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Application Guidelines

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and must be received by October 16, 2026. Applications received after the deadline may be reviewed dependent upon qualifications. We will review applications as received and will invite a short list of candidates to schedule a screening call with a member of our team. This position is a U.S. based, remote position.

To protect the integrity of our structure candidacy process, we kindly ask that all applicants do not call, email, or message our office or any member of Assets Under Movement (AUM+) Team or Board of Directors about this opportunity.

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Assets Under Movement connects capital to organizations, leaders and innovators advancing social change.

Job Overview

The Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and External Affairs (VP) will support the development and execution of AUM+’s External Affairs division, strengthening how AUM+ connects its strategy, external relationships, growth, communications, and emerging opportunities in service of the organization’s mission and impact.

Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer/EVP of External Affairs (CSO), the VP will serve as a senior strategist and builder-leader with expertise across external affairs, strategic communications, public affairs and advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and relationship management. The VP must bring demonstrated experience building long-term strategic roadmaps while simultaneously advancing near-term, minimum viable priorities and leading a continually evolving organization. This builder-stage approach will serve two purposes: delivering against current priorities and generating learning needed to make informed decisions about the long-term ownership, capacity and resourcing of emerging capabilities.

The VP will help translate the Chief Strategy Officer’s vision for External Affairs and Strategy into clear priorities and a phased work plan with measurable outcomes, clear deliverables, and timelines, In addition to recommendations regarding external capabilities, resources, and structure. The VP will also play an important supporting role in AUM+’s cross-functional strategic planning process.

This is intentionally a build-stage role. The VP will execute against AUM+’s defined minimum-viable priorities while assessing needs, testing approaches, and using what AUM+ learns to shape the roadmap for future work and capacity. This role requires exceptional judgement and ability to assess external priorities, identify emerging trends and stakeholder dynamics, with the ability to develop clear and concise recommendations for the leadership team, including what should be built internally, supported externally, or owned elsewhere over time. The enduring portfolio will evolve as the strategy and External Affairs model take shape. This role is being hired while AUM+ is actively shaping both its enterprise strategy and External Affairs model. The precise team structure, staffing, external resources, and areas of delegated authority will therefore develop alongside that work rather than being fully predetermined at the time of hire.

This is a Vice President-level role with meaningful responsibility and latitude. The VP will be expected to lead defined bodies of work, make recommendations to senior leadership, represent AUM+ in delegated external settings, and manage projects and external resources within agreed parameters. The VP will work particularly closely with the Chief Strategy Officer/EVP of External Affairs and will collaborate extensively with the CEO, EVP of Internal Affairs/COO, the VP for Growth & Impact, and other leaders across AUM+.

In the first phase, success will center on two interconnected priorities: strengthening AUM+’s enterprise strategy capability and helping build the External Affairs division required to advance that strategy in the following ways

• Ensuring the Chief Strategy Officer has a senior strategic thought and action partner to execute on vision, build a clear roadmap with phased priorities, work plans, and resource recommendations.

• The External Affairs division has a clear strategic purpose, near-term agenda, operating model, and roadmap for assessing, testing, and building the capabilities it will need over time.

• Complex opportunities reach decision-makers with a clear understanding of their mission value, potential impact, organizational implications, and recommended path forward.

• Support the CSO with the development of an integrated External Affairs approach that connects external relationships, strategic partnerships, narrative, visibility, growth priorities, and emerging initiatives so they increasingly reinforce one another and advance the mission.

• Support the CSO with the assessment of AUM+’s strategic communications and public affairs needs, established a minimum-viable approach, and developed a roadmap for testing and scaling the right mix of internal and external support.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Build enterprise strategy and capability:

• Serve as a senior thought partner to the CSO to develop and execute an enterprise strategy aligned with AUM+’s mission, organizational priorities, and growth. Translate the enterprise vision and strategy into clear strategic choices, priorities, and recommendations.

• Help shape, prioritize, and sequence high-priority enterprise initiatives, partnering across the organization to ensure that strategic choices are informed by operational capacity, financial sustainability, legal and compliance considerations, and organizational readiness requirements.

• Develop decision-ready recommendations, business cases, scenarios, and tradeoff analyses for complex enterprise opportunities.

• Help develop the strategic narrative that connects AUM+’s lines of work and clarifies the choices the organization is making about where to focus its time, resources, and capital.

• Build practical planning, sensing, research, and decision-making practices that strengthen strategy as an organizational capability.
  
  Shape and test emerging External Affairs capabilities:

• During this build stage, the VP will lead and execute selected near-term priorities while simultaneously helping AUM+ test, build, and plan for the capabilities it will need over time. This will include hands-on leadership in areas where direct capacity is needed to advance an immediate organizational priority, develop an emerging capability, or help determine AUM+’s longer-term needs. Depending on organizational priorities, this may include but not be limited to:

• Shaping strategic communications and public affairs work, including narrative strategy, thought leadership, executive visibility, and select high-priority communications.

• Stewarding selected complex funder, intermediary, client, or ecosystem relationships where senior strategic judgment and cross-functional coordination are required.

• Evaluating new funds, fiscal sponsorship opportunities, partnerships, products, services, ventures, or other enterprise opportunities with significant strategic implications.

• Bring philanthropic, movement, policy, market, and partner intelligence into enterprise planning and portfolio choices.

• Represent AUM+ in select external settings and, with clear delegation, serving senior leaders in defined relationships or forums, document leanings and takeaways, and share back follow up with key internal stakeholders.

• Support the incubation of selected strategic initiatives by establishing the initial strategy, governance, partnerships, resources, and leadership capacity required to move from concept toward implementation.
  
  Connect strategy and execution across the enterprise:

• Partner with the Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President of Internal Affairs, as well as operational and functional leaders early enough that capacity, infrastructure, resources, governance, and risk considerations inform strategic choices regarding AUM+’s multi-entity structure and external engagement strategies.

• Translate and develop approved direction into clear priorities, outcomes, guardrails, decision points, and execution handoffs, while respecting the accountability of operational and functional leaders.

• Identify and communicate implementation barriers, material new evidence, and unresolved strategic choices to the appropriate decision makers to clarify and ensure appropriate ownership and execution.

• Create alignment across AUM+ entities and functions by connecting enterprise-level strategic priorities to teams, capabilities and resources required for successful implementation.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• The ideal candidate is both a strategist and a builder with an enterprise-wide perspective, including the ability to seeing across the organization, recognize patterns and opportunities, frame challenges and decision points, and advise senior leaders, while working hands-on when a new capability or priorities under development.

• Twelve or more years of progressively responsible experience in philanthropy, social impact, movement infrastructure, a mission-driven intermediary, or another complex and evolving environment, including with eight or more years of meaningful senior-level leadership experience, and demonstrated success managing and developing staff.

• They are comfortable operating in ambiguity without creating unnecessary complexity. Strong ability and instincts to distinguish what must be decided now from what can be tested and learned over time.

• Ability to collaborate across internal and external stakeholders, and execute during organizational change through strong judgment, clear communication, trust, and influence.

• Proven track record contributing to cross-functional strategic planning or similarly complex organizational strategy processes and translating ambiguity into clear choices and decision-ready recommendations.

• Experience building or significantly shaping a team, function, initiative, or organizational capability.

• Meaningful experience working within or alongside mission-driven intermediaries and fiscal sponsors, with a strong understanding of how intermediaries move capital, manage risk, and create value for funders, movements, and communities.

• Experience evaluating or developing complex partnerships, funds, programs, products, services, or new lines of work, including consideration of mission, financial, stakeholder, and operating implications within a continually evolving organization.

• Deep understanding of the philanthropic and social impact sector including the role of foundations, donor networks, movement leaders, advocates, socially responsible businesses, public-sector partners, or other relevant stakeholders. Holds deep relationships with diverse stakeholders within ecosystem.

• Strong strategic communications and narrative development skills, with exceptional written and verbal communication, facilitation, synthesis, and executive-advisory skills.

• Sound judgment and discretion when navigating complex stakeholders, reputational, or sensitive environments.

• Ability to lead through influence across functions and levels, build trust quickly, and make clear recommendations amid competing perspectives.

• Deep commitment to racial, economic, environmental, and social justice, with meaningful understanding of organizing, advocacy, philanthropy, and power.

• Ability to successfully work across multiple technology platforms or systems with a posture of self-learning.

• Experience with impact investing or other mission-aligned capital strategies is a plus.

Salary & Benefits

The salary band for this position is $238,000 – $280,000 commensurate with experience. This position is remote and a U.S. based role. The role will require domestic travel, including team gatherings, external convenings, key partner engagement, and AUM+’s retreats as necessary. Generous benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), 401k match, PTO and leave policies, professional development funds, and remote work stipend.

AUM+ Environment

The work of our team is centered on the core values of the Assets Under Movement: Collaboration, Accountability, People First, and Impact. We share a commitment to curiosity, growth and respect and are a lean team of doers and problem solvers. We are proud of our work in supporting the collective effort to make the world a more equitable and kinder place. The AUM+ environment is curious, flexible, committed, and willing to learn and grow as part of a collaborative team. As well as joyfully able to work in a start-up environment.

At the AUM+, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce, and we provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. We welcome applicants with a range of experiences and encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all qualifications listed.