Director, External Talent Programs

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. 
As a Director of External Talent Programs, you will be responsible for developing and overseeing a multi-year talent investment strategy that produces a pipeline of skilled, passionate individuals that can affect policy changes to limit government overreach and promote individual liberty.  You will coordinate across teams to implement that strategy, starting from selection all the way through connecting talent to roles at academic centers, think tanks, and policy organizations. You will collaborate closely with Stand Together’s internal Talent Capability and the Constitutionally Limited Government issue team to set priorities and operationalize your strategy.  
 
As part of this role, you will steward professional development programs that have a long-standing brand of excellence and an expansive alumni network – the Koch Associate Program and the Koch Internship Program – maximizing the programs’ potential to create a talent market while helping individual participants advance their career aspirations.  

How You Will Contribute

  • Create a strategy for identifying, developing, and connecting talent to critical roles that drive policies that prevent government overreach, protect constitutional rights, and promote individual freedom.  
  • Gather knowledge of the landscape of policy job opportunities to establish the profile of talent we need to attract. Collaborate with Stand Together’s Talent Acquisition team to source roles and select talent. 
  • Drive a vision for leveraging the Koch Internship Program and Koch Associate Program as a way to identify and train talent within their first two years in our pipeline. This includes defining learning objectives, setting program outcomes, and working with Stand Together’s Scaled Education team to develop a curriculum and execute programs  
  • Develop a strategy to transition talent into a long-term engagement. Set goals, KPIs, and knowledge systems to evaluate the effectiveness of the alumni program.  
  • Use data to understand our talent pool, ROI of the programs, and provide insights into talent-role connections.  
  • Partner with Constitutionally Limited Government strategy team to ensure that outcomes, KPIs, and reporting for our programs are advancing overall CLG strategy.  

What You Will Bring

  • Experience in talent development through programs and long-term engagement. 
  • Established knowledge of the the free-market, classical liberal space from working within an organization such as a think tank, policy organization, or philanthropic organization.
  • Knowledge of how to foster an active and engaged alumni network.  
  • Creativity for connecting talent to leveraged jobs and opportunities. 
  • Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to execute through capabilities that sit on different teams. 
  • Ability to attend KAP Summits in Arlington, VA and Alumni events.  
  • Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect. 

Standout Candidates Will Bring

  • Deep knowledge of the network of liberty-advancing nonprofits, academic centers, and government administration opportunities. 

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.