Tides Center
Non-profit
ManagingDirector,AdvisingServices
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“Managing Director, Advising Services at Tides Center. Skills: Fiscal sponsorship practice, Advising services, Partner relationship management, Financial stewardship. Supervise, coach, develop Senior Advisors. Build inclusive team culture”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet strategic goals; Ensure exceptional service; Support partner impact; Strengthen retention; Advance organizational transformation; Ensure model is mission-aligned; Ensure model is financially sustainable; Position model for growth; Achieve team performance; Achieve team development; Achieve partner retention; Achieve financial sustainability; Achieve market development; Achieve pipeline growth; Achieve continuous improvement
Industry & Context.
Resolve friction points; Identify improvements; Prioritize improvements; Troubleshoot operational issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Supervise, coach, develop Senior Advisors, Lead goal-setting, performance management, Hold accountability for partner retention, Serve as senior point of escalation, Serve as main liaison, Resolve friction points, Lead cross-functional service team, Ensure consistent application of handbook, Identify and prioritize improvements, Translate strategy into operational priorities, Provide intelligence on portfolio health, Hold ongoing accountability for financial health, Develop, evaluate, evolve pricing models, Partner to develop, monitor financials, Experience leading matrixed teams, Senior advisory experience, Experience contributing to market development, Experience leading through organizational change
Nice to Have
Familiarity with financial, compliance, HR dynamics
What You'll Do.
develop Senior Advisors
Build inclusive team culture
performance management
Foster peer collaboration
Hold accountability for partner retention
Hold accountability for partner satisfaction
Hold accountability for partner outcomes
Monitor health indicators
Serve as senior point of escalation
Deepen relationships with key partners
Identify opportunities to expand impact
Activate cross-portfolio opportunities
Serve as main liaison
Ensure Tides systems align
Resolve friction points
Lead cross-functional service team
Ensure effective collaboration
Ensure consistent application of handbook
Identify and prioritize improvements
Translate strategy into operational priorities
Develop team-level plans
Provide intelligence on portfolio health
Provide intelligence on team capacity
Provide intelligence on partner sentiment
Provide intelligence on financial performance
Provide intelligence on operational risk
Hold ongoing accountability for financial health
Develop pricing models
Evaluate pricing models
Evolve pricing models
Calibrate strategically to preserve sustainability
Partner to develop financials
Partner to monitor financials
Partner to act on financials
Recommend strategic responses
Hold sustainability and mission together
Re-examine model economics
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional service teams; Cross-functional coordination; Peer collaboration; Cross-portfolio opportunities; Cross-functional service model; Matrixed operating model; Peer department leaders; Cross-functional team; Shared accountability; Influencing across functions
Process & Methodology
Operational priorities, Work plans, Team-level plans
Full Job Description
ABOUT TIDES CENTER Tides Center is the leading fiscal sponsor for social change initiatives in the United States, providing strategic advisory, fiduciary oversight, financial management, human resources, and other administrative services to a portfolio of mission-aligned projects working to advance social justice and shift power in historically marginalized communities. Since 2025, Tides Center has been transforming its operating model to enable high-performing fiscal sponsorship. ABOUT THIS ROLE The Managing Director, Advising Services is central to leading Tides Center’s fiscal sponsorship practice to meet strategic goals. Representing the voice of “doers” across Tides, this practitioner shapes policy and ensures exceptional service, supporting partner impact, strengthening retention, and advancing the next phase of organizational transformation. Reporting to the Executive Director, this role oversees five Senior Advisors and their cross-functional service teams, each supporting a portfolio of projects. The Managing Director ensures the model remains mission-aligned, financially sustainable, and positioned for growth. This role serves as the operational and financial engine behind the Executive Director’s strategy, with accountability for five integrated outcomes: (1) team performance, development, and accountability; (2) partner retention and impact; (3) financial sustainability of the model; (4) market development and pipeline growth in partnership with Business Development; and (5) continuous improvement of the cross-functional service approach. Success requires a leader who integrates strategy, people, operations, and business, and brings a customer-centered orientation to a fast-moving, transforming organization committed to social justice. As a Senior Leader the Managing Director is responsible for modeling and demonstrating Tides’ core competencies of leading self, leading people and leading results. WHAT YOU WILL DO LEAD AND DEVELOP THE SENIOR ADVISOR
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