Vice President Programs Ii

Overview

The Vice President (VP), Programs II supports the execution of innovative, high-impact initiatives that advance the community development financial industry and improve economic opportunity in underserved communities. Reporting to the Senior Vice President (SVP), Innovation Programs, this position leads key aspects of various initiatives led by the Programs team, including but not limited to the CDFI Innovation Initiative. The CDFI Innovation Initiative is a multi-faceted strategic effort to design and implement new systems, solutions, and approaches that enhance the capacity and sustainability of the CDFI industry.

This role requires exceptional organizational, project management, and strategic planning skills, along with a demonstrated ability to manage complex initiatives and collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. The role also requires a background in innovation processes and knowledge of finance, technology, and community development to advance new capital solutions, financial products, digital tools, and data systems for the community development finance industry.

OFN is the nation’s leading investment intermediary and network CDFIs serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States. With over $1 billion in total assets under management, OFN manages a national membership network of over 490 mission-driven lenders and CDFIs, including community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, community development banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds.

OFN is a trusted investment partner to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors – foundations, corporations, banks, government agencies, and others. For more than 40 years, our team has helped partners invest in communities to catalyze change and create economic opportunities for people and places traditional finance doesn’t reach.

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People who work at OFN come from a variety of professional and academic backgrounds. If you have:

• Passion for the mission and true believer in our core purpose.
• Courage to be a fearless advocate who is confident and resilient in our fight to drive capital into low-income communities.
• Smart, quick seekers of knowledge who thrive on creating and developing new strategies, products, and programs for increasing capital to communities we serve.
• Desire to be a collaborative team player who possesses humility and a willingness to lean in all areas of our work.

Come be a part of our growing diverse, highly committed, skilled, and collaborative staff. At OFN, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply nonetheless. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

This position is based in Washington, D.C. All staff currently work a hybrid schedule.

• Develop and maintain a detailed work plan for programmatic initiatives, ensuring alignment with program goals and strategic priorities.
• Establish and manage project tasks, timelines, and dependencies using project management software (Asana).[FL1]
• Design and maintain comprehensive tools, such as RACI charts, to clearly define roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities across initiative components.
• Create and refine templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), workflows, and internal systems to optimize project execution and reduce operational risk.

• Support the development and execution of strategies for the Program Team’s initiatives, such as a strategy for the Innovation Initiative to drive innovative solutions, scale systems, and enhance CDFIs’ capacity for capital mobilization, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
• Support the ongoing design and implementation of an innovation framework designed to transform the CDFI sector with digital tools, AI, data analytics, and other innovations.
• Manage specific cohorts and communities of practice (such as accelerators, working groups, and hackathons) to identify,…