Director, Community Affairs

Role Overview

• The Director, Community Affairs is responsible for building and leading the company’s philanthropic and community engagement strategy.
• This role oversees the corporate charitable foundation, enterprise volunteerism, Employee Resource Group community alignment, and GEICO’s associate assistance fund.
• This is a build-and-transform role.
• Stand up a cohesive community engagement function, including strategy, governance, operating model, and success metrics.
• Assess current-state programs (foundation, volunteerism, ERGs, assistance fund) and redesign for scale, consistency, and impact.
• Establish clear priorities, funding frameworks, and decision rights across all community engagement activities.
• Implement measurement systems to track impact, participation, reputational value, and ROI.
• Develop executive ‑ and board ‑ ready reporting on community impact, participation, and ROI.
• Define and execute a focused, enterprise-aligned strategy for philanthropy and community engagement.
• Lead all aspects of the corporate foundation, including governance, grantmaking, compliance, and reporting.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in corporate philanthropy, CSR, corporate affairs, or related fields, with leadership across foundation operations, volunteerism, and ERG engagement.
• Deep corporate foundation expertise, including grantmaking, governance, compliance, portfolio management, and impact measurement aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Proven ability to design and scale volunteerism programs and ERG community alignment, driving participation while connecting efforts to business and philanthropic goals.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, with a track record of aligning HR, Communications, Marketing, Government Relations, Legal, and business leaders around shared community engagement objectives.
• Demonstrated success building integrated strategies across philanthropy, volunteerism, and employee engagement that drive measurable impact and consistency at scale.
• Deep understanding of the nonprofit ecosystem and experience building high-impact partnerships that inform strategy and investment decisions.
• Experience advising foundation boards and senior executives, including governance, compliance, and executive-level stakeholder engagement.
• Proven ability to build operating models, governance structures, and decision frameworks across complex, distributed programs.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills, including executive
• and board-ready reporting on impact, participation, and ROI.
• Track record of influencing without authority and sustaining alignment across stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and external credibility, with the ability to represent the organization across sectors.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility
• We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.