Chief Program Officer

Techbridge Girls (TBG) is an award-winning national nonprofit organization bringing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to all girls across the US. For 25 years, TBG has reengineered the way STEM education is taught, centering girls’ brilliance and potential, with an emphasis on increasing STEM access, belonging, and persistence for BIPOC youth from marginalized communities.

TBG takes a holistic approach by equipping educators with gender-responsive and culturally-relevant STEM curricula and equity training, engaging out-of-school-time professionals to support girls’ persistence, and connecting role models to inspire and encourage, ensuring that girls are inspired and prepared to persist toward their STEM aspirations.

In 2021, TBG made a strategic shift to work on the broader STEM education landscape by working directly with educators to reshape STEM education. Through consulting, coaching, and partnerships with educators to build STEM equity efforts, and delivering tailored STEM equity curriculum, TBG is making a national impact on STEM education.

The Chief Program Officer (CPO) is a senior leadership role responsible for driving TBG’s programmatic vision, strategic growth, and partnership initiatives to maximize impact, revenue, and reach. The CPO oversees the design, implementation, and evaluation of all programs while identifying and pursuing strategic growth opportunities through effective partnerships and business development. The CPO leads the programs team, develops and manages program budgets, and ensures high-quality program delivery with measurable outcomes.

As a key member of the executive team, the CPO collaborates with internal stakeholders, funders, board members, and external partners to advance TBG’s mission and strategic goals.

The Chief Program Officer of TBG will demonstrate the following experiences, attributes, and competencies:

• 10+ years of experience leading education or youth-development programs at a state or national scale, including successful background in developing STEM programs, Out-of-School Time (OST) programs, and multi-site programs.
• Demonstrated success in designing, scaling, and continuously improving programs in multiple sites or regions, with a focus on meaningful impact and the ability to balance innovation and realism.
• Proficiency with logic models, outcomes frameworks, and translating insights into practice; experience overseeing evaluation partners or internal monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts and leveraging data to inform program improvement over a multi-year horizon.
• Experience managing and developing program budgets, grant compliance, and operational planning (e.g. materials/kits, program calendars, staffing models).

• Deep commitment to and credibility in educational equity work and culturally responsive practice, with a focus on closing access and opportunity gaps for girls and gender-expansive youth.
• Leads internal teams in way that affirms identity, respects and builds upon team expertise, and strengthens confidence.

• Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and leaders in development and operations, providing leadership for all program strategy, decisions, and execution in alignment with organizational mission and goals.
• Experience working across an organization to ensure effective collaboration and communication between program, development, and operations functions.
• 7+ years of experience supervising staff, ideally including experience managing in a remote/virtual setting.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive leadership and an adaptive management approach; leads with empathy, a high level of emotional intelligence, and effective feedback as well as a focus on high performance.
• Ability to establish clarity around roles, decision-making, and performance expectations and to foster effective communication within a team and organization.

• Experience representing a program or organization to districts, funders, partners, and other constituencies, individually and/or in collaboration with other organizational leaders.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate program vision and outcomes into compelling narratives and confidence in public speaking

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The salary range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 with a generous benefits package.

Note that the final salary will reflect internal equity and the selected candidate’s individual experiences and qualifications.