Deputy Director, Policy

About the Opportunity

The Deputy Director, Policy is a leadership role within the Clinton Policy Institute, reporting directly to the CPI CEO. This role leads the development and oversight of policy research and materials — including briefs, memos, reports, and landscape analyses — that track CPI’s evolving priorities and drive strategic and programmatic decision-making across the organization. The Deputy Director forges cross-functional partnerships and proactively identifies emerging policy trends to inform CPI’s direction. The role provides comprehensive strategic and operational support to the CEO, including end-to-end convening coordination, and serves as a senior utility player across initiatives and departments, providing strategic, substantive, and administrative leadership wherever Foundation needs arise.

​​​​The Clinton Policy Institute creates and supports an “ecosystem” of individuals and organizations committed to building and collaborating on a shared strategy to increase and amplify collective impact. Our approach is fundamentally about outcomes—not building standalone initiatives but bringing together value-aligned organizations to multiply our collective potential. We aim to serve as a catalytic platform where individuals and organizations can connect, learn, scale their efforts, and build a robust community dedicated to making and implementing policy on the state and local levels. Rather than competing or duplicating existing work, we are committed to complementing and enhancing the efforts of like-minded groups, creating synergies that generate more significant outcomes than any single organization could achieve alone. Learn more here .​​​

Core Responsibilities

Policy & Research Oversight

• Manage research and drafting of policy materials, including briefs, memos, reports, and landscape analyses, that track CPI's evolving priorities and inform strategic decision-making and programmatic direction across the organization
• Lead grant reporting processes by compiling and synthesizing programmatic updates and coordinating across teams to ensure accurate, high-quality submissions
• Drive logistics, develop materials, and organize files for all CEO meetings, ensuring senior leadership is fully prepared and resourced
• Proactively identify and advise on key policy developments, legislative activity, and sector trends to keep CPI’s work current and relevant, synthesizing findings into clear summaries and recommendations for the CEO and senior leadership

Correspondence & Communications

• Drive cross-organizational communications, including developing, editing, and refining correspondence, invitations, and other written materials, in close collaboration with CPI staff throughout all stages of production
• Draft and refine external-facing materials — including talking points, briefings, and stakeholder communications — that reflect CPI’s voice, priorities, and strategic direction
• Own consistency, accuracy, and quality across all written products, from initial draft through final delivery, representing CPI’s voice and strategic direction

Minimum Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelors’ Degree required
• Master Degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, or a related field preferred
• At least 8 years of professional experience in the field in positions of increasing responsibility. At least 6 of those years must have included either managing people or managing projects to completion operating in a similar role at a similar sized organization required
• 7+ years of experience in such roles at similar organizations preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $110 - 120K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This role is not eligible for overtime pay. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees - take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.

About the Clinton Foundation

Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.

As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.

We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.

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