Vice President, Organizing, Engagement and Campaigns

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates which operate health centers across the U.S. PPFA also works to educate the public on and advocate for issues of sexual and reproductive health. Formed as the advocacy and political arm of PPFA, Planned Parenthood Action Fund (Action Fund) is a separate non-profit membership organization tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4). The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education in furtherance of the Planned Parenthood mission. Committed to electing candidates who are steadfast in their support for sexual and reproductive health and rights in furtherance of the Action Fund’s mission, Planned Parenthood Votes (PPVotes), an independent expenditure committee (SuperPAC) registered with the Federal Election Commission, conducts independent expenditures in federal races, and engages in state elections as permitted by state campaign finance laws. PPFA and the Action Fund seek a dynamic and effective Vice President, Organizing, Engagement & Campaigns.

Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Vice President of Organizing, Engagement and Campaigns (OEC) is responsible for leading PPFA and the Action Fund’s organizing and issue campaign strategy, engaging the 12 million Planned Parenthood supporters and allies in PPFA & Action Fund’s work, and guiding and supporting Planned Parenthood local 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations in their organizing, issue campaigns, and supporter engagement work. The VP of OEC is also responsible for leading the critical electoral work of Action Fund and PPVotes.

The VP of OEC should be a strategic and innovative leader who understands the political landscape, including the role of organizing and engagement to shift power, and an experienced political and issue campaign strategist who has a track record of running successful campaigns to defeat bad legislation and win good policy and elections. The VP of OEC must also have experience building and leading teams and working in partnership with organizational leaders to make decisions and execute work. This job reports to the Chief External Affairs Officer in the External Affairs organizational unit.

The VP serves as a member of the External Affairs Senior Leadership Team; is a leading thought partner within the External Affairs Unit, and will also work closely across divisions to advance the Planned Parenthood mission to protect, defend and expand access to health care and rights nationwide.

Purpose:

• Leads the organizational strategy, theory of change, innovation and execution for PPFA and Action Fund’s 360 campaigns, national organizing, ballot initiatives, and state legislative campaigns, and for the Action Fund and Votes, the efforts on candidate elections, so that reproductive freedom in a post Roe world is preserved and expanded where possible.
• Serves as leader, budget manager, and spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Votes ensuring federal and state electoral goals are communicated publicly and reached.
• Leads a team of Action Fund and PPVotes’ national, constituency, and digital organizers, and a national campaigns team with electoral strategists.
• Implements coherent strategic PPFA and Action Fund advocacy campaigns at the local, state and federal level by integrating diverse specializations like organizing, data, governmental relations and, for Action Fund and PPVotes campaigns, electoral teams across the External Affairs Unit.
• Drives development strategies and holds key relationships with donors and allied organizations to raise new resources for PPFA, Action Fund, and PPVotes programs.
• Provides nationally recognized expertise in reproductive health ballot measures, offers technical strategy and state constitutional amendment development, passage, defense and implementation for PPFA and Action Fund.

Engagement:

• Positions Action Fund, PPVotes, and local Planned Parenthood advocacy and political organizations among movement and organizing partners maintaining existing and securing new coalition partnerships essential to winning reproductive freedom in states and nationally. This includes expanding and solidifying national partners, funders in support of programs, and managing risk related to national exposure, coalition dynamics, and legal compliance.
• Models organizational thought leadership and is a recognized subject matter expert externally and internally regarding organizing, federal and national campaigns and sexual and reproductive healthcare policy, attracting support and able to leverage resources from the full organization when needed.
• Work within the Advocacy Management Team to inspire, set goals and nurture collaboration across teams, including resolving conflicts and optimizing team abilities.
• Work across the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Office of the President (OOP), and the External Affairs Office to define PPFA and Action Fund advocacy and issue campaign goals and run Action Fund and PPVotes’ electoral and issue campaigns with ELT input.
• Advocate with the External Affairs Senior Leadership Team, the Office of the President and the Action Fund Board of Directors to adapt the national strategic plan for building political power through all electoral, organizing and national campaign opportunities, and organizes opportunities to advance Action Fund policy positions, activities and accomplishments among DC political leadership.
• Motivates, resolves conflicts and leverages the individual and team capacities of the verticals within the OEC team to drive organizing efforts for PPFA, Action Fund, and PPVotes nationally, in states and across demographic groups.
• Maintains Federation-wide commitment to building organizing power for PPFA and Action Fund and electoral power for Action Fund in support of sexual and reproductive health access and equity, and evolves the Federations’ campaign approach to adapt to the post-Roe landscape.
• Provides subject matter mastery and thought leadership across the progressive movement to ensure abortion access, including leveraging direct democracy, intersectional campaigns, and defense of democratic institutions that preserve the ability of Planned Parenthood institutions to provide care. Extends organizational reach into mission aligned opportunities.
• Serve as authoritative thought leader towards reimagining the right to abortion access at the national level, through federal action, the courts, and constitution.
• Contribute to sustainability and longevity of local 501(c)(4) organizations (Local c4), including working with Local c4 CEOs to ensure prioritization of and funding for the work, as well as increased CEO understanding of the role Local c4s will play in the effort to secure federal protections on behalf of its related affiliate.

Delivery:

• Sets strategic goals and leads the execution of PPFA & Action Fund’s ongoing organizing efforts, ballot measure work, 360 national advocacy campaigns, including SCOTUS and lower court nomination campaigns, cross-movement issue campaigns and rapid response campaigns, and Action Fund and PPVotes’ electoral work, including federal campaigns including Congressional and presidential campaigns, that harness the full national office and Federation potential.
• Define and effectively manage PPFA and Action Fund programs to achieve national/federal policy power considering environmental and political opportunities and threats so that there are clear campaign goals/outcomes. This is done by ensuring relationships with local Planned Parenthood organizations are durable; based on a shared strategic framework for each campaign and hold a long term view for power-building for each campaign.
• Extend and increase capacity of state political and advocacy infrastructure through national office delivery of technical assistance related to accreditation, compliance, coaching, and grant-making to local Planned Parenthood organizations.
• Identify new opportunities for support from donors and collaborate with the Development Department to raise resources for PPFA, Action Fund, and PPVotes programs and activities with a particular focus on maximizing PPFA & Action Fund’s ballot measure strategy and capacity.
• Serves as a public face for Action Fund advocacy campaign work and PPVotes’ electoral work and frequently speaks at Action Fund and PPVotes fundraisers, donor meetings, campaign events, and other public forums.
• Serve as media spokesperson for PPFA, Action Fund, and PPVotes as needed.
• Oversees and manages the team’s stewardship of resources including budget creation in compliance with electoral and tax law, and adhering to practices and procedures set forth by the Federation to manage the financial solvency of the institutions.
• Work with the General Counsel and Chief Financial Office to navigate difficult legal and financial challenges, as well as ensure training for and compliance of all staff members on appropriate legal and financial compliance procedures.
• Lead ambitious organizing work to grow the Planned Parenthood supporter base and volunteer leadership in key constituency groups, including building out robust digital organizing programs.
• Develop skills of local Planned Parenthood public affairs and organizing staff and volunteer leadership, including growing and implementing a training curriculum around a shared organizing model and executing regular trainings.
• Assist local Planned Parenthood public affairs and organizing staff with long term strategic planning and organizational development.
• Serve as key leader in developing and implementing federal issue campaign strategy and on the ground "360" campaigns to move federal decision-makers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Demonstrated track record of setting clear priorities and success in driving a strong, results-oriented progressive agenda that ties back to PPFA and the Action Fund’s long-term goals and strategies.
• Extensive experience with innovative, fast-paced, data-driven campaigns and organizing.
• 10+ years of experience managing people and teams required.
• Ability to motivate staff, teammates and colleagues.
• Commitment and track record of advancing racial equity and a fluency of racial equity and ability to promote it through the work.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong commitment to and understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion and the intersection with health and social justice.
• Experience successfully managing multi-million dollar budgets and a proven track record of financial stewardship.
• Ability to identify opportunities for innovation and experimentation in electoral, federal legislative, and organizing campaigns.
• A proven track record of building strong relationships with multiple stakeholders based on effective interpersonal skills.
• Experience successfully managing multi-million dollar budgets and a proven track record of financial stewardship.
• Collaborative work style and experience working in a federated structure.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to learn and execute quickly.
• Excellent communications skills and a demonstrated ability to lead large teams.
• Available in off-hours for rapid response and crisis communications.

Travel: 25-50% domestic

Planned Parenthood's cultural ethos, "In This Together", reflects our commitment to building a workplace culture that fosters belonging, promotes learning throughout the employee lifecycle, and recognizes individual contributions to our mission.

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