About Genesys Works
The mission of Genesys Works is to provide pathways to career success for high school students in underserved communities through skills training, meaningful work experiences, and impactful relationships. The organization envisions a future where all young adults are equipped and empowered with the knowledge and skills required to achieve career success, upward mobility, and a lifetime of economic self-sufficiency.
Genesys Works is a $40 million, national nonprofit that has been advancing economic mobility for 21 years and has helped more than 9,000 students from under-represented communities to prepare for college and careers and to succeed in both. In addition to a national office, the organization currently operates in seven cities across the country – Bay Area, Capital Region, Houston, New York, Tulsa, and Twin Cities.
The Genesys Works Bay Area has a 2024 budget of $3.5 million, 9 full time professional staff, and over 100 students working in 24 major corporations. Genesys works aims to triple the size of Bay Area by the Class of 2029 which will be recruited in 2028.
The organization creates career pathways and opportunities for youth from underserved communities while simultaneously helping employers fill critical talent gaps within their companies. They do this by providing skills training, counseling and coaching, and paid internships for high school seniors who currently reside in underserved communities and lack access to the resources needed to achieve sustained economic mobility.
Learn more about Genesys Works at https://genesysworks.org/.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced leader capable of growing, establishing, and maintaining, strong relationships with Corporate Partners, philanthropic and community leaders, ensuring programmatic quality and ongoing enhancement of the Genesys Works brand in the local market. The Executive Director will report to the Managing Director of Site Operations and work collaboratively with other members of the Senior Leadership Team in the National office of Genesys Works. The Executive Director will have overall operational responsibility for successful implementation of the Genesys Works business model.
Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and Vision
- Establish strong relationships with C-level and Senior level executives at Fortune 500 employers in the Bay Area and capitalize on these relationships to enable Bay Area to serve more students and Corporate Partners more deeply.
- Maintain a positive multi-cultural work environment that attracts and inspires staff.
- Lead, coach, develop and retain Genesys Works Bay Area’s Site team.
- Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence while executing Sales plans that drive growth.
- Build a diverse and inclusive Advisory Board representative of the community, which is highly engaged and willing to leverage and secure resources.
- Cultivate a strong and transparent working relationship with the National office, and other Site leaders, and ensure open communication of financial, programmatic and impact performance against stated milestones and goals.
Resource Development
- Building the capacity and capability of the Bay Area Sales and Program team to enable it to grow at a persistent rate of 25-40 High School Interns per year and increase its retention of HS interns steadily to over 95% by 2029.
- Developing and deepening relationships with senior leaders of local school districts and schools to align Genesys Works program with career readiness initiatives.
- Overseeing fundraising leads to ensure they are increasing annual philanthropic support – capacity to drive growth - by deepening relationships with major individual, foundation, and corporate donors.
- Implementing performance management and development programs across the Bay across the Bay Area team to ensure employes are engaged and have a strong sense of belonging.
- Ensuring that Bay Area complies with core and best practice standards and processes across all functions, and laws and local operating requirements.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of senior management experience.
- Proven experience selling, consultatively, to C-level leaders of Fortune 500 companies.
- Demonstrable experience creating and implementing growth plans externally and internally.
- Passion for the mission of Genesys Works and making a difference in the lives of students from underserved communities.
- Proven experience building and leading teams and managing relationships with external stakeholder relationship management experience.
- Solid financial acumen and prior P&L management experience.
- Track record of effectively improving quality outcomes across multiple facets of the organization, in addition to growth.
- Past success working with Boards of Advisors, demonstrating the ability to build/rebuild boards and to cultivate deep relationships with board of advisors.
- Experience overseeing marketing and fundraising activities.
- Collaborative and adaptable leader committed to the success of the overall organization as well as their business unit.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The salary range for this role is $210,000 - $220,000 with a generous benefits package. The exact salary that will be offered will be determined based on consideration of the candidate's skills and experience and alignment with Genesys Works' compensation policies.
Contact
Koya Partners l Diversified Search Group has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Erin Reedy and Shannon O’Neill. Submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out our Talent Profile. All inquiries are strictly confidential.
Genesys Works is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees. Genesys Works will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion among our staff and corporate partners are essential to successfully executing our organizational mission. As such, we seek to recruit, support, develop, and retain high caliber talent from a diverse candidate pool that both complements and reflects the students we proudly serve.
Genesys Works remains committed to fostering a more equitable, inclusive and united society. We stand in solidarity with members of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities and seek partnerships that help dismantle the systems that lead to inequity in pursuit of a more just community.
The fabric of our country is made up of its people. The rich diversity of ideas, cultures and norms are what make this country unique, and it is what makes it resilient. For these reasons, there is no other country in the world that ensures the wide range of opportunities and freedoms for its citizens. It is the place people dare to make the impossible, possible in hope for a better future, not only for themselves, but for the generations that follow.