Chief External Affairs & Programs Officer

Advocacy and Public Affairs Leadership

• Oversee Public Affairs team and its electoral, legislative, and other organizing campaigns.
• Serve as PPGNY’s lobbyist to local, state, and federal elected and appointed officials regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights and funding for PPGNY programs and services.
• Develop annual local, state, and federal legislative strategy in coordination with Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts (PPESA), Planned Parenthood’s Albany-based, state-wide political advocacy and lobbying arm of which PPGNY is a member, Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF), the national C4 organization, and PPGNY senior staff and Boards.
• Actively partnering with and maintaining strong relationships with PPESA and with PPAF around shared political and legislative priorities is a core function of this role.
• Oversee annual and long-term organizing and electoral strategies for PPGNY Action Fund, PPGNY Votes, and PPGNY Votes PAC.
• Serve as PPGNY Votes PAC and PPGNY Votes’ main spokesperson and as key liaison with the Boards of PPGNY Action Fund, PPGNY Votes PAC, and PPGNY Votes on matters such as strategic agenda setting, Board fundraising, and Board development.
• Oversee all compliance-related matters for PPGNY Action Fund, PAC, and Votes entities.
• Collaborate with the Development team to ensure that Action Fund and PAC budgeted fundraising goals are met, and cultivate key relationships to develop and broaden the fundraising base with an emphasis on soliciting gifts and stewarding donors.
• Serve as a spokesperson for the organization in media, public forums, and events as needed.

Education and Training and Community Engagement Leadership

• Provide leadership, vision, and management support to the Education and Training and Community Engagement departments – including direct supervision of all Vice Presidents – in achieving program goals and advancing the organization’s strategic vision.
• Ensure that health equity – broadly defined with a specific sexual and reproductive justice lens – is the core principle of PPGNY’s program strategies and initiatives and ensure that practices align with principles.
• Create, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve comprehensive strategies for program initiatives within and on behalf of PPGNY.
• Lead strategic decision-making processes regarding program content, funding sources, program geography, and population focus, and interface with other organizational areas in collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain continuous strategies for funding expansion in strong collaboration with the Development team.
• Position PPGNY as a preferred sexual and reproductive health partner with reproductive, social and economic justice coalitions and collectives by centering and amplifying most impacted voices and leadership.

Executive Leadership Duties

• Serve as a member of the organization’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT), participating in the development of overall culture and tone, practices, protocols, strategic initiatives, and long-range planning for PPGNY.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner and advisor to the CEO, ELT, and Boards of Directors.
• Represent Public Affairs and Programs within the organizational leadership team at the ELT level to ensure alignment between departmental and enterprise-wide strategies.
• Collaborate with leadership colleagues on overarching organizational strategy and sustainability.