Organizational Background

Discover Tulsa For You and Me: a collection of economic development programs building a vibrant and inclusive city through a booming economic landscape for Tulsa. We are forging strategic connections between talented professionals and innovative companies in future-focused industries such as advanced aerial mobility, energy tech, cybersecurity, and virtual health, among others. Operated under the stewardship of the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF), affiliated programs include nationally recognized and innovative organizations like Tulsa Remote, Tulsa Innovation Labs, inTulsa, Build In Tulsa, Atlas School, Campus Tulsa, and Tulsa Service Year, among others. 

Our North Star goal is both ambitious and clear: to attract and build 20,000 jobs in high-growth industry clusters by the year 2033. A cornerstone of this mission is our commitment to ensuring that at least one-third of these opportunities are accessible to Tulsans from historically underrepresented communities. This is an extension of our broader vision for a more equitable, innovative, and vibrant Tulsa, where a strong state of economic health provides the basis for equal opportunity. Our economic development organization is anchored in four pillars: (1) attracting and growing companies (2) catalyzing innovation & entrepreneurship (3) making Tulsa a destination for talent (4) developing an equitable workforce for the future. Each pillar drives the city toward a future of inclusive prosperity and upward mobility.

Position Summary 

The Managing Director of Integrated Strategies will build a new integrated strategies department. This leader will play a crucial role in the overall management and success of the affiliated programs (listed above). The Managing Director of Integrated Strategies will oversee a leadership team across five key departments—Marketing, Research Analytics and Data, Technology, Experience Tulsa, and Business Operations (comprising Office, Finance, Legal, Administrative Support)—and will be responsible for a team of 20-30 full-time employees. The integrated strategies team will support the affiliate programs in collectively reaching the North Star. This position reports to the designated Program Officer. 

Responsibilities/Duties

Team Leadership and Management

• Lead and manage the five teams, ensuring alignment with vision, universal strategies, collaboration across groups, and a high performance, learning, and impact driven culture.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and inclusive team culture.
• Collaborate with department heads to set performance goals, monitor progress, and conduct performance evaluations.
• Represent integrated strategies as a member of the program leadership team.
• Any other duties as assigned

Strategy and Systems Improvement

• Lead the joint development of annual and quarterly planning with department heads, aiming for integrated departmental roadmaps, clear priorities, and established escalation processes.
• Establish and prioritize goals, define clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for integrated strategies, and ensure these align with the organization's strategic objectives, driving measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Enhance communication across integrated strategies departments by implementing effective communication methods for program leaders and staff, fostering clarity, collaboration, and alignment. 
• Improve organizational processes to boost integrated strategies' functionality and efficiency, ensuring they meet program goals, budget, and timelines.
• Regularly assess integrated strategies' effectiveness, adjusting as needed to enhance service delivery to meet program objectives.

Internal Operations & Communication

• Ensure alignment between integrated strategies budgets and programmatic budgets, finding efficiencies where possible, and liaising with the GKFF budget department on behalf of economic development initiatives. 
• Develop an internal communications and collaboration strategy, supporting new ways of communicating and collaborating across programs and integrated teams, elevating the staff experience, and gaining efficiencies in how matrixed organizations function.
• Ensure a comprehensive professional development program for employees, including regular performance reviews and team training initiatives, leveraging internal and external resources supporting similar workstreams.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field or equivalent job experience in operations
• Minimum of 5+ years experience in business operations, program management, or data management or similar industry preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years of management experience, and multi-year experience managing cross-functional teams of at least 15 full-time staff
• Experience and ownership of budgets and financial management of a department
• Prior experience leading strategic planning processes and operationalizing plans into strategy

Competencies, Skills & Abilities

• Cultural competency: ability to build rapport with individuals from a wide variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds with a strong and enduring commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Strong communication skills, approaching all interactions with positive intent, empathy, and integrity. Must maintain a welcoming presence for those with whom they interact.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with proactive deadline management, consistent and responsive follow-up/follow-through, and attention to detail.
• High energy influencer and problem solver with a bias for action. Knows how to effectively collaborate, lead, and get things done.
• Remain solution-driven when receiving critical feedback.
• Ability to independently and effectively manage projects and programming, including logistics and communication.
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity and evolution; including the positions, roles, responsibilities, and the organization's priorities and projects.
• Must be willing to learn and adapt quickly in a continually evolving work environment.
• Strong self-management and the ability to work independently. Ideal candidates should demonstrate strong self-discipline, initiative, and the capability to prioritize tasks effectively.

Work Environment

• Hybrid work model - Flexible based on roles and responsibilities.
• Located in Tulsa, OK
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, and non-traditional hours on occasion.
• Local travel to various worksites may be required. Reliable transportation is necessary.

About our Benefits

As part of our overall compensation package, we offer work/life flexibility, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off and generous retirement contributions designed to support you and your family.

Details:

• 100% employer paid medical, dental, and long-term disability for full-time employees only. Option to add vision and dependents.
• 401K employee and employer contributions.
• Paid time off to support you while you are out of the office.
• Paid holidays so our employees can spend time with those they care about
• Employer paid AD&D life insurance, with employee options to add supplemental life insurance.