The Role
Location: Remote (with occasional travel)
Reports to: Vice President
Direct reports: Research Analyst Manager, Learning Manager, and Grants Administration Data Coordinator
Position Summary
G4GC is seeking a visionary and strategic research leader who understands that at G4GC, research and learning are not compliance functions but essential drivers of strategy, accountability, and field leadership. The Senior Director will bring deep experience designing and managing research and evaluation initiatives within philanthropic or mission driven organizations and are motivated by building infrastructure that advances equity and transformation.
They are comfortable stepping into evolving systems and strengthening them. With fluency in data systems and cross functional collaboration, they can clarify roles, improve governance, and build sustainable processes that support grantmaking, fundraising, and organizational strategy. They understand the operational realities of stewarding complex grantmaking and fundraising information, ensuring data integrity, strong data security practices, and responsible governance while translating insights into compelling narratives for leadership, funders, and partners.
The Senior Director approaches research with care and political awareness. They are thoughtful about consent, language, and representation, particularly in work centering girls and gender expansive youth of color. They can balance methodological rigor with responsiveness, building long term research strategy while delivering timely, usable insights that inform decision making and strengthen relationships across the organization and field.
As a key member of the management team, they are prepared to engage in substantive intellectual partnership with the Vice President and executive leadership. They bring independent thought, clarity of perspective, and the confidence to shape research direction while aligning closely with G4GC’s mission and values. An empowering and grounded manager, they support staff expertise while setting clear expectations, strengthening accountability, and modeling inclusive and transparent leadership across the department.
Finally, they are deeply aligned with G4GC’s commitment to racial justice, gender justice, and youth centered leadership. They believe that research should strengthen movements, not extract from them, and they are motivated by the opportunity to build a learning infrastructure that advances liberation and collective power.
Applicants applying by Friday, March 27, 2026 will be given priority consideration, with the position open until filled.