Deputy Director; Remote MI

Role Overview

The Deputy Director will strengthen BOOM’s internal operations, support and manage a high-functioning staff team, and establish clear systems that allow the organization to run smoothly in a complex, fast-moving movement landscape. This role is essential to creating predictability, alignment, and shared understanding across teams. The Deputy Director partners closely with the Executive Director to ensure staff have the clarity, structures, and support they need to do their best work.

• Manage and develop a staff team specialized in Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Compliance, & Data/IT ensuring consistent communication rhythms, shared expectations, and aligned ways of working across the team.
• Manage team workplans in alignment with organizational goals and priorities using clear processes and regular check‑ins to track progress and address roadblocks early.
• Maintain and share operational knowledge specific to the Michigan movement landscape, including best practices, risks, and emerging needs.
• Lead operational and organizational change management, strengthening internal systems, decision‑making clarity, and communication practices across the organization.
• Build and sustain strategic and operational relationships with BOOM partner organizations and projects.
• Strengthen BOOM’s operational infrastructure by designing and maintaining systems such as communication rhythms, decision‑making pathways, job descriptions, SOPs, partner onboarding processes, and performance frameworks.
• Establish knowledge‑management practices so critical information no longer relies on one person and staff can work independently.
• Partner with Leadership Team in development and implementation of organizational goals and culture in alignment with strategic plan.

As a prerequisite, the successful candidate must believe in the core values of social, economic, and racial justice and be driven by the mission. The candidate should demonstrate a passion for breaking new ground to lead social change. Beyond that, we are seeking a candidate who has proven experience in managing and scaling efficient operational infrastructure, understanding different fiscal entities (including 501c3, 501c4, PAC, LLC), building and sustaining healthy relationships with movement organizations, and a demonstrated ability to both lead and build the capabilities of the staff team.

Experience in the Michigan organizing ecosystem is strongly preferred. We are also looking for someone who brings emotional steadiness, grounded communication, and the ability to navigate organizational growth with clarity and care.

• Results:
  • Proven track record and a bottom‑line orientation; evidence of the ability to consistently make good decisions (including managing risks and liabilities) through a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; and communicate decisions and their rationale clearly to staff.
• Strategic Vision and Agility:
  • Ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan in partnership with other leaders. Ability to translate strategy into clear operational plans, expectations, and workflows for the team.
• Capacity Building:
  • Ability to effectively support organizational change and staff capacity, developing a strong team and the processes that ensure organization strength and unity, with a focus on systems that increase alignment, reduce confusion, and support staff clarity.
• Leadership and Organization:
  • Strong experience managing and developing people; a team builder who provides clear expectations, consistent accountability, and support grounded in understanding individual strengths and needs.
• Action and Solution Oriented:
  • Enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; not afraid to take charge of a situation; can take necessary leadership in challenging and difficult situations while maintaining steady, transparent communication with staff.
• Communication:
  • Effective, thoughtful and compassionate written and verbal communication…