Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy

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Center for Reproductive Rights

Hybrid
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $245,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/08/2025
  • Location: United States 
Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR) Health
Center Background:  The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. 

The Job: Amid an escalating assault on reproductive rights in the United States, the Center for Reproductive Rights is urgently seeking a bold, strategic, and visionary leader to guide the next chapter of our U.S. policy and advocacy work. The Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy will play a pivotal role in driving the Center’s response to an increasingly hostile legal and political landscape and in advancing transformative policy solutions at a time when the stakes could not be higher. 

Reporting directly to the Chief Program Officer, U.S. Division, the Senior Director leads the Center’s U.S. Policy and Advocacy Unit. It is currently a team of 31 members, including 20 attorneys and 11 professionals working across policy, advocacy, and operations. This role is responsible for setting and executing the Unit’s programmatic vision, ensuring that the Center’s federal and state policy and advocacy efforts are strategically integrated with litigation and corporate engagement activities to advance the Center’s mission and maximize impact.  

The Senior Director also serves as a key external representative of the Center–engaging with donors, coalition partners, policy makers, media, and other stakeholders to drive changes, elevate our priorities, and cultivate support for our work.  

Within the Policy and Advocacy Unit, the Senior Director will lead a cabinet-style leadership structure, supported by an Associate Director and a team of senior leaders with defined areas of expertise and substantive responsibility. While the Senior Director will directly supervise this senior leadership team, the Senior Director is ultimately responsible for the vision, cohesion, and overall success of the Policy and Advocacy Unit. This includes ensuring strong execution across all levels of the team, making high-level decisions on priorities and resource allocation, and fostering a team culture grounded in collaboration, transparency, and accountability. The Senior Director will also lead efforts to integrate policy and advocacy strategies across diverse forums and levels of government, ensuring that the Unit’s work is coordinated, mutually reinforcing, and positioned to maximize the Center’s impact. 

Requirements
  • 20+ years of professional experience with at least 15 years in a legal or policy setting, and at least 10 years supervising a team of 10 or more 
  • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and active D.C. Bar membership, or eligibility and willingness to obtain D.C. Bar membership promptly upon hire 
  • This position is based in Washington D.C.; candidates must be located in or willing to relocate to Washington D.C. 
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, including for conferences, meetings with partners, donor engagements, and team retreats 

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