VP / SVP - Knowledge, Impact, Strategy

VP / SVP - Knowledge, Impact, Strategy

At Enterprise we create opportunity for low and moderate income people through affordable housing in diverse, thriving communities.

Enterprise is a leading provider of the development capital and expertise it takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For nearly 30 years, Enterprise has introduced neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and others that share our vision. Enterprise has raised and invested $11 billion in equity, grants and loans to help build or preserve more than 280,000 affordable rental and for-sale homes to create vital communities.




Description

The ideal candidate will project Enterprise into the market as a leader in knowledge management and community development impact strategies. He/she will drive the collection and dissemination of data and information from within Enterprise and across the affordable housing industry through innovative solutions that demonstrate achievable impact. She/he will lead Enterprise’s strategic planning processes and the continued development and execution with our Strategic Horizon aims.

Job Responsibilities

Understand the customer, community and market:

• Effectively gather, mine, and disseminate knowledge as a strategic centerpiece in proactively developing programs and products, leading to increased credibility and insight in the field
• Create diverse discussion forums internally and externally focused on new ideas and solutions that deliver outcomes aligned with the Enterprise vision
• Drive priorities for understanding four key sources: (1) end beneficiaries (e.g. residents, low-income communities); (2) community partners and their work; (3) select local markets where we focus expertise and commitment to serve; and (4) industry learning (e.g. community development experts, research institutions)
• Integrate knowledge and innovation initiatives into Enterprise business processes

Identify integrated solutions and industry standards:

• Regularly gather input from partners and stakeholders across the country to shape the next generation of solutions and standards for affordable housing and community development, in order to drive system-level change
• Provide critical input into new product development and influence strategic business direction
• Explore and build an open source framework for how and what we share with the external market to demonstrate thought leadership by sharing leading practices
• Conduct/direct research and evaluation
• Write/manage original case studies and best practice white papers
• Develop a formal process for building alliances and managing partnerships with other national organizations that can extend Enterprise’s reach
• Identify and develop key university and research partnerships, as well as successful end-user access programs
• Spot innovations and gaps in the field and market to keep Enterprise on the cutting edge

Provide leadership throughout Enterprise to forge knowledge, impact, and innovation strategies that carry Enterprise to a new level:

• Blend strategic and operational mindset to evaluate and enhance the Knowledge, Impact and Strategy (KIS) team effectiveness
• Lead the development of strategies, tools, and processes to capture and build an integrative knowledge framework for Enterprise to gather, track and “gate” new ideas
• Implement efficient and cost effective methods to produce data sets, dashboards, and data summaries for strategic and everyday business consumption
• Lead teams and processes to support business decisions, budget processes, strategic planning, business development, grant justifications, and other related processes
• Partner with Enterprise leaders to identify key outcomes for our programs and business transactions; focusing on identifiable impact and measurable results that will help inform better business practices and align our activities to desired outcomes
• Determine what we should track and what we shouldn’t, and develop protocols for sharing information

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in strategic planning functions at a senior level within complex organizations
• Strong understanding of the community development field preferred with a visionary approach for innovations that may be translated from other fields
• Understanding and skill with knowledge management technologies
• Ability to serve as a catalyst for innovative change and to develop and clearly articulate paths to success
• Extraordinary collaboration, influence, and partnership skills to build relationships and to work collaboratively across the spectrum of Enterprise and the external market
• Capacity to identify, develop, motivate and leverage diverse talent and cross functional teams for successful implementation
• High degree of organizational savvy, political awareness and influence skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with ability to synthesize and present complex information in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to successfully lead and prioritize simultaneous projects
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or MS in related field preferred
• 7-10 years related experience preferred