Program Manager, Social Impact Initiatives

CapEQ is an Impact Investment Advisory Firm focused on creating financial opportunities through social impact. The Program Manager will lead initiative-level execution across social impact engagements, translating leadership vision into coordinated delivery across complex projects while engaging with clients and partners.

Responsibilities:

• Lead 1–2 strategic initiatives from kickoff through close
• Translate scope into actionable work plans, milestones, and deliverables
• Run recurring initiative meetings and drive execution cadence
• Coordinate internal teams, consultants, and external partners
• Track commitments, manage timelines, and proactively mitigate risks
• Ensure initiative progress, timelines, and commitments are clearly documented and visible to leadership
• Maintain up-to-date initiative dashboards or trackers
• Surface risks, bottlenecks, and resource constraints early
• Ensure documentation and materials are accessible across the team
• Serve as day-to-day contact for assigned initiatives
• Draft and present updates to clients and funders
• Prepare materials for strategic briefings and decision-making
• Prepare concise decision briefs outlining options, implications, and recommended next steps
• Identify execution issues that require leadership input and escalate appropriately
• Track decisions made and ensure alignment across teams and partners
• Ensure leadership guidance is translated into concrete actions
• Understand how initiatives connect across CapEQ’s broader portfolio
• Maintain awareness of adjacent initiatives, partnerships, and timelines
• Identify overlaps and alignment opportunities across engagements
• Translate ecosystem dynamics into actionable program adjustments
• Surface insights and strategic considerations to leadership
• Track and compile initiative metrics, outputs and milestones
• Draft and synthesize grant reports, funder updates, and stakeholder briefings
• Translate complex work into clear, compelling impact narratives
• Ensure program outcomes are documented and communicated effectively

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience, with 3+ years of relevant experience
• 3+ years working in economic development, business support organizations, philanthropy, impact investing, policy, social enterprise, or adjacent social impact ecosystems
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-stakeholder programs or initiatives
• Strong written communication (funder updates, executive briefs, synthesis documents)
• Experience operating in dynamic, multi-stakeholder social impact environments with shifting priorities and evolving scope
• Familiarity with the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) model
• Experience using project management tools (e.g., Monday, Asana, Notion, Airtable)