Board of Directors Member: Remote

1 month ago

Washington DC, United States Grossman Solutions Full time

West End Strategy Team is a premier, full-service strategic communications firm focused on expanding social justice, racial and gender equity and human rights. We partner with clients to drive meaningful change through strategic communications, including message development, media relations, online strategy and crisis communications.
We're opposing book bans that threaten the right to education in communities across the country, and we're pushing back against unconstitutional restrictions on voting access. We work closely with clients to define their goals, identify key audiences, and develop and implement a communications strategy to achieve success. We partner with clients to manage media relations, conduct training, develop messaging and content, mitigate risks and respond to crises, conceptualize and execute newsworthy events, and leverage media placements to reach key audiences.
We are a team of more than 25 passionate, smart and talented colleagues headquartered in Washington, D.with staff in New York and Chicago, who are committed to creating social change. Every day we drive meaningful change through our strategic communications work.
West End Strategy Team (WEST) is seeking an exceptional manager and strategic leader to serve as the firm's Managing Director.
The Managing Director will play a key leadership role in the firm, managing our client teams and ensuring we continue to provide best-in-class client services.
The Managing Director will serve as a trusted advisor to the President and Founder, lead the client- facing teams, and develop systems and processes that support those teams and enable the business to grow and flourish.
The Managing Director will directly supervise the client-facing Partners and Vice Presidents, and support, grow and mentor the entire client-facing team, ensuring they have the capabilities, training and resources to succeed on their execution of client engagements and deliverables.
The ideal candidate is a proven, outstanding leader of large teams who loves organizational and team management, excels at creating, implementing and evaluating systems and processes, and thrives in the fast-paced nature of strategic communications work that supports mission-driven organizations.
Partner with the President to lead the business in executing long-term strategy and day-to-day management.
Serve as a key member of the WEST Leadership Team, helping further the success of the company.
Management of Team (70%)
Lead the client services team (4 direct reports, 20+ total employees) including onboarding, management, definition of metrics of success, training, and client team and work product delegation.
Oversee a comprehensive training program for team members on client engagement, deliverables and people management skills.
Provide one-on-one coaching and mentoring to managers, helping them foster their leadership potential.
Operations Oversight (10%)
~ Oversee operations decisions and ensure operational needs of staff and company are met in a timely and efficient manner.


Successful candidates could come from a variety of backgrounds, from politics to business, bringing significant experience in managing and supporting large teams to deliver results. All candidates should bring strong leadership skills, curiosity, sound judgment, a commitment to excellence, strong emotional intelligence and a passion for social change.
To succeed in this job, you will excel in four areas:
Relationship building: You have a track record of building strong, effective partnerships with your boss or principal. You set a high bar and meet it, because you think three (or 30) steps ahead to anticipate roadblocks and come up with creative solutions. You hold yourself and your teams accountable to superior work products and thrive handling multiple projects simultaneously in a high-volume, fast- paced environment. Engaging, thoughtful management: Helping your team members become stronger leaders and managers is one of your proudest accomplishments. You thrive in developing training, systems and processes to ensure staff have the tools and resources they need to succeed. You model leadership and give thoughtful feedback to help team members grow.
You inspire and engender trust whether you are meeting with a colleague one-to-one in the office or leading a meeting on Zoom.

WEST employees are currently working a hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two working remotely.
The West End Strategy Team provides a generous bonus structure. Benefits include health, dental, long- term disability, short-term disability, paid parental leave and a 401k plan with an employer contribution.
To apply for this position, submit a cover letter and resume online at The cover letter should be concise and compelling and outline the specific ways in which you would be a good fit for this position. Only applications submitted through this website will be considered. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
WEST is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ applicants.

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