Public Policy Lab

Job Description

The finance and operations director keeps PPL running. This person owns the financial, operational, legal, IT, and people-management infrastructure that allows a project-driven nonprofit to do its best work — and does so with the rigor, transparency, and continuous improvement orientation that PPL’s mission demands. This is a senior role that reports to the executive director and works closely with the senior team on organizational health, resource strategy, and staff experience. It requires someone who is equally comfortable building a cash flow model, negotiating a contract, thinking carefully about what it means to create a good workplace, and supervising part-time staff. At an organization of PPL’s size, no systems run themselves — this person builds them, maintains them, and makes them better.