Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities

Entrepreneurial & Visionary Leadership

• Set a clear and compelling vision for Catchafire rooted in the needs and experiences of users and customers, and motivated first and foremost by a desire to drive wide-scale impact.
• Drive innovation and product/offering development, including in response to emerging technologies (e.g. AI,) to best position Catchafire for sustainable success and to meet new and evolving customer needs.
• Increase sales and revenue and build a better growth engine for Catchafire to effectively sell to aligned foundation and corporate clients.

External Leadership & Sector Building

• Position Catchafire as essential impact infrastructure—expanding our reach, deepening our relevance, and accelerating sustainable growth.
• Oversee deep and trusting relationships with Catchafire’s customers and key stakeholders, and ensure that the business development and customer success teams have the tools and resources necessary to meet their goals.
• Serve as a compelling storyteller and trusted partner to foundations and corporations investing in stronger communities, and as an engaged listener to the nonprofit leaders we exist to serve.

Organizational Leadership

• Manage and motivate an executive team; cultivate and build the leadership bench, and inspire and lead the organization to drive innovation, transformational initiatives and implement new strategies and processes to support growth.
• Promote a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture, effectively integrating objectives and efforts across departments and fostering cross-functional teamwork to achieve organizational goals.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors to ensure strong governance, fostering a collaborative relationship to achieve Catchafire’s current and future strategic objectives.

Skillset

• Deep passion for Catchafire’s vision, mission, and values and a commitment to leading with purpose and integrity.
• Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset with a demonstrated track record of identifying and converting unmet needs into new growth vectors, resulting in meaningful growth.
• Experience taking an existing business and scaling it to the next level of financial and/or impact success under resourced constrained conditions and using both creativity and rigor to achieve ambitious results.
• Track record of building and leading teams, fostering accountability and inclusivity, while promoting a collaborative and innovative culture.
• Exceptional ability to identify and activate leaders across a broad range of sectors (e.g. nonprofit, foundation, corporate, business, tech) to become champions of Catchafire’s mission and inspire people to give time, talent, and financial resources for the mission.
• Exceptional communication and thought leadership skills with an ability to create reach, resonance, and catalytic partnerships.
• Experience leveraging technology as a catalyst for innovation and value creation, with a record of using it to build new products and/or transform how work is done.