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Executive Director

Responsibilities:

Management:

  • Work with the leadership to propose an annual company strategy plan to the BOD; propose the company’s quarterly goals to the BOD; and evaluate and improve the company’s progress toward meeting the annual budget, annual strategy plan, and quarterly goals.
  • Work with business team to define and track business and impact KPIs to ensure the company executes on goals in a timely manner
  • Lead an ongoing strategic plan including long-term growth initiatives, client and partner relationships, regulatory requirements, fundraising, and staffing.
  • Create, improve on, and enforce organizational best practices that will maximize operational and financial efficiency.
  • Mentor and interact with members of staff at all levels to foster growth and encourage development among the senior executive team and all members of staff. 
  • Communicate key performance metrics and progress to the BOD and organization periodically. 

Fundraising:

  • Execute on fundraising strategy to achieve annual fundraising goals.
  • Ensure all operations and goals required by any grant, sponsor, donor, or competition are being executed on time.
  • Evaluate company’s fundraising strategies and plan for continual improvement.
  • Actively steward all donations effectively.
  • Actively engage with donors and supporters to build rapport and belief in the mission of the company.

Customer Acquisition:

  • Collaborate with the board and business team to develop and execute strategies to expand the number of patients and clinics we serve.
  • Work with the sales team to track and convert leads to clients (conduct discovery calls, product demos, sales calls…)
  • Work with sales team and clients to finalize sustainable, high-impact scope of work for each client
  • Work with project managers to track execution of scope of work and ensure client satisfaction.

Business:

  • Work with the Business Director (BD) to create an annual budget for review by the BOD.
  • Provide accurate analysis of budgets, reports and financial trends and operational procedures in order to assist the BOD and senior executive team.
  • Address business challenges in a timely fashion and communicate to the organization and the BOD.
  • Improve the planning, budgeting, and fundraising process on a continual basis by evaluating performance of departments and key members of the business team.
  • Oversee client accounts to ensure invoices are settled in a timely manner.
  • Oversee company bank accounts and work with BD to manage major transactions.
  • Work with the finance team to develop robust cash flow projections, financial models, and financial reports to ensure company financial needs are met.
  • Act as a strategic advisor and consultant offering expert advice on contracts, negotiations, or business deals that the corporation may enter into.
  • Approve expenses ≤ $5000. Any expenses above $5,000 must be approved by the board of directors.

Product:

  • Support product management and low-code product development.
  • Work with members of the company involved with legal and data security to ensure legal compliance of the company and its technology.
  • Assure major product design and technology changes align with the company mission.

 

Qualifications:

 

  • Strong leadership ability.
  • Strategic mindset.
  • Professional business acumen.
  • Outstanding problem solving skills.
  • Excellent ability to lead and manage
  • Continually drive effective results.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Bachelor’s degree with experience in business, management, and/or nonprofit experience.

 

 Job Description: 

  • The Executive Director position is an executive position at Frontida.
  • Work can be conducted online, in-person, or hybrid.
  • Work hours are flexible, but we expect the employee to work approximately 40 hours per week
  • Work is not your traditional 9AM-5PM. We are a start-up, so work hours may vary significantly daily. The ED may be meeting with clients in different time zones. Current meetings are in Pacific Time (PST).
  • No minimum paid time off.
  • Health insurance (no dental or vision)

 

Applicants are required to: 

  • Bachelor’s degree with experience in business, finance, and/or entrepreneurship (or related field of study).
  • Fluency in English (written and verbal).
  • Have experience working in teams.
  • Have leadership experience and/or managing projects.
  • Have passion for our social mission to help underserved communities.
  • Be willing to work full-time approximately 40-45 hours per week.
  • Empathetic and respectful to all employees, volunteers, board members, partners, and customers.
  • Strong advocacy and excellent verbal and written communication.
  • Apply critical thinking to complex problems.
  • Is willing to learn, accept criticism, and continuously grow as an Executive Director.

 

We prefer candidates who: (Use when starting the recruitment process) 

  • Speaks Spanish (most preferred), Arabic, or French.
  • Have experience working in a nonprofit.
  • Have experience in working in a SaaS company.
  • Have experience working in the humanitarian field.
  • Have experience working in a medical organization.
  • Have experience working with electronic health records, electronic medical records, or any type of patient record system.
  • Is living in the United States, particularly Los Angeles.
  • Has a personal reason to be passionate about nonprofit, medical work in low-resource regions.
  • Have a Masters degree in business, finance, engineering, and/or entrepreneurship.
  • Have successful fundraising and development experience
  • Have Experience in large-scale program development