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THE POP CULTURE COLLABORATIVE:

CHIEF FINANCE AND OPERATING OFFICER

ABOUT THE POP CULTURE COLLABORATIVE

The Pop Culture Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) is a first-of-its-kind philanthropic resource and funder learning community working to unleash the power of pop culture to transform the narrative landscape in America. The Pop Culture Collaborative organizes and deploys financial and other resources to support the pop culture narrative change field—led by and centering Black and Indigenous peoples, people of color, immigrants and refugees, and Muslim peoples, especially those who are women, queer, trans, nonbinary, and/or disabled—to transform narrative oceans and build narrative power at scale. The Collaborative’s North Star is the creation of a pluralist nation— in which hundreds of millions of people will live in a society in which a true majority of Americans—including our leaders and icons—identify and/or behave as pluralists. The Collaborative invests in growing narrative infrastructure, immersion and leadership and forges partnerships between the social justice sector and the entertainment, advertising, and media industries.

With the vision and backing of a bold set of philanthropic investors (“Managing Partners”) and other donors, in 2016 the Collaborative began grantmaking to advance this vital work–and accelerate the impact of artists, social justice advocates, culture change strategists, tech innovators, academics, and others to affect change through entertainment and narratives in mass media. In just 7 years, the Collaborative has scaffolded, resourced, and nurtured the pop culture for social change field from the ground up, and tested a powerhouse set of narrative change focused grantmaking and field-building strategies.

ROLE SUMMARY

In 2024, the Pop Culture Collaborative will formally embark on its next 7-year horizon, an audacious and visionary strategic plan to scale the organization’s internal infrastructure, including evolving its operating budget, financial systems, grantmaking and investing capacity, staff size, administrative systems, and process culture, while also dramatically expanding resources to support the growth of the pop culture narrative change field. The Collaborative seeks an experienced and highly strategic leader to join its team, working closely with the CEO and other senior leaders and staff to navigate a process of exciting organizational change.

ROLE SCOPE

The Chief Finance and Operating Officer (CFOO) is a key leadership role for the Collaborative. A thought partner and trusted advisor to the CEO and an integral member of the Leadership Team, the CFOO will be responsible for providing strategic oversight and/or management of all financial and administrative systems, infrastructure, and work streams that advance organizational growth, and support the Collaborative’s plans for scaling and future program expansion. In partnership with the Leadership, Operations, and Program Teams as well as external consultants, the CFOO will plan and oversee the teams implementing just and equitable strategies, systems, and business and operating practices to position the Collaborative for positive long-term financial health and resilient infrastructure to support the organization’s mission and activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

LEADERSHIP, VISION + STRATEGY

• Collaborate with the CEO, Leadership Team, Board, and broader staff to help implement the 7-year strategic plan with a focus on financial and operational plans to drive and support future growth and expansion.

• Provide forward-thinking and inspiring leadership across all finance and operation areas of the organization including oversight of the overall business operations and translation of the organization’s strategy into a shared vision, financial outlook, and programmatic action plan.

• Develop and implement financial strategies, systems and business plans that enhance the organization’s internal business structure and support its fundraising and plans for future growth and impact.

• Successfully lead organizational change initiatives and serve as the key leader driving administrative and infrastructural strengthening and resilience, transparency, and continuous iteration and refinement of the organization’s policies, processes, and systems.

• Oversee all management-level staff and consultants with day-to-day accountability for workflows related to Finance, IT, Operations, and People and Culture, including oversight of supervised staff’s professional development, program and budget planning, and wellbeing.

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, PLANNING + MANAGEMENT

• Serve as the primary staff leader of the Collaborative’s strategic visioning and planning processes as they relate to financial modeling, growth, and resilience.

• Oversee the development, execution, and communication of all policies, practices, and business processes that support the organization’s short and long-term financial health.

• Oversee annual budgeting process and corresponding program plan.

• In collaboration with the CEO and Board, oversee all organizational assets including its philanthropic funds, and in the future, investment capital.

• Work closely with the Operations team and the organization’s fiscal agent, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, to sustain healthy financial accounting, reporting, legal compliance, and resource management practices.

• Lead research, recommendations, and execution of a likely phased transition to become a multi-entity organization to support values alignment and resource management flexibility in alignment with planned organizational growth.

• Oversee and manage the development of financial and budget reports, financial models, expense and revenue forecasting and the necessary controls to effectively manage budget, treasury and cash management issues.

• Prepare formal reports and presentations documenting the activities, financial performance and impact of the Collaborative’s philanthropic resourcing and impact investing work and regularly present these results to the Leadership Team, staff, and Managing Partners and other donors.

• Stay abreast of emerging and best financial practices as well as other relevant regulations and requirements for tax exempt organizations.

• Oversee the relationships and services provided by the organization’s finance-related consultants.

ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

• Oversee teams focused on talent management, recruiting, performance, employee development, compensation, and benefits.

• Work with the Leadership Team to set organization-wide work plans and performance goals for staff
  Work closely with the Leadership and Impact and Evaluation teams to develop analytic tools and metrics to support data-driven decision-making across the organization and implement all necessary operational enhancements.

• Lead on-going design, development, and oversight of the organization’s program and departmental work plans in concert with Leadership Team and ensure that the necessary operating structure and resources are in place to ensure that programs and projects are implemented with quality, impact, and on deadline.

• Working closely with the Leadership Team and staff, lead in the design and implementation of a Process Culture Plan incorporating existing and newly articulated values, decision-making processes and workflow processes.

• Oversee staff leaders working to develop and iterate the Employee Handbook and other organizational policy documents.

• Provide a high-level of support to inform decisions the organization makes regarding financial and legal risks including developing and maintaining risk management, contingency, and succession plans.

• Engage with legal counsel as needed on contracts and employment matters, policies, compliance and other pertinent legal issues.

• Supervise and work closely with the Operations and other team(s) developing the organization’s technology and cybersecurity strategies and the activities of its external IT consulting firms to ensure that the organization has access to the appropriate technology infrastructure and resources to effectively support, advance, and secure its operations.

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

The ideal candidate for the role of Chief Operating Officer will have:

• A minimum of fifteen (15) years progressively responsible organizational, operations, and/or finance leadership experience of which at least seven (7) were in a senior leadership or C-suite level role overseeing enterprise-wide business development, strategic planning, operations, administrative, and finance functions for a substantial nonprofit organization, foundation social impact enterprise, or pop culture company of similar size, scope, and complexity as the Collaborative.

• A proven successful track record of managing complex organizational scaling processes, and building “best-in-class” administrative and financial systems to support organizational effectiveness and impact.

• Experience reporting financial results and performance to a Board and partnering with HR and operations teams to manage financial systems and grant making practices.

• Demonstrated experience using financial data, metrics, and key performance indicators to assess operational performance in addition to tracking outcomes and the impact of system enhancements.

• Professional understanding of social justice-focused narrative and culture change strategy and/or strategic communications, pop culture, and/or mass audience activations

• Experience working in partnership with or within social justice, philanthropy, entertainment, or other related industry.

• Strong writing and verbal communication skills

• Strong project and team management skills

• Strong facilitation, interpersonal, and emotional intelligence skills

• A passion for pop culture and narrative change

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field is required. MBA or MPA desired.

LOCATION/TRAVEL

The Pop Culture Collaborative is a small team that operates remotely, with staff working from home offices or coworking spaces all around the country. While this role is also remote, it may require moderate travel (30%). LA- or NYC-based preferred, but not required.

COMPENSATION

This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated leader to assume a pivotal role in the evolution of a fast-growing, highly effective organization. The Pop Culture Collaborative offers employees a competitive compensation and benefits package that reflects its core values and commitment to its staff. The salary range for this senior leadership role is $235,000 – $245,000 plus a robust benefits package that includes health, vision, dental and life insurance, pension plan including matching employer contribution, a four-day work week, four weeks of paid time off plus three weeks of office closures per year, and all federal and religious holidays.

READY TO APPLY?

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and 2 professional references to careers@hookandfasten.com with the subject line: PCC -Chief Finance and Operating Officer. If you require alternate accommodations to apply, please inquire at careers@hookandfasten.com.

All applications and inquiries are kept confidential.

The Pop Culture Collaborative is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (RPA). RPA is an equal opportunity employer. For more on The Pop Culture Collaborative, visit www.popcollab.org.

Hook & Fasten is a social impact consulting firm that builds transformational partnerships between communities and corporations around the globe. For more on Hook & Fasten, please visit www.hookandfasten.com.

THE POP CULTURE COLLABORATIVE:

DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE & CULTURE

ABOUT THE POP CULTURE COLLABORATIVE

The Pop Culture Collaborative (“the Collaborative”) is a first-of-its-kind philanthropic resource and funder learning community working to unleash the power of pop culture to transform the narrative landscape in America. The Pop Culture Collaborative organizes and deploys financial and other resources to support the pop culture narrative change field—led by and centering Black and Indigenous peoples, people of color, immigrants and refugees, and Muslim peoples, especially those who are women, queer, trans, nonbinary, and/or disabled—to transform narrative oceans and build narrative power at scale. The Collaborative’s North Star is the creation of a pluralist nation— in which hundreds of millions of people will live in a society in which a true majority of Americans—including our leaders and icons—identify and/or behave as pluralists. The Collaborative invests in growing narrative infrastructure, immersion and leadership and forges partnerships between the social justice sector and the entertainment, advertising, and media industries.

With the vision and backing of a bold set of philanthropic investors (“Managing Partners”) and other donors, in 2016 the Collaborative began grantmaking to advance this vital work–and accelerate the impact of artists, social justice advocates, culture change strategists, tech innovators, academics, and others to affect change through entertainment and narratives in mass media. In just 7 years, the Collaborative has scaffolded, resourced, and nurtured the pop culture for social change field from the ground up, and tested a powerhouse set of narrative change focused grantmaking and field-building strategies.

ROLE SUMMARY

Reporting to the Chief Finance and Operating Officer (CFOO), the Director of People and Culture will develop and execute best-in-class Human Resources, Workplace Culture, and Professional Development strategies that support the Pop Culture Collaborative’s overall organizational, program, strategic direction, and staff wellness objectives; specifically in the areas of talent acquisition with a focus on crafting an equitable and representative organization; performance management and leadership development; employee engagement & relations; and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA). The Director of People and Culture will also be the primary liaison between the Pop Culture Collaborative’s internal team and its fiscal sponsor, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), to manage HR infrastructure, systems, compensation, and benefits.

RESPONSIBILITIES

INTERNAL CULTURE DESIGN

• Continuously foster and nurture the Collaborative’s unique organizational culture by evolving our internal systems to ensure employee wellness and job satisfaction, and create a work culture that aligns with PCC’s values

• Staff wellness is a priority at the Collaborative. This role will facilitate open and confidential communication systems among employees to monitor and maintain staff wellness, and will propose and design systems that create a sense of belonging and well-being among the staff

• Demonstrate a commitment to quality and rapid response to employee relations issues; identifying and eliminating internal matters at the root, with an even keel, diffuser attitude

• Partner with the Leadership Team to lead company-wide culture initiatives, inclusive of planning offsites and employee engagement activities

• Support internal staff celebrations and retreats, with a focus on agenda planning

• Implement annual employee engagement survey, analyze results, and drive actions

• Lead and build a team to develop and execute PCC’s strategies including clear and consistent communication, and building a best-in-class culture

• Develop and drive programs that encourage inclusion, diversity, equity and access in order to drive creation of talent pool that reflects PCC’s mission and values

• Keep abreast of all changes to RPA’s benefits; serve as bridge between RPA and PCC staff to ensure clear and seamless communication regarding compensation and benefits

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

• The Director of People and Culture provides strategic leadership by developing and implementing plans to support and advise the Leadership Team and staff supervisors as it relates to their direct reports

• Oversee and continue to optimize our annual performance review process to support professional leadership development and reinforce PCC’s values system

• Ensure clear continuity and support for employees throughout the employee life cycle, from on-boarding to off-boarding

• Ensure the company has outstanding programs for employee professional and leadership development and career pathing, and ensures that staff has access to a wide array of external learning opportunities, including leadership / management coaching

• Partner with our Operations and Field & Funder Learning teams to develop and implement “best in class” learning and skills training programs for internal staff

• Strategically lead the organizational design and optimization of PCC’s workforce, taking into account development opportunities and succession planning

• Develop strategic HR initiatives that are reflective of our mission, culture, and core values

• Manage all company handbooks and policies, ensuring compliance and promoting employee welfare and happiness

• Compile and analyze HR data to make recommendations related to employee retention and department optimizations

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

The ideal candidate for the role of Director of People and Culture will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Business or Public Administration, or related field

• Minimum 7 years of employee relations or HR generalist experience, with increasing leadership accountability

• Knowledge of anti-racist and inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) principles and experience using them to build more inclusive and equitable work environments

• Proven track record of growth and achievement in Human Resources, ideally in best-in-class organizations and within an organization or business similar in size and complexity

• Demonstrated ability to lead a high performing professional team and engage effectively with indirect reports and peers

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Strong project management skills

• Excellent coaching, mentoring, and facilitating skills

• Ability to work independently and effectively in fast-paced environment

• Entrepreneurial spirit demonstrated through prior experience working in start-up like environments building new teams or programs and/or flexibility in the face of rapidly evolving scope of work and new challenges

• Sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information with discretion and high level of professional ethics.

• Deep commitment to and understanding of intersectional progressive movements

• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive; a team leader who can positively and productively impact strategic and tactical initiatives

• Ability to manage time and resources in a fully remote environment, with team members based across the United States

LOCATION/TRAVEL

The Pop Culture Collaborative is a small team that operates remotely (work from home) from all around the country. While this role is also remote, it requires moderate travel (20%).

COMPENSATION

This is a full-time position with a starting salary range of $115,000 – $120,000, plus a robust benefits package that includes health, vision, dental and life insurance, pension plan including matching employer contribution, a four-day work week, four weeks of paid time off plus three weeks of office closures per year, and all federal and religious holidays.

READY TO APPLY?

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and 2 professional references to careers@hookandfasten.com with the subject line: PCC -Director of People & Culture. If you require alternate accommodations to apply, please inquire at careers@hookandfasten.com.

All applications and inquiries are kept confidential.

The Pop Culture Collaborative is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (RPA). RPA is an equal opportunity employer. For more on The Pop Culture Collaborative, visit www.popcollab.org.

Hook & Fasten is a social impact consulting firm that builds transformational partnerships between communities and corporations around the globe. For more on Hook & Fasten, please visit www.hookandfasten.com.