VP of Materials Programs

🔥 15 hours ago

🌲 Oregon – Remote

🌲 Oregon – Remote

💵 $112k - $122.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Vice President

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International Living Future Institute

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2009

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Construction • Healthcare • Consulting

International Living Future Institute is a forward-thinking organization dedicated to creating regenerative buildings and materials that promote human well-being, environmental health, and thriving communities. Through initiatives like the Living Building Challenge and Living Product Challenge, they aim to transform real estate and product industries by emphasizing sustainability and social justice. With over 55 million square feet of projects and more than 1,000 labeled products, the institute is a leader in sustainable development. They advocate for a built environment that actively enhances human and ecological health while supporting community and economic resilience.

📋 Description

• Lead strategy and vision for engagement with Living Future’s movement • Oversee the Materials Team and its Declare and Living Product Challenge programs • Hold overall strategic and operational responsibility for research and development, client success, sales, marketing, and partnerships • Create and maintain strategic partnerships to grow the Declare and LPC programs • Engage clients in co-creating and iterating program strategy • Support corporate membership and sponsorship outreach • Serve as spokesperson at industry events and strategic stakeholder conversations • Lead R&D fundraising, including collaborator relationships, concept notes, pitch decks, and creative partnerships • Develop a written business strategy for evolving Materials programs and a 2027 harmonized program plan • Maintain pricing systems and structures that value staff time and support scalable impact • Monitor industry trends, global regulations, and funding opportunities • Assess operations, staff capacity, expertise, client sentiment, resilience, and team strengths and gaps • Serve on Living Future’s Management Team and coordinate across organizational teams • Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work environment • Identify and prioritize program evolution opportunities, including new pathways, metrics, crosswalks, processes, and third-party verification • Provide oversight, professional development, and coordination for three direct reports • Manage the relationship and contracts with Geofund and other Materials Team business partners • Set, track, and report on the annual Materials Team budget, revenues, expenditures, OKRs, and impact • Maintain accountability for Materials Team revenue and impact, which was approximately $1.25M in 2025

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in the nonprofit and/or sustainability sector • 10+ years in a leadership capacity with revenue responsibility in the $1–3M range • Broad knowledge of green manufacturing, CSR, and DEI issues, trends, and programs • Strong familiarity with business development, sales, customer service, and certification processes • Comfort and willingness to use CRM platforms such as Salesforce and customer service platforms such as HelpScout • Familiarity with Living Future labels and certifications and broader theories of change in the building materials supply chain transparency movement • Demonstrated strategic planning and business planning experience • Demonstrated organizational leadership and management experience, including managing a growing team of direct reports • Demonstrated success in team leadership, performance management, growth, and empowerment • Proficiency with department-level financial management, invoicing software, budgeting platforms and processes, and financial metric tracking • Demonstrated operational experience building repeatable processes, quality assurance systems, and staff training • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Ability to encourage ideas and feedback from diverse customers, funders, and stakeholders • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and an inclusive work environment • Undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field is desirable, not required • Strong connections with leaders in the building materials industry are desirable • Experience administering programs/standards and establishing third-party audit systems is desirable • Experience working across virtual teams and with remote management is desirable • Living Future Accreditation is desirable; candidates may obtain it within one year

🏖️ Benefits

• Employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents • Employee life insurance • Short-term disability insurance • 403(b) retirement plan • Three weeks of paid annual leave • 12 days of sick leave • Paid volunteer time • $50/month stipend to offset home internet costs • Collaborative, team-oriented, and mission-driven remote workplace • Reasonable accommodations throughout the application and interview process • Support to achieve Living Future Accreditation within one year for candidates not already accredited