VP of Strategy & Planning — Align, Guide, Impact

Oakland Zoo; Oakland (CA); Vor Ort; USD 156.000 - 182.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending account

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Zoo Membership options

Zusammenfassung

Oakland Zoo is seeking a highly experienced Vice President of Strategy & Planning to partner with the CEO and lead three organization-wide workstreams: Organizational Strategy, Measure Y Strategy, and Long-Range Planning. You will shape campus planning and guide annual goal setting across departments.

The role requires steering cross-functional teams, building consensus with the leadership team, and reporting progress to the Board. Strong facilitation and nonprofit experience are essential.

Qualifikationen

• 12+ years of professional experience, including at least 8 years leading organization-wide strategy and cross-functional initiatives of moderate to high complexity.
• Deep expertise in strategic planning, with solid knowledge of organizational operations, long-range planning, and change management.
• Proven ability to advise and influence senior executive teams, and to lead through influence without direct authority.
• Experience in a nonprofit, public, or mission-driven organization, including work with a governing board.
• Able to work on occasional weekends and holidays when needed.

Aufgaben

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and the leadership team, ensuring alignment and follow-through on key priorities.
• Frame issues, options, and tradeoffs so leaders can make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Build cross-functional collaboration across departments to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Foster clear and transparent communication between leadership and staff about strategy, priorities, and progress.
• Thread together the Zoo-wide Organizational Strategy, the Conservation Strategic Plan, and the Welfare Strategy so their goals, timelines, and resource needs align.
• Ensure that other strategic efforts align with the Zoo's current and developing strategies before they move forward.
• Identify overlaps, gaps, and conflicts between plans and bring them to the right leaders for resolution.
• Support the Leaders developing the Welfare Strategy so it fits with the Zoo's other plans from the start.
• Maintain one integrated view of the Zoo's strategic commitments, owners, and milestones.
• Hold the workstream for implementing the Zoo-wide Organizational Strategy, including progress tracking, accountability, and alignment with institutional goals.
• Develop and manage performance metrics for strategic initiatives, and report progress to the CEO, the leadership team, and the Board.
• Drive follow-through on high-priority initiatives by working with the leaders who own them.
• Facilitate periodic review and refresh of the strategy as the Zoo's needs change and other strategic efforts emerge.
• Design and run the annual goal planning cycle with the CEO and leadership team, including guidance and tools.
• Support department leaders in setting annual goals that connect to the Zoo's current and developing strategies.
• Coordinate with Finance and People & Culture so that goals, budget, and staffing plans inform one another.
• Facilitate regular progress reviews and keep organizational and departmental goals visible throughout the year.
• Hold the workstream for Measure Y planning and implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and financial accountability.
• Convene Finance and department leaders to develop multi-year priorities for Measure Y funds, and facilitate recommendations to the CEO.
• Partner with Finance on tracking the use of Measure Y funds against plan.
• Support clear reporting on Measure Y to the Board, the City of Oakland, and the community.
• Hold the workstream for long-range planning, including campus planning and the long-range financial outlook that supports it.
• Convene the leaders, staff, and outside partners involved in campus planning, and keep the process on schedule.
• Ensure campus planning reflects the Organizational Strategy, the Conservation Strategic Plan, the Welfare Strategy, other current and developing strategies, and available funding, including Measure Y.
• Integrate long-range planning into annual goals so that long-term direction shapes each year's work.
• Plan and facilitate leadership team (LT) meetings, ensuring alignment, preparation, and productive discussion.
• Coordinate board meeting preparation with the CEO, including agenda development, materials, and coordination with all necessary parties.
• Track and drive follow-up actions from leadership and board meetings.
• Support communication and change management that help staff adapt to strategic shifts.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
• Hires, supervises, develops and oversees performance management of the Project Manager, Strategy & Planning.

Kenntnisse

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Leadership

Change management

Board engagement

Goal setting

Staff development

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or advanced degree in business administration/public administration/organizational development

Jobbeschreibung

Oakland Zoo is seeking a highly experienced Vice President of Strategy & Planning to partner with the CEO and lead three organization-wide workstreams: Organizational Strategy, Measure Y Strategy, and Long-Range Planning. You will shape campus planning and guide annual goal setting across departments.

The role requires steering cross-functional teams, building consensus with the leadership team, and reporting progress to the Board. Strong facilitation and nonprofit experience are essential.