Inaugural President

Job title: Inaugural President

About the Role The inaugural President will partner with the CEO and Executive Team to lead organization-wide strategy implementation and turn Promise's strategy and Theory of Change into coordinated, measurable action. This is a pivotal leadership position for a seasoned executive with extensive program experience in the early childhood sector who will guide strategy execution, serve as the primary synthesizer of information across all domains, ensure cross-domain alignment and effectiveness, and grow and develop our extraordinary team. The President will work closely with the CEO to drive organization-wide strategy implementation and execution, ensure Promise's Theory of Change is translated into coherent goals and measurable outcomes, and coach the Executive Team to operate as a unified body focused on Promise's collective success. This role is responsible for org-wide alignment and synergy, and serves as the facilitator of high-impact senior leadership decisions. This role is designed for a leader who brings values-driven leadership and excels at turning strategy into action, fostering strong Executive Team collaboration and growth, leading change effectively, and thinking at a systems level. It is an opportunity to architect the organizational structures and leadership rhythms that will enable Promise to achieve transformative impact in the early childhood field.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to lead organization-wide strategy implementation, ensuring Promise's Theory of Change is translated into coherent goals, priorities, and measurable outcomes
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Team to guide annual planning, resource allocation, and organizational learning cycles
• Serve as a trusted voice on field trends, opportunities, and strategic implications, modeling the balance of strategic foresight and pragmatic action
• Partner with the CEO to design and lead Board preparation and partnership/activation: setting agendas and ensuring high-quality materials and presentations
• Identify and reinforce points of integration across mission delivery and support, ensuring decisions and resources align to Promise's overarching strategy
• Act as a change agent and change manager, helping set the direction and scope of key cross-functional projects
• Lead and coach Promise's Executive Team, ensuring each C-level leader executes their domain strategy and contributes to collective organizational leadership
• Serve as the facilitator and designer of Executive Team charter, maintaining effective rhythms and processes for decision-making, prioritization, and communication
• Manage and balance perspectives and priorities across the Promise's diverse internal and external stakeholders to maximize impact in line with our mission and theory of change
• Serve as the integrator and tie-breaker for cross-domain decisions, prioritizing organizational success over individual domain perspectives
• Structure processes to maximize the CEO's impact, serving as the primary point of synthesis and decision preparation before CEO engagement
• Foster a "first-team" mindset, strengthening the team's capacity for shared learning, reflection, and productive tension resolution
• Provide high-level context and integrative perspective to help leaders connect dots across the organization
• Oversee systems and structures that ensure operational excellence, accountability, and coordinated progress across teams
• Ensure financial sustainability by overseeing the integration of budget, expense, and revenue planning into a comprehensive financial strategy
• In partnership with the CPO, CDO, and COO, develop and monitor organizational and programmatic performance measures that drive continuous improvement
• Maintain organizational rhythms, tools, and dashboard

What We're Looking For

• A seasoned executive with extensive program experience in the early childhood sector
• Ability to guide strategy implementation and translate Theory of Change into coherent goals and measurable outcomes
• Strong experience leading and developing an executive team, fostering cross-functional collaboration
• Proven ability to synthesize information across domains and align resources to strategy
• Change management and systems-thinking capabilities
• Values-driven leadership with a track record of transforming the early childhood field
• Experience designing organizational structures and leadership rhythms that enable scalable impact