Executive Director

Key Responsibilities

• Directly lead, develop, inspire a senior team that includes the Director of Operations, the Shelter Director, and other department leaders.
• Motivate staff and volunteers to do their best work, encourage teamwork, foster an environment that promotes excellence, open communication, problem-solving, and new ideas.
• Promote a workplace culture of respect, fairness, accountability across staff and volunteers.
• Embrace the board’s role in setting vision, governance, and oversight.
• Cultivate a close and collaborative relationship with the Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
• Lead the implementation of their vision, incorporating their ideas, and leveraging their networks.
• Communicate openly, frequently with the board, sharing successes and surfacing challenges in a timely, transparent manner.
• Partner with the Board of Directors and outside capital campaign consulting firm to plan and execute the multi-year capital campaign for the new shelter in Hampton Bays.
• Serve as SASF’s primary fundraiser, leading efforts to cultivate and steward relationships with major donors, foundations, corporations, and government partners.
• Personally own and protect SASF’s most important donor relationships, treating each as a long-term partnership.
• Work closely with the future Development Director to expand individual giving, events, grants, and earned revenue.
• Serve as the public face of SASF.
• Raise the organization’s profile with donors, the media, and prospective supporters across the Hamptons and beyond.

Budgeting and Financial Management

• Develop, propose, monitor, and report on the board-approved annual operating budget of approximately $7 million.
• Work with Board Chair and senior staff to establish a financial strategy aligned with SASF’s mission, ensuring fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, attainable revenue projections, and continued financial growth.
• Collaborate with accounting and audit staff to oversee revenue and expense budgets, audits, accurate financial reporting, and data integrity, including monthly reconciliations.
• Ensure department leaders understand their budgets with proper tracking of income and expenses.
• Develop and sustain key performance metrics that hold leadership accountable for departmental performance and drive efficiencies in staffing and purchasing decisions.

Operations and Facility Management

• Provide leadership and primary responsibility for the efficiency and impact of all operations and service areas.
• Oversee all elements of Human Resources, including payroll, benefits, compliance, and a healthy workplace environment.
• Manage the facility, including communication with the Town of Southampton and oversight of contract renegotiation to ensure SASF’s interests are served.
• Ensure SASF complies with federal, state, and local statutes and operates according to best practices and in keeping with its mission.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities to protect SASF’s interests, particularly given growing demand and resource pressures across the field.

Community Relations

• Maintain strong relationships with the Town of Southampton, elected officials, peer animal welfare organizations, and key community partners.
• Lead campaigns to engage community members and partner organizations to recruit volunteers and advocate for the welfare of animals.
• Build SASF’s visibility and goodwill across the 17 hamlets and 6 incorporated villages of Southampton and beyond.