Managing Director

You'll own the day-to-day leadership of our real estate and architecture verticals — work that is deeply intersecting with fundraising and day-to-day operations. You will be second to the Executive Director, partnering closely with her to steward strategy, culture, and growth.Shape and execute long-term growth strategy in partnership with the Executive Director and sector leadersIdentify opportunities to improve processes, efficiencies, and earned income across architecture and development verticals Partner with the Executive Director and Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships to support national business development — identifying mission-aligned opportunities, pitching, and securing new workEngage with external partners, funders, and community stakeholders to raise awareness of DJDS's mission and support fundraisingParticipate in community engagement and design processes with genuine curiosity and care for the communities we serve Lead at least one project in the portfolio at all times — this is a working leadership role with direct billability expectations, not a purely supervisory oneBring a practiced eye to project selection — helping evaluate which opportunities to pursue, which to decline, and whySupport business development by contributing to proposals, pitches, and client relationships alongside the Executive Director and sector leadersEnsure that the way we work on projects reflects how we believe the world should work — with community, with care, and with rigor You have 15+ years of experience across architecture and real estate development, with significant time in community management or owner-side project leadershipYou have 10+ years in organizational leadership, with a track record of growing teams and managing across disciplinesYou bring expertise in at least one field and the curiosity to work fluidly across many others — connecting dots between disciplines, bringing unexpected perspectives to complex problems, and getting energized by collaboration across silos rather than within themYou understand the hybrid nonprofit/fee-for-service model — how mission and earned income coexist — and you're energized by both sides of that equationYou are a strong people manager — someone who builds trust, holds accountability with care, and actively, coaches, mentors, and develops the people around themYou bring high curiosity and worldly exposure — you've worked with diverse communities and bring genuine humility and attentiveness to that workYou're a strong personality who can challenge leadership and disagree constructively — we want a thought partner, not a yes-personYou lead relationally — culture, trust, and care are not soft add-ons for you, they're how good work gets doneYou can hold complexity and create clarity for others — especially in ambiguous, resource-constrained environmentsYou are comfortable working bicoastally or with eventual relocation to the Bay Area

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