Program Management Office Leader, American Identity Initiative

Organization

Stand Together

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 
The American Identity Initiative (“A250”) is a multi-year initiative aimed at renewing public faith in the nation's founding principles and uniting Americans through a shared narrative of how these principles are brought to life through action. Leading up to July 4, 2026—America’s 250th anniversary—we will create widespread opportunities for individuals to demonstrate these values through contributions in their communities, businesses, and families. This milestone will serve not as a conclusion, but as the launch of a sustained national movement.
As Program Management Office (PMO) Leader, you will oversee and align multiple complex workstreams across a matrixed organization to ensure timely and integrated execution. You will lead a high-performing team of project managers, driving operational excellence, accountability, and delivery of key initiatives.
The work of A250 will span a national advertising campaign, a digital ecosystem to drive participation across multiple audiences (partners, community leaders, people-at-large), major tentpole investments (a Live Aid-style concert, feature films, user generated content platform), corporate sponsors, major sports leagues, celebrities/influencers, local events and grass roots organizations. You will also work directly with this diverse coalition of world-class partners—ensuring their contributions are fully integrated and aligned to drive the success of this national movement.
The PMO Leader also provides strategic operating support to the Operations Leader, enabling effective decision-making, business planning, and execution coordination across the function.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience leading complex program/projects and producing strategy-driven outcomes – and a passion for deploying that experience in service to the principles that underpin our American Identity and human progress more generally.

What You Will Do

  • Program Oversight & Integration: Lead the coordination and integration of multiple cross-functional programs and projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and timely delivery. Develop and manage an integrated program roadmap and dashboard with clear milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies. Establish and maintain governance processes to track progress, escalate issues, and ensure accountability across workstreams.
  • Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of project managers, fostering a high-performance culture and continuous development. Set clear performance expectations, manage resource allocation, and ensure consistency in program management practices.
  • Strategic Operations Support: Partner closely with the Operations Executive Leader to support strategic planning, prioritization, and operational rhythm. Drive the preparation, coordination, and follow-through of executive-level meetings, operational reviews, and cross-functional initiatives. Develop executive communications, presentations, and briefing materials in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Facilitate strong collaboration across departments, ensuring that program goals, timelines, and priorities are clearly communicated and understood. Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on program status and strategic initiatives.
  • Process Improvement & PMO Excellence: Continuously assess and evolve PMO tools, templates, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Champion a culture of operational rigor, transparency, and results-oriented execution.

What You Will Bring

  • Deep alignment with the Principles of Human Progress—especially self-actualization, mutual benefit, and bottom-up change. And enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principles, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
  • 10+ years of experience in program/project management with a strong background in leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams.
  • Experience in an enterprise or matrixed environment, preferably within operations, technology, or transformation functions.
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all organizational levels.
  • Deep understanding of program management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, hybrid).

What We Offer

  • Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. 
  • A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges. 
  • Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents. 
  • Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.  

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   
 
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.