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About the Role
The David Lynch Foundation (DLF) is seeking a strategic and collaborative Senior Director, Programs & Strategy to lead national program implementation, strengthen external partnerships, and support sustainable growth. This position will oversee program performance and operational excellence while working across multiple departments and cultivating relationships with various external partners.
Responsibilities
- Oversee national program implementation, performance, quality, and outcomes.
- Translate organizational priorities into effective operational plans.
- Identify opportunities for program growth, funding, partnerships, and long-term sustainability.
- Develop and manage relationships with healthcare, government, university, foundation, nonprofit, and community partners.
- Collaborate on grant proposals, program design, reporting, research alignment, and stewardship.
- Provide input on budgets, contracts, staffing, resource allocation, and financial planning.
- Lead cross-functional projects, process improvements, strategic meetings, and change initiatives.
- Guide team workflows, performance, professional development, and accountability.
- Represent DLF in external meetings, conferences, and partnership discussions.
Requirements
- Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in a nonprofit, healthcare, public health, government, or other mission-driven organization.
- Experience managing complex multisite, regional, or national programs and multidisciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of program implementation, evaluation, performance management, and continuous quality improvement.
- Familiarity with public, philanthropic, or grant-funded programs and sustainable funding models.
- Experience developing budgets, managing resources, and supporting contracts.
- Proven success building relationships with institutional and community partners.
- Strong strategic thinking, project management, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Google Workspace.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Project management
- Communication
- Organizational skills
- Google Workspace
Location
- National
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Voluntary benefit options
- 403(b) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
About the Company
- The David Lynch Foundation (DLF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2005 that addresses the epidemic of trauma and toxic stress among at-risk and under-resourced populations through the implementation of the scientifically researched and evidence-based Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique.
- DLF has earned broad public interest and support for its work, and continues to focus on fundraising, strategic partnerships, and best-in-class research to advance the long-term scalability and sustainability of TM programs.
- DLF is a nonprofit organization addressing trauma and toxic stress among at-risk and under-resourced populations through the scientifically researched Transcendental Meditation technique.
Equal Opportunity
- DLF provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.