Director, U.S. Men's Mental Health

Men are dying too young – and it doesn’t have to be that way.

Around the world, men are facing a health crisis: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and suicide. At Movember we’re on a mission to change the face of men’s health by making it easier for men to talk, act and live longer healthier lives.

Every project, every campaign, every idea adds up to real change. You’ll be part of a mustache-powered crew who believe making an impact and having fun should go hand in hand. Your mission is calling.

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As Director, U.S. Men’s Mental Health, you will provide senior leadership and oversight of mental health strategy and delivery in the United States (U.S.), leading a significant portfolio of programs and partnerships with approximately $10–15 million in investment.

Working as part of a U.S.

-based, cross‑functional leadership team, your focus will be on both program design and delivery, strong people leadership, and ensuring impact at scale.

• Lead and oversee Movember’s U.S. mental health portfolio, spanning multiple initiatives, partners, and delivery models
• Ensure programs are delivered with quality, consistency, and impact, aligned to approved plans and funding
• Champion equity and the voices of people with lived and living experience
• Provide clear direction, prioritisation, and oversight across a complex suite of programs rather than individual projects

• Lead and develop a small, high‑performing team of approximately four direct reports
• Set clear expectations, provide strong leadership presence, and support performance, engagement, and wellbeing
• Work closely with senior U.S. and global leaders to ensure alignment and effective ways of working

• Hold accountability for large‑scale program budgets, financial management, risk, and reporting
• Ensure programs are operationally sound, evidence‑informed, well governed, and delivering against agreed outcomes
• Strengthen implementation discipline, learning from previous delivery challenges and embedding continuous improvement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with delivery partners, academic partners, and other key stakeholders across the U.S. mental health ecosystem
• Represent Movember externally as a senior leader in mental health
• Collaborate with fundraising, impact, and corporate teams to support sustainable investment and partnerships

• Contribute to broader organisational strategy by identifying opportunities to strengthen U.S. mental health impact
• Work alongside global and market leaders to ensure coherence across initiatives
• Support alignment to Movember’s overall strategy while maintaining a strong U.S. delivery focus

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in mental health, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
• Demonstrated leadership of large, complex, multi‑year mental health programs with significant investment or scale
• Strong background in practical program delivery in government, NFP, health, or consulting
• Proven accountability for program budgets, financial oversight, and risk management
• Experience leading and influencing within complex, cross‑functional or matrix environments
• Track record of building and managing external partnerships across sectors such as health, community, sport, or government
• Ability to translate strategy and evidence into clear, operational delivery plans and execute them effectively
• Experience leading, managing, and developing multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to represent an organisation externally as a senior leader or spokesperson
• Ability to work a minimum of 2‑3 days per week based in our Santa Monica office

• Experience with in men’s mental health, including oversight of programs, teams, or portfolios focused on male populations
• Experience overseeing large mental health portfolios rather than single programs
• Familiari…