Manager, Programs
Join the Black Cultural Zone CDC as a
Manager, Programs!
The Black Cultural Zone CDC is seeking a strategic and mission-driven Manager, Programs to provide leadership across BCZ's core program groups — spanning Community Development and Economic Development. This role stewards initiatives across Career & Workforce, Wealth Building, Community Stewards, Community Life, and Community Engagement, ensuring all programs are aligned with BCZ's Mission, Vision, and the Life to Legacy Framework. The Manager, Programs collaborates closely with team leads, team members, Collaborative and community partners to design, implement, and evaluate programs that create pathways to prosperity for East Oakland's current and legacy residents and business owners. If you are a relationship-builder, program strategist, and community steward who is deeply committed to the restoration, preservation, and place keeping of Black culture, arts, and economic empowerment in East Oakland, we want to hear from you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Steward all assigned program groups across Community Development and Economic Development: Provide strategic leadership and programmatic direction for Career & Workforce, Wealth Building, Community Stewards, Community Life, and Community Engagement initiatives, ensuring alignment with BCZ's Mission and Vision.
- Develop and implement comprehensive program strategies: Design, coordinate, and evaluate programs that create pathways to prosperity for East Oakland's current and legacy residents and business owners — spanning workforce development, wealth building, financial literacy, community life, and community engagement.
- Build and sustain strategic partnerships: Develop authentic, long-term relationships with community members, employers, workforce agencies, financial institutions, community organizations, and civic stakeholders to advance BCZ's community development and economic development goals.
- Collaborate across teams: Partner with the Experience Team, Community Development Team, and Economic Development Team to design and deliver programs and community experiences that reflect BCZ's values, cultural identity, and the Life to Legacy Framework.
- Track and report on program outcomes: Monitor participant progress, program outcomes, and initiative success across all program groups using the Nexus data framework; contribute to grant reporting and fund development efforts with program data, narratives, and impact documentation.
- Facilitate team meetings and hold open office hours: Design agendas, facilitate regular internal team and working group meetings, and hold regular office hours to provide guidance, support, and coordination with core and non-core team members across all program areas.
- Steward implementation plans and documentation: Create clear implementation plans for each initiative, translate organizational policies into actionable processes, and steward the creation of scripts, talking points, and presentation materials to communicate team efforts effectively.
- Model BCZ's C.R.E.A.T.E. values: Bring Collaboration, Respect, Execution Speed & Excellence, Accountability, Tenacity, and Equity & Fairness into every interaction — both inside the organization and with the community.