Managing Director, Transportation

Managing Director, Transportation Sector

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.

NRDC's Transportation team is seeking to hire a Managing Director to work in one of NRDC's US offices.

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of the Climate & Energy Department, the Managing Director (MD) will be the chief visionary and strategist for the Transportation sector, charged with leading, scaling, and operationalizing the people, structures, initiatives, and partnerships needed to execute the sector's advocacy strategy for maximum impact. This role requires a significant amount of collaboration and thought partnership with other internal teams, as we work within a matrixed structure of operation. In addition, the role will require providing guidance and oversight to team Directors who directly report to the MD.

The MD will be externally and internally focused, representing NRDC and the Transportation sector at various external events as well as internal forums, acting as a spokesperson for our strategic vision and helping elevate the reputation and profile of the organization. The MD will seek out and build strategic partnerships, develop, and support fundraising efforts for Transportation in partnership with NRDC's Development team.

If you thrive in a care-oriented, diverse environment where people connect to create impact, you will enjoy the work we are doing at NRDC.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• Serve as chief advocacy and policy strategist, leader, and advocate of NRDC's Transportation sector and accountable for delivering major outcomes in pursuit of our goals.
• Lead the Transportation sector, including strategic planning, people management, operations, and fundraising.
• Directly supervise other Directors and enable their success, effective team management, and execution of priority initiatives.
• Collaborate with partners together with foundations to develop, align, and successfully execute on key campaigns.
• Work with our International Program to collaborate, align strategies, and amplify impact around transportation decarbonization.

Operations

Strategy and Fundraising

Qualifications

The Managing Director will be an empowering and collaborative individual who enables high performance and innovation and champions equity, diversity, and inclusion. The successful candidate will be flexible, thrive in collaboration, embrace solving complex and nuanced problems, and be recognized within the environmental movement as a strategic leader who communicates effectively to tell compelling stories to diverse audiences. Most importantly, you will demonstrate a genuine alignment with the values of NRDC and seek to apply your passion and skills to tackle the most important challenges humanity has ever faced.

NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $200,000 to $230,000.

NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come to the office 8 days per month.

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