Regional Ecosystems Program Director

Position Title: Regional Ecosystems Program Director Reports To: Deputy Director of Regional Power About Us The Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a new time-limited entity that will deepen and expand the capacity, impact, and sustainability of California's grassroots movements for racial justice and social transformation. Through offerings that are additive and synergistic with existing movement efforts, the MIC will support changemakers and organizations in catalyzing innovations in movement strategy, power-building, intergenerational leadership development, and collective long-term sustainability and resilience. Through a network of physical and virtual "centers," the MIC will also contribute a key piece of infrastructure to fuel transformative structural change across California. This network will consist of new and existing centers serving hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of grassroots leaders in California. MIC will focus on six core strategies: Organizing Strategy and Innovation (OS&I) Healing, Sustainability and Culture (HSC) Network of Centers (NoC) Regional Ecosystems (RE) Movement Strategy & Innovation (MS&I) Learning & Impact (L&I) Position Overview The Regional Ecosystems Director is primarily responsible for stewarding MIC’s Regional Ecosystems program eight key priority regions in California, with strategic prioritization of the Inland Empire and Central Valley. This program does not drive campaigns or policy agendas. Instead, it strengthens the underlying infrastructure and conditions that enable grassroots powerbuilding organizations to lead durable collective action. Through regional experimentation, shared learning, and accompaniment, the program supports organizations in evolving governance, coordination, and collaborative practices that build durable regional power. This role is critical in the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of frameworks, assessments, models, and other tools, tailored to support regiona