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Job description
Overview
Direct Reports: Director of Marketing & Brand; Growth & Partnership Staff
Location: East Harris County, TX
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Compensation: $115,000 base + performance incentive + full benefits
The Seat That Builds the Financial Engine of a Region
EHCEC is not a typical nonprofit.
We are the regional development anchor for East Harris County.
We build systems.
We move with urgency.
We measure impact — not activity .
The Chief Growth Officer is the architect of EHCEC’s growth engine.
This is not a traditional fundraising role.
This is a general management seat focused on systems design.
You will not win by grinding harder.
You will win by designing structures that scale without heroics.
There is no playbook for this work.
East Harris County has been underserved for decades.
We are building what does not yet exist — and we want you to help design it.
If you thrive in white space, complexity, and institutional building — keep reading.
The Problem This Role Solves
Without a strong growth system:
Revenue becomes person-dependent
Staff burnout
Partnerships stay transactional
Growth creates strain instead of capacity
Strategy gets compromised by money pressure
This role exists to ensure:
EHCEC raises and sustains millions without relying on any single person — including you.
Organizational health
Mission integrity
Staff capacity
Your Mission
Design, build, and steward EHCEC’s growth architecture — a system that attracts aligned capital, builds multi-year partnerships, and fuels regional transformation.
Not to:
Close every deal
Personally manage every relationship
Be the hero
But to:
Build engines
Transfer ownership
Make growth repeatable
IMPORTANT: This Is a Generalist Leadership Role
This is not a subject matter expert seat.
You do not need to be a technical expert in:
Corporate CSR
Workplace giving
Corporate Sponsorships
Grant writing
We are hiring a systems leader who can:
Ask strategic questions
Build teams of subject-matter experts
Make disciplined tradeoffs
Lead at the enterprise level
Your value is not in tactics.
Your value is in judgment, structure, and system design.
If you want to personally execute every revenue activity —this is not your seat.
How We Work
Monday.com & AI Software
HubSpot CRM
Weekly execution cadence
Clear ownership
Radical accountability
Low ego.
Team > individual credit.
Core Responsibilities
Design and execute a multi-year growth strategy aligned to the EHCTX 2035 Plan
Build capital systems , not pipelines
Protect EHCEC from misaligned money
Partner with the CEO on strategic tradeoffs
2. Corporate Impact Platform™ (Primary Engine)
Own and steward EHCEC’s single corporate investment product
Build multi-year partnerships across:
– executive investment
– brand visibility
Eliminate fragmented asks
Design tiered investment pathways
3. Workplace Giving System
Architect a scalable employer-based giving model
Scale to 15+ employers in Year 1
Develop onboarding + campaign playbooks
Remove dependency on personal hustle
Build external leverage systems:
trusted intermediaries
Transition growth from:
If growth still depends on you in Year 3, the system has failed.
5. Brand & Narrative Stewardship
Provide strategic leadership to the Director of Marketing & Brand
Ensure marketing ladders into:
trust
credibility
long-term investment
Guard brand integrity
Align the Opportunity Guide to growth strategy
Serve on the Executive Leadership Team
Bring a capital lens to enterprise decisions
Partner with:
– COO (program capacity)
– Director of Finance (financial risk)
– CAO (talent systems)
Surface risks early
Pressure-test growth ideas
Lead the Resource Development Department
Directly manage:
– Director of Marketing & Brand
– Growth & partnership staff
Build systems that:
reduce burnout
create clarity
Develop leaders , not task executors
Reality Check
You are not stepping into a polished system.
You are building it.
If you want to:
Personal credit
Hustle culture
Quick wins
This is not your seat.
If you want:
Systems
Leverage
Institutional impact
Long-term legacy
We want you.
What Success Looks Like (12–36 Months)
$1.5M+ in multi-year renewable investment
Workplace giving active in 15+ employers
3+ force multiplier structures operating
Corporate renewals with minimal executive lift
Brand trust increases measurably
Growth decisions reduce organizational strain
EHCEC confidently says “no” to misaligned capital
What You Bring
8–12+ years in growth, partnerships, or institutional leadership
Track record scaling organizations or initiatives
Executive presence
Comfort with ambiguity
Strong judgment
Ability to lead through influence
Preferred Backgrounds
Economic development
Chambers of commerce
Corporate CSR
Public–private partnerships
Large nonprofit leadership
Leadership Profile
Must Have
Systems thinker
Calm under pressure
Long-term orientation
High emotional intelligence
Disciplined decision-maker
Comfortable transferring ownership
Must NOT Have
Comfort with chaos
Need for validation
Ego-driven leadership
Why This Role Matters
This is a trust seat.
You will shape:
How EHCEC funds its future
How the region perceives the institution
How sustainable growth actually works
Success will not always be loud —but it will be lasting.
Final Anchor Statement
EHCEC is hiring a Chief Growth Officer to build systems that allow the organization to raise and sustain millions — without relying on any one person, including them.
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Worksite address
houston, TX, 77246, US
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