Director of Strategic Initiatives and Enablement

The Director of Strategic Initiatives and Enablement leads Carina's state portfolio across Washington and Oregon, unifying program and contract management, communication and engagement, and evaluation under one portfolio. The role requires a mix of hands-on work and strategic leadership.

What You Will Do

The Director will lead the state program portfolio, own the overall strategic and operational health and performance of Carina's work with individual provider programs and related care seeker-side programs in each state Carina serves. They will serve as a senior day-to-day relationship leader with state agencies, contract counterparts, program partners, and other key stakeholders.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of progressive experience leading strategic initiatives, business transformation, program management, and organizational enablement efforts. They will have demonstrated program and contract management skills, including scopes of work, amendments, and performance reporting.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of progressive experience leading strategic initiatives, business transformation, program management, and organizational enablement efforts
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Public Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7-10 years of experience working with complex external partnerships
• Demonstrated program and contract management skills, including scopes of work, amendments, and performance reporting
• Ability to develop trusted relationships with senior external stakeholders while managing the operational details underneath
• Exceptional strategic judgment and the ability to move between big-picture strategy and day-to-day execution
• Experience translating data, research, and qualitative insight into clear outcomes and impact narratives
• Understanding of how to build and manage stakeholder engagement strategies, particularly in complex environments
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to influence teams without direct authority
• A successful track record leading and developing teams, with judgment about what should be owned internally versus through shared services or external partners
• Experience managing managers, including setting direction, monitoring the quality of their teams' work, and holding them accountable
• Experience operating within objectives and key results (OKRs) or quarterly goal-setting frameworks, with comfort adapting team-level execution practices (sprints, retros, etc.) as needed
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with government leaders, community partners, funders, and internal executives
• A strong orientation toward learning, evidence, and continuous improvement, with comfort working where the path forward is not fully defined

Benefits

• Fully Paid Medical, Dental and Vision
• 18 days PTO, 15 Sick days, 9 holidays, 1 floating holiday and 2 personal days
• Employer Funded Defined Contribution Pension Plan and 401(k) options with company match
• Fitness, cell phone, internet and furniture stipends
• Mid-year summer break and end of the year winter break