Vice President & Federal Practice Lead

The role

The Vice President and Federal Practice Lead will lead the Federal Practice team to shift government dollars toward effective solutions and build evidence capacity. This role involves strategic communications, fundraising, and overseeing the Federal Practice budget and staff.

What you will do

• Develop and oversee delivery of technical assistance to Federal government leaders
• Lead team progress towards shifting dollars and building evidence capacity
• Work with State and Local Practice leads to ensure aligned service delivery
• Lead and influence stakeholders in setting and scaling programs
• Promote enterprise-wide collaboration and financial sustainability
• Represent RFA externally with senior-level stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to expand RFA's sphere of influence
• Set and own multi-year fundraising goals and targets
• Identify and cultivate funder relationships
• Oversee the Federal Practice team and its annual budget

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor's degree
• At least 6 years of work experience as an employee within Federal government and/or other levels of government
• At least 8 years of experience directly supervising multiple full-time staff
• Thorough understanding of Federal government funding levers
• Prior experience cultivating funders and achieving fundraising targets
• Prior history overseeing entire department/program, including budget accountability and leading multi-level teams
• Google Suite
• Slack
• Salesforce
• Asana
• ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude

Nice to have

• professional experience in federal government level policy-making, budgeting, grant-making, or procurement within a Federal government agency or Congressional Committee/Office and/or senior-level resp

Benefits

• Choice in medical plans
• Dental/vision coverage
• Paid time off
• 403b retirement plan with employer contribution

Before you apply

• Applicants must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

About the company

Results for America (RFA) is a national nonprofit organization helping policymakers harness the power of evidence and data to solve challenges. The mission is to make investing in what works the new normal for government leaders.