Vice President – Market Leader

Vice President – Market Leader

Requirements

• Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and social justice.
• Minimum of fifteen years of experience in relevant community development, public policy, government, banking and finance, nonprofit, or real estate development experience.
• Undergraduate degree required. Master’s degree in business, public policy, economics, urban planning or real estate is strongly desired.
• Experience and a successful track record in the affordable housing and/or community development sector.
• Familiarity with federal, state and local community development programs, and private resources available for community development, including funding for special needs populations, specific knowledge of housing development and finance, including low-income housing tax credits, and property management, preferred.
• Knowledge of how policy is crafted and passed in local, regional and state policy arenas.
• Ability to effectively market all of Enterprise’s products, programs and activities to potential customers and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead and manage staff members through effective planning and organizing, decision making, motivating, supervising and evaluating.
• Strong skills in fostering teamwork to develop staff, leverage talent, and partner with colleagues to meet our mission.
• Experience and capability of effectively engaging with and obtaining support from philanthropic donors including corporations, foundations, and individuals.
• Demonstrated experience in managing budgets and the efficient use of financial resources.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated professionalism, diplomacy, composure, flexibility and ability to adapt to various situations.
• Strong communication skills with ability to clearly express ideas, thoughts and concepts verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate local and regional needs to identify opportunities in program, capital and policy that are consistent with Enterprise’s mission and strategic plan.
• Manage a high-capacity team focused on providing a range of programmatic, policy, and capital interventions in New York.
• Develop and oversee innovative programs and capital resources for Enterprise to address regional needs and grow our presence and impact.
• Actively collaborate across Enterprise divisions and departments to identify new opportunities to deploy Enterprise expertise and products.
• Act as a primary relationship manager for local and state government partners in the region, in partnership with policy staff.
• Engage and cultivate constructive relationships with local and state elected officials.
• Identify and facilitate opportunities for collaboration with other Enterprise markets, national programs, and capital product teams.
• Proactively identify opportunities to create and strengthen customer and partner relationships.
• Develop and cultivate new opportunities for philanthropic capital that serves market needs. Potential donors include individuals, foundations and corporations.
• Manage relationships with existing sources of revenue from both philanthropy and contracts with state and local government.
• Coordinate with national Enterprise colleagues on resource development and funder relationship management.
• Annually responsible for the development and achievement of a fundraising goal in collaboration with a designated fundraising professional from Enterprise’s resource development group.
• Coordinate with national Enterprise colleagues to pursue media and communications opportunities that generate visibility.
• Lead proactive policy engagement at the local and state level with state and local policy staff.
• Develop and advance state and local policy priorities with the active participation of designated staff and in coordination with the national director of state and local policy.
• Coordinate with Enterprise’s national policy team, including active engagement with local congressional delegation.
• Foster a positive culture that aligns with our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
• Exhibit personal commitment to being anti-racist, demonstrate knowledge of systemic racism in housing, and pursue work that fosters economic mobility and unwinds segregation through housing.
• Build program, capital and policy solutions from the ground up, with input from those whom we serve.
• Coordinate the activities of the Enterprise New York Advisory Board and New York Community Advisory Board including working with both boards to identify and recruit new members.
• Manage Enterprise revenue and expenses for the market, including completion of annual plans and budgets.
• Fulfill mission and revenue goals for the market.
• Facilitate deployment of strategic program initiatives and best practices in the market.
• Oversee, coordinate and direct operational activities with staff and internal partners in finance and national operations management team (e.g. grants and contracts management and procurement).
• Supervise staff to cultivate talent, foster teamwork, and maximize impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with federal, state and local community development programs, and private resources available for community development, including funding for special needs populations, specific knowledge of housing development and finance, including low-income housing tax credits, and property management, preferred.