Managing Director, Explore Hub

THE ROLE: Managing Director, Explore Hub  

Britebound is a national nonprofit that is changing the way kids learn about careers and prepare for their futures through access to career-readiness information and experiences. 

Britebound fulfills its mission through free digital-first direct experiences, philanthropy, advocacy, thought leadership, groundbreaking research, and impact investing. We believe that exploring career possibilities, as early as middle school, and providing access to education-to-career pathways aligned with one’s passions and goals will result in greater confidence and long-term success for all students. 

We're looking for a Managing Director, Explore Hub.

About the Explore Impact Hub 

Young people are not consistently taught how to explore their aptitudes, or interests and how that could inform their future choices. There are limited exploration opportunities for young people in K12, and when opportunities are available, they are inconsistent across geography, quality, and type. Exploration activities are often siloed from core academics and the broader scope and sequence/developmental stages of education.  

We’re launching the Explore Impact Hub to change that. 

The Explore Impact Hub is a new national center of excellence dedicated to transforming how young people, ages 11-14, engage in self-discovery and early career exploration. The Hub will focus on one of the most important and often overlooked developmental stages in a young person's journey: early adolescence. 

The Explore Impact Hub exists to answer a critical question: how can we help young adolescents better understand themselves and their future possibilities in ways that meaningfully influence their long-term educational and career trajectories? To answer this question, the Hub will identify, design, test, evaluate, and scale innovative approaches that help young people explore their interests, strengths, values, identities, and aspirations. We believe that when we foster the enabling conditions for young people to explore themselves, their interests, and their strengths, they have the knowledge and confidence to make informed, empowered decisions about the next step in their educational and career journey. By generating evidence, supporting innovation, and building partnerships across sectors, the Explore Impact Hub aims to drive lasting systems change in middle school career exploration nationwide.  

The Opportunity 

Britebound seeks a visionary and collaborative Managing Director to launch and lead the Explore Impact Hub.

This role presents a rare opportunity to shape a national initiative at the intersection of adolescent development, education innovation, and career readiness. The Managing Director will be responsible for establishing the Hub's strategic direction, leading its team and operating model, managing its portfolio of programs, and serving as its primary external ambassador.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in early adolescent development with the leadership capabilities required to build a high-impact organization. They are equally comfortable shaping long-term strategy, cultivating partnerships, overseeing research and evaluation efforts, managing teams and budgets, and influencing national conversations about youth development and career exploration.

The Managing Director reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer and works closely with Britebound's other Impact Hubs and executive leadership team.

What You’ll Do:

Strategic Vision and Leadership

• Define and steward the Hub's strategic direction, theory of change, and long-term goals in partnership with Britebound’s leadership and key stakeholders.
• Develop a rigorous framework for identifying, designing, and selecting initiatives that help young adolescents develop self-knowledge, explore interests, and build a foundation for future pathways. 

• In collaboration with the Britebound research team, stay at the leading edge of research on early adolescent development, interest formation, and the landscape of programs and experiences serving this age group. 

• In collaboration with the Britebound policy team, shape a policy agenda for how young learners are experiencing career exploration and self-identity both in school and during out-of-school time  

Portfolio Development and Management

• Build and manage a diverse portfolio of initiatives — from partnerships and early-stage pilots to scaling investments — spanning a range of approaches and delivery contexts.
• Work with partners to strengthen program design, define learning agendas, and set measurable milestones.
• Apply clear decision-making frameworks for investing in, continuing, scaling, or sunsetting initiatives based on evidence and learning.

Delivery Model & Design

• Investigate and determine the most effective mechanisms for delivering self-discovery and exploration experiences to young adolescents — whether in school, or through after-school and summer programs, community-based organizations, digital platforms, employer and community partnerships, or entirely new models.
• Design and test a range of delivery approaches (internally or in partnership with external organizations), remaining open to unconventional solutions and building the evidence base to understand which contexts and modalities work best for which young people.
• Where school-based delivery emerges as effective, support partners in building that capacity — but treat it as one option among many, not a default.

Partnership & Field Building