Executive Director

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

📋 Description

• Provide strategic direction and operational management for designated client associations.

• Collaborate with Boards of Directors, volunteer leaders, members, and internal AMR teams.

• Create strategic objectives, actionable plans, yearly workplans, and measurable outcomes.

• Evaluate industry trends, member requirements, emerging challenges, and opportunities for organizational sustainability.

• Act as the main liaison between AMR client teams and association Boards.

• Oversee association resources, budgets, contractual responsibilities, and opportunities for service expansion.

• Formulate sponsorship and corporate partnership strategies, prospectuses, pricing, packages, and outreach initiatives.

• Drive sponsor solicitation campaigns and nurture relationships with corporate sponsors and donors.

• Research potential partners and prepare customized executive summaries and proposals.

• Manage sponsorship pipelines, dashboards, contracts, negotiations, and implementations.

• Coordinate sponsor engagement at conferences and industry gatherings.

• Prepare volunteer leaders for discussions with sponsors.

• Supervise association operations, policies, procedures, programs, projects, and events.

• Lead, coach, mentor, and conduct development discussions with direct reports and AMR team members.

• Manage projects and team communications using Basecamp.

• Provide updates to the association Board and AMR Executive Team.

• Ensure annual reports are submitted to the relevant Secretary of State.

• Create annual budgets and analyze financial reports, including revenues, expenses, investments, and variances.

• Coordinate information for Form 990 tax filings and financial audits or reviews.

• Cultivate relationships with Boards, volunteers, members, sponsors, external stakeholders, and internal teams.

• Prepare and deliver professional communications to stakeholders.

• Enhance member engagement and the value of association programs and services.

• Represent associations with professionalism to members, partners, and industry stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, accounting, or a related field is preferred.

• A minimum of five years of experience in association management.

• At least three years in a Deputy Director or Executive Director position.

• Experience managing a national medical or healthcare association is strongly preferred.

• Proven track record in leading operations, strategy, and financial management for a membership-driven organization.

• Experience collaborating with a Board of Directors and supporting volunteer leaders.

• CAE certification is preferred.

• Exceptional leadership, people management, coaching, and mentoring skills.

• Experience managing remote teams and working collaboratively across various functional areas.

• Ability to navigate complex or ambiguous situations and direct stakeholders toward timely solutions.

• Strong strategic thinking, project management, and organizational capabilities.

• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.

• Strong financial, analytical, and business acumen, including budget development, financial reporting, and variance analysis.

• Understanding of nonprofit leadership and management principles, association governance, and the association management company model.

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.

• Capability to utilize project management tools.

• Flexibility to accommodate regular evening and weekend meetings.

• Willingness to travel occasionally for conferences and Board events.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work-from-home setup.

• Flexible schedules, including half-day Fridays.

• Five weeks of paid time off each year.

• Fourteen paid holidays, including time off between Christmas and New Year’s.

• Paid parental leave.

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Virtual team activities and opportunities for connecting with colleagues.

• Personal and professional development opportunities.

• Continuous learning opportunities.

• A relaxed, collaborative, casual, and results-oriented workplace culture.

• Meaningful work that supports associations and professional communities.