Director of Community Growth

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Drive talent development across CEA’s Events, Groups, Online, and Courses initiatives.

• Build and nurture a team of outstanding leaders through hiring, coaching, and empowering program leaders.

• Establish priorities, allocate resources, and make strategic trade-offs within the Community Growth Team.

• Contribute to organization-wide strategy as a member of CEA’s Leadership Team.

• Collaborate across functions to help shape the future direction of CEA.

• Foster a collaborative culture and identify opportunities for teams to enhance funding growth and CEA’s reputation.

• Define overarching talent growth objectives for CEA in conjunction with product owners and organizational leaders.

• Determine investment areas and identify programs to expand, modify, or discontinue.

• Accelerate the growth of the EA community through sound product and impact judgment.

• Potentially develop new programs to address strategic gaps.

• Report directly to the CEO, Zachary Robinson.

• Participate in CEA retreats, conferences, and various events, likely involving over 5 trips annually, including several international trips.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong alignment with values and a deep understanding of effective altruism principles and CEA’s mission.

• Familiarity with the EA community sufficient to provide strategic insights and grasp ecosystem-wide implications.

• Proven experience in senior leadership roles within a complex organization.

• Experience in setting direction, making informed decisions amid uncertainty, and translating strategy into actionable plans.

• Established history of building and leading high-achieving teams.

• Experience in hiring and developing managers, fostering ownership and accountability, establishing high standards, and addressing performance challenges.

• Product development mindset and experience in designing experiments with clear success metrics.

• Capability to make difficult decisions backed by qualitative and quantitative data.

• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to navigate ambiguity, uncertainty, and fast-paced scaling environments.

• Strategic vision and the capacity to empower teams to implement strategies and inspire shared objectives.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to collaborate with CEA and leaders from other EA organizations.

• Experience in product management roles, nonprofit program leadership, senior generalist positions, growth-oriented roles, or startup generalist roles may be beneficial.

• Preferably able to work across time zones between US Pacific Time and CET.

• Willingness to undertake 5+ trips annually, including several international journeys.

• For employees in the US, participation in E-Verify is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• 10% unconditional pension contribution for candidates in the US or UK.

• Private health insurance coverage.

• Flexible working hours.

• Annual professional development allowance of $6,000 / £5,000.

• Mental health support allowance of $6,000 / £5,000.

• Extended parental leave policy.

• Provision of ergonomic equipment.

• 25 days of paid vacation.

• Access to the Oxford, UK office.

• Remote work options available.

• Flexible start date for outstanding candidates.

• Opportunities to attend CEA retreats, conferences, and various events.