Program Manager

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily execution of activities related to partner-facing programs.

• Organize work plans and schedules, fostering and nurturing strategic partnerships.

• Ensure program activities, deliverables, and community engagement initiatives are executed with clarity, accountability, cultural relevance, and measurable impact.

• Create, manage, and sustain program work plans, timelines, meeting schedules, task trackers, and implementation calendars for partner relations and community outreach efforts.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among agronomy, market development, business technical assistance, communications, research, education, and local partner teams.

• Assess progress toward program objectives, identifying implementation risks or capacity gaps.

• Identify, engage, and sustain relationships with a network of regional partners.

• Oversee and monitor all partner-related deliverables associated with grants, contracts, and collaborative agreements.

• Support outreach initiatives that embody the program’s dedication to 'bilingual everything'.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in regenerative agriculture, organic systems, community food systems, or related areas.

• Demonstrated success in partnership development, community engagement, or program management.

• Experience in managing complex programs, timelines, deliverables, partner communications, and cross-functional workflows.

• Familiarity with grant deliverables, reporting, and coordination across partners.

• Proficient in using project management, reporting, database, and communication tools to coordinate tasks, document progress, and track outcomes.

• Strong understanding of farmer-facing programs, particularly for small-scale and historically underserved producers.

• Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups, including farmers, nonprofits, agencies, and institutional buyers.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring accountability to partners, funders, farmers, and internal teams.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proficiency in Spanish is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% of medical premiums covered for full-time employees and their dependents.

• Shared premium costs for dental and vision plans.

• 403(b) retirement savings plan.

• Life insurance and AD&D coverage.

• Complete coverage for short and long-term disability.

• Competitive time off program.

• 5 floating holidays for full-time employees.

• 12 company-paid holidays.