The Vice President and Federal Practice Lead reports to RFA’s SVP and Chief Program Officer within the Government as Client Unit.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop, oversee, and be accountable for effective delivery and impact of RFA’s shifting dollars technical assistance provided to Federal government leaders in the Executive Branch and Congress for budget, grantmaking, and legislative policy, in coordination with other RFA teams (Local Practice; State Practice)
• Lead and accelerate team progress towards RFA’s goals to enlist Federal government leaders across target agencies and in Congress to shift dollars to what works, replicate solutions that work, and build evidence/data capacity; ensure that the Federal team tracks & reports on progress toward these goals.
• Work alongside the State Government Practice Lead/VP and the Local Government Practice Lead/VP to ensure that RFA practice teams offer aligned, strong service delivery across all practice levels of government.
• Lead and influence internal and external stakeholders in setting, scaling & innovating programs to shift dollars to what works, replicate solutions that work, and build evidence/data capacity.
• Promote cross-Unit, enterprise-wide collaboration & planning in service of RFA’s 2027-2029 “Scale” strategic plan, &orgwide financial sustainability targets
• Strategic Communications
  • Represent RFA externally in meetings with senior-level stakeholders from national and regional organizations, governments, and other partners
  • Identify opportunities with the AD, Federal & State Communications, to broaden RFA’s sphere of influence to expand the value, credibility, and reach of RFA’s public sector expertise and as a national leader in the work to make investing in what works the “new normal