Chief Executive Officer

Role Overview

• Provide overall strategic direction for Stone House in partnership with the Board of Directors (Board)
• Lead, support and develop an experienced senior leadership team, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing organizational culture
• Maintain an empathetic, accessible, and mission-centered leadership presence that honors the communities Stone House serves and the staff who show up for them every day
• Contribute to and drive the creation and implementation of a strategic plan for the organization, including a thorough analysis of existing structures and systems
• Directly supervise the Stone House senior leadership team, including the Chief Operating Officer, CDO, Chief Program Officer, ELC Director, and Director of Business and Contracts
• Partner closely with the COO, who manages day-to-day operations, real estate oversight, and complex financial structures, enabling the CEO to focus on external leadership, strategy, and mission growth
• Manage and motivate staff, inspiring a results-driven, mission-aligned, and professionally supportive environment
• Oversee key HR processes, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, compensation, and staff development in partnership with the COO
• Foster a culture of inclusion, psychological safety, and organizational belonging
• Establish goals, objectives, and operational plans in collaboration with the Board and senior staff
• Serve as Chief Licensee for the Stone House Early Learning Center
• Build and execute a bold fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Chief Development Officer, growing Stone House’s philanthropic revenue base across individual major donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, and event fundraising
• Serve as the organization’s chief external fundraiser, with donor cultivation and revenue development as a central, ongoing responsibility
• Actively cultivate and steward relationships with individual major donors, foundations, corporate partners, and public funders
• Ensure the organization’s financial stability and sustainability by maintaining healthy cash flow and adequate reserves
• Build and administer the annual budget in collaboration with the Board and COO; oversee financial management to ensure fiscal responsibility, transparency, and sustainability
• Monitor and assume overall responsibility for the fiscal integrity of the organization
• Elevate Stone House's brand and visibility across Boston's philanthropic, corporate, civic, and government communities, building new relationships that expand the organization's reach and resources
• Act as Stone House's primary public ambassador and spokesperson, presenting and promoting the organization's mission, programs, and impact consistently and compellingly
• Represent Stone House at events, conferences, media engagements, fundraising activities, and partnership meetings
• Build and maintain relationships with Boston's corporate community, elected officials, government agencies, and civic leaders
• Engage with the media through interviews, public statements, and written communications
• Maintain regular, transparent, and productive communication with the full Board of Directors, providing timely information to support informed decision-making
• Attend all Board meetings and provide reports and updates on staff, programs, financials, and organizational progress
• Implement Board policies and procedures and build staff support for Board decisions
• Partner closely with the Board on governance, strategy, fundraising, and organizational growth
• Support Board development, recruitment, and engagement, strengthening the Board’s capacity and confidence as active fundraising partners
• Serve as liaison to Westminster Washington LIHTC, Inc. and as a Member, Board of Directors of Westminster Washington NMTC, Inc.

Requirements

• Significant senior leadership experience (CEO, ED, COO, or comparable executive role), ideally in a nonprofit or human services organization
• Demonstrated success in fundraising and philanthropic revenue development, including cultivation of individual major donors, corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and gala or event fundraising
• Significant experience as a public-facing leader including being comfortable and effective representing an organization with media, elected officials, corporate and civic partners, and diverse community stakeholders
• Proven experience managing and developing senior-level staff and leading complex, multi-program organizations
• Strong strategic and visionary leadership skills, with a track record of building organizational momentum and aligning teams around a shared mission
• Demonstrated commitment to serving vulnerable populations, with a deep respect for survivors, communities experiencing hardship, and the staff who show up for them every day
• Experience working with or reporting to a nonprofit board of directors
• Exceptional communication skills, including public speaking and writing for external audiences
• Financial acumen, including experience overseeing budgets, reading financial statements, and ensuring fiscal integrity

Benefits

• health & dental insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• four weeks of paid vacation