Current Openings

Position Overview

The GRO Fund is seeking a Senior Director of Program Innovation to serve as GRO’s most senior programmatic leader and member of the leadership team. This is a high-impact role for a rigorous, solutions-oriented practitioner who can hold two things at once: ensuring that GRO’s existing programs run with excellence and meet participants’ needs, while building the innovation and learning infrastructure to drive the organization’s new strategy.   

The salary for this position is $120,000–$155,000, with eligibility for an annual performance bonus. The GRO Fund also offers a competitive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid parental leave; generous PTO; a monthly cell phone stipend; and retirement.

View the full job description and application details here.

Senior Director, Program Innovation

How to Apply

Interested candidates should email their resumes and a brief cover letter as attachments to Crystal Reardon at crystal@thegrofund.org and copy admin@thegrofund.org. with the subject “Application for SD of Program Innovation” by September 21, 2026.

Please keep your responses brief (approximately 150 words or fewer per question). A real person will be reading your application. We want to hear from you in your own words, and we strongly prefer original responses that reflect your own experience and thinking rather than AI-generated answers.

  1. Tell us about a program or intervention you helped take from idea through design and implementation. What problem was it intended to address, what did you personally own, and what did you learn or change along the way?

  2. What professional experience has shaped your understanding of economic mobility, financial security, income or wealth inequality, cash transfers, asset building, or related issues? Tell us briefly about the work and the perspective or expertise you developed through it.

  3. Tell us about a time when data or evidence caused you to change a program or implementation decision. What were you seeing, what decision did you make, and what happened?

The target start date is in November. Flexibility will be given to the candidate with the best fit. References will be requested from finalists. finalists.

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