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Managing Director

Movement Labs
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2025

POSITION TYPE : Full-time

Check below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.

LOCATION : Remote

COMPENSATION : This position is a full-time salaried position with a salary range of $165,000-$200,000 and an additional COLA adjustment for those in expensive locations.

PREFERRED START DATE : March 1st, priority application deadline is January 23rd.

If you refer the candidate we hire, we will pay you $5,000.

About Movement Labs

Movement Labs is dedicated to stopping the far right and saving democracy. We bring new thinking to the most challenging problems in the political ecosystem and rigorously test our ideas.

You'll bring our long-term vision into the day-to-day of all of Movement Labs' 80 employees. You'll work closely with the CEO as a #2 and sounding board, supporting prioritization, and being a main implementer of plans. You'll coordinate department work, drive new investments forward, and be a co-designer of the organization.

You'll also be responsible for leading a small finance team and increasing our financial visibility and planning, as well as a people team focused on the effectiveness and thriving of our whole team. You can learn more about us and the role here in these nifty slides.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Management (50%) :

  • Acting as chief problem-solver to the CEO and VP team
  • Working with the CEO to vet possible growth areas and drive some forward
  • Supporting team-wide & leadership meetings and strategic planning
  • Reinforcing our values as a coherent organizational culture

Finance (25%) :

  • With support staff, be a strategic leader guiding bookkeeping, cost and revenue projections, department budgeting, and margin management of our core business
  • Supporting the fundraising team in increasing velocity and systematization of fundraising
  • People Operations (25%) :

  • Increase team effectiveness by working closely as a people-focused partner to leadership team
  • Lead recruitment, identifying new roles and helping facilitate horizontal movement
  • Oversee a people team managing hiring, training, culture, benefits, and HR functions
  • Oversee staff conflict, mediation, and performance improvement processes
  • Requirements

  • Fast-paced, exceptional intelligence, highly quantitative mindset
  • Comfort with risk
  • Significant political campaign or advocacy experience (2 years)
  • Leadership experience in a growing tech or consulting firm, ideally touching political, social, or civic work
  • Experience managing managers (4 years)
  • Experience with financial and HR management
  • Nice to haves :

  • Experience working in strategy consulting, marketing, or SMS
  • Experience with management training or coaching
  • Experience with political or 501(c)(4) fundraising
  • Bay area modestly preferred
  • Benefits

    Annual salary of $165,000 - 200,000 with COLA adjustments.

    Movement Labs employees receive excellent health, dental, and vision benefits, 401k, work-from-home stipends, and unlimited Paid Time Off. This position does not qualify as a bargaining unit position.

    Movement Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

    The application process includes a fair amount of non-interview work to allow you to get a feel for the work environment and for us to get a feel of how you work outside of a live conversation. Here is the process :

  • Candidates apply
  • Short analytics exercise
  • Candidates who advance will be connected directly to the founder and CEO
  • A paid exercise will explore your strategic thinking around the organization
  • You'll refine your thinking, meet the VP team and do a final interview
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    Salary : $165,000 - $200,000

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