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Job description
The Opportunity
GreenLight Bay Area is currently seeking a dynamic, passionate, and strategic Director in the South Bay to work in collaboration with and serve as a thought partner to the Bay Area Executive Director. The Director will manage the programmatic operations alongside the San Francisco/Oakland Director, ensuring on‑track progress on the site’s ambitious plans towards programmatic impact.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the intersection of social entrepreneurship and community need and to build and support a portfolio of high‑performing nonprofits to confront the community’s most pressing challenges.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Selection Cycle Management
With direction from the Executive Director, lead annual selection cycle process beginning with designing and implementing an initial discovery process to assess unmet community needs.
Establish and grow local relationships with stakeholders across the South Bay to understand potential focus areas.
Identify and manage relationships with community‑wide Selection Advisory Council members to advise on identifying high‑priority community needs around the South Bay and the vet selecting portfolio organizations that can powerfully address them.
Recommend focus areas for consideration for selection cycles and support facilitation of Selection Advisory Council meetings.
Conduct thorough due diligence on potential portfolio organizations, leading site visits alongside the GreenLight Bay Area team.
Support community engagement plan execution across the selection cycle to engage community members with lived experience navigating poverty in determining priority needs and solutions.
Portfolio Management
Coordinate with the Executive Director to deliver ongoing support to a portfolio of organizations including monthly coaching meetings and ongoing relationship management of local donors and partners to support portfolio organizations.
Ensure that all portfolio management deliverables are executed including annual reviews, data collection, and reporting.
Culture and More
Participate actively in the GreenLight’s network of local and national staff to share best practices, knowledge of promising social innovation, and strategies to build the network and collaborate to find and support GreenLight organizations.
Align site’s operations with organizational Strategic Plan over the next three years to deepen community impact, grow to new cities, build out our learning capacity, build strategic partnerships and center equity in all that we do.
Travel to GreenLight national meetings (hosted by a GreenLight site) and approximately three site visits per year (meetings and site visit locations will vary).
Bring joy, curiosity and positivity to your work and the team, along with a passion for investing in change in the Bay Area.
Candidate Profile
The Director – South Bay will be an experienced, innovative, and collaborative director with exceptional project management, communication and relationship‑building skills. While no one candidate will possess every quality outlined for this position, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:
Authentic passion for GreenLight’s mission and commitment to the Bay Area community, with specific connection to or experience in the South Bay area
Proven commitment to bringing a racial equity lens to their work and deep understanding of how systems of oppression have affected communities experiencing poverty
10+ years of experience with a successful track record in fast‑paced, entrepreneurial environments holding positions of increasing responsibility
Experience building relationships in Bay Area’s philanthropic, nonprofit and/or business sectors, as well as knowledge of the critical social issues affecting low‑income residents in the area
Creative, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and action‑oriented with an eagerness to roll up one’s sleeves and work hands‑on to manage towards site goals and success
Passion for and a demonstrated commitment to social entrepreneurship and social change
Demonstrated experience developing effective working relationships with people from a wide array of backgrounds and leading groups with a collegial and team‑building approach
Experience executing competing priorities with excellence
Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to represent GreenLight Bay Area in an engaging and dynamic manner
Experience in writing and submitting grant proposals and reports is a plus
Compensation and Benefits
The salary for this position is $135,000. The compensation package includes:
Health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield (80% paid by GreenLight)
Dental and Vision insurance through Guardian (80% paid by GreenLight)
Full coverage of all mental health visits through Blue Cross Blue Shield
Safe Harbor 401k: GreenLight will match 100% of the first 3% of salary and 50% of the next 2%
Short and long‑term disability and life insurance fully paid by GreenLight
11 company‑wide holiday closings and 3 floating holidays
Generous PTO and parental leave
Up to $75 per month of cell phone reimbursement
Up to $100 per month of WiFi reimbursement
Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
Access to Holisticly (40 Holisticly credits per month)
Candidates must be based in the Bay Area, with preference to those based in the South Bay. This position offers flexibility to work from home or hybrid with the expectation of in‑person engagements, including meetings, events, and travel.
Greenlight Fund is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBT applicants.
Contact
Koya Partners l Diversified Search Group has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Cassie Scarano and Ariella Pasackow. To apply, please submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out our Talent Profile no later than August 22, 2025. All inquiries are strictly confidential.
Koya Partners is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals living with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual living with a disability and need assistance expressing interest online, please email If you are selected for an interview, you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process.
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