Sr. Director, No Kid Hungry State Campaigns (Southeast and West Regions)

Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry campaign, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas, and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

The Senior Director, No Kid Hungry State Campaigns are two positions that will provide strategic leadership and internal coordination to the portfolio of No Kid Hungry state campaigns across the Southeast & West regions. The Senior Director will lead development of the region’s multi-year strategy, guides state campaign leads in building annual plans informed by data and best practices, and ensures resources and staff are positioned toward the highest-impact opportunities. This role also co-leads organizational programmatic strategy in one or two priority areas, assessing learnings, impact, and needs across the broader state campaigns to inform future strategy and plans.

The Senior Director ensures strong alignment between state strategies and organizational priorities, drives consistent operational standards – including annual planning, budgeting, grantmaking, and reporting – and strengthens collaboration and knowledge-sharing among states within the region. This role also serves as a key voice for the region’s public presence, coordinating messaging and media engagement and serving as a No Kid Hungry spokesperson with regional media and high-level stakeholders as needed.

The Senior Director directly manages 4-6 staff, with additional staff reporting up through them, and is responsible for performance management and talent development across the region’s team. This role also works with the managing director to build strong cross-departmental systems to ensure alignment and execution of state and organization-wide goals.

Beyond their region, the Senior Director serves on the broader state campaigns leadership team, helping inform team-wide planning, budgeting, and operational processes, and represents state campaigns work in internal bodies and initiatives. This role acts as a key internal connector – guiding teams through organizational change and promoting alignment as priorities evolve.

There are (2) two positions, one will be based in the Southeast region (AL, AR, MS, LA, NC, SC, FL, GA, and TN) and one in the West region (CA, AZ,OR, WA, ID, NV,UT, MT, WY, ND, SD, CO, KS, OK, NM, and TX) and fully remote. Candidates must be located in the Southeast and West regions.

The position offers a salary range of $135k-$155k. Exact compensation within the stated salary range may vary based on skills, experience, internal equity, and geographical location.

Final Candidate(s) maybe asked to do a work sample.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy Development

• Lead development of multi-year strategy: Lead the development of the multi-year state strategies across the region’s state campaigns, identifying opportunities to further our organizational priorities and reach our long-range goals.
• Provide strategic oversight and internal alignment: Guide state campaign leads in developing state campaign goals and annual plans that are informed by data and best practices and positioned to make the greatest impact towards our organization’s programmatic goals. Review draft goals and plans to submit to Managing Director for final approval.
• Support development of organizational programmatic strategy: co-lead programmatic strategy development in one or two priority areas, reporting up to the Managing Director that leads state campaign strategy; develop broader state campaign strategies informed by previous learnings, data, policy, and research; inform strategies across program teams through the planning process; and lead the gathering of impact and learnings.

Campaign Execution and Operations

• Ensure Operational Excellence and Internal Accountability: Oversee annual planning, budgeting, grantmaking and reporting standards for state campaigns in the region to enable teams to meet our organizational goals. Promote consistent use of organizational systems and tools.
• Advance External Visibility and Influence: Inform and support state campaigns public presence; ensure coordinated messaging and effective use of internal assets for media engagement, including PR firms where appropriate. Serve as No Kid Hungry spokesperson in regional opportunities with media and high-level stakeholders, as needed.
• Strengthen Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Across Broader State Campaigns Team: Facilitate effective collaboration between states within the region and across the broader State Campaigns team. Identify cross-state projects to improve effectiveness or efficiency, and surface training and learning opportunities that strengthen the team’s collective expertise.
• Strengthen internal collaborations: Build strong working relationships between state campaign teams and other internal teams – particularly Policy, Advocacy, and Communications – to ensure alignment, consistent messaging, and shared understanding of state-level needs and opportunities. Connect teams, promote shared learning, and help resolve cross-functional challenges.
• Serve as state campaigns team leader: Help inform, develop, and communicate out team-wide projects and processes – such as annual planning, budgeting, and reporting – to ensure cohesion across team. Represent state campaigns work on select department leadership tables and meetings.

Team Leadership & Organizational Commitments

• Coach and Develop State Leaders: Directly manage 4-7 staff with an additional staff reporting up through them. Deliver clear direction, feedback, and coaching; set clear expectations, review goals and performance measures, and coordinate with HR and senior leadership on talent development, staffing needs, and succession planning.
• Promote Equity, Inclusion, and Internal Culture-Building: Reinforce a culture of inclusion, transparency, and collaboration. Ensure state campaign staff embed equity in internal processes, team management, decision-making, and partnership strategy while modeling inclusive leadership that strengthens the organization’s internal culture.
• Engage State Leadership to Advance Fundraising and Resource Development: Collaborate with Development to maximize the value state teams bring to fundraising efforts; inform and support key engagements, cultivation, and stewardship opportunities within the region.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Up to 40% travel.

QUALIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred, with 10+ years’ previous work experience in advocacy, public policy, community development, program management, or social services.
• Experience leading successful state campaigns, ideally in multiple states – including building and executing campaign strategies and navigating dynamic environments.
• Experience working with state and local government officials, state agency staff, businesses and community-based organizations.
• Deep knowledge of federal nutrition programs such as school breakfast, summer meals, SNAP, and other benefits integration initiatives.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.
• Proven successful budget management experience.
• Strong people leader and thought partner, experience as a people manager, strategic advisor, and effective team builder.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills, including the ability to navigate challenges through sound judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a demonstrated ability to work independently on multi-step projects in a fluid, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting to high-level audiences.
• Proficiency in MS Office (any other relevant applications/software as applicable).

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFIT PLAN:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan which currently includes, but is not limited to, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, retirement, wellness benefits, and paid time off (vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, holiday, parental leave, bereavement leave, military leave, and jury duty leave).

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

Share Our Strength is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, military status, age, or any other classification protected by law.