Executive Director

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $215k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Fictiv

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

🚘 Automotive

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

💰 $100M Series E on 2022-05

Automotive • Logistics • Healthcare

Fictiv is a digital manufacturing platform that focuses on eliminating bottlenecks in new product development by providing an integrated network of people, processes, and platforms for sourcing custom parts. It offers a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, including CNC machining, injection molding, 3D printing, and more. Fictiv serves various industries such as aerospace, automotive, consumer products, medical, and robotics, aiming to accelerate development times and improve the quality of parts while providing transparency and control through instant quoting and order tracking.

📋 Description

• Serve as the Foundation’s first full-time employee and public face • Report to the Board Chair and work closely with MISUMI Americas leadership • Design and run application, review, and award processes across three grantmaking areas • Source and evaluate grantees, set award sizes and durations, and make funding decisions • Recruit supplier partners into Founding, Growth, and Community tiers • Run the Advisory Board, including twice-yearly meetings to set grant priorities and announce awards • Manage relationships with senior executives at major component manufacturers • Transition the Foundation from fiscal sponsorship to independent 501(c)(3) operation • Establish governance, policies, financial controls, audit readiness, and state charitable registrations • Define success metrics, build measurement data, publish results, and produce the annual report • Represent the Foundation at conferences and on campuses • Collaborate with MISUMI Americas marketing on announcements and storytelling • Build relationships with industry bodies, workforce coalitions, and peer funders • Scope and hire the Foundation’s next one to three roles • Open and close the inaugural grant cycle • Secure the first cohort of Founding Partners and hold two Advisory Board meetings • Establish relationships with universities, community colleges, and K–12 programs

🎯 Requirements

• Seven or more years in philanthropy, workforce development, education, or a closely adjacent field • Direct ownership of a grantmaking or scholarship program, including making funding decisions • Experience building something from the beginning, such as a founding role, new program, or organization • Ability to work credibly with community college deans and manufacturing executives • Fundraising or partner development track record, including securing significant funding • Working knowledge of nonprofit governance and compliance, including 501(c)(3) requirements, fiscal sponsorship, board management, and charitable registration • Clear writing skills for grant guidelines, board materials, annual reports, and declines • Genuine interest in manufacturing and engineering education • Ability to travel 25–30% annually within the United States • Occasional international travel • Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities • Helpful but not required: background in engineering, manufacturing, skilled trades, or technical education pathways • Helpful but not required: familiarity with community college and technical program funding, CTE, or registered apprenticeships • Helpful but not required: relationships with FIRST, VEX, SkillsUSA, SME, NAM, the Manufacturing Institute, or similar organizations • Helpful but not required: experience inside a corporate foundation or navigating a foundation-corporate parent relationship • Helpful but not required: Japanese language ability or experience working across U.S. and Japanese organizations

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Health coverage • Retirement contribution • Paid time off • Remote-first work arrangement • Opportunity to build a foundation from its first grant, with committed capital and an independent-mission mandate • Broad mandate to shape the Foundation as the talent pipeline evolves

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