About the Oversight Board

The Oversight Board makes binding and independent decisions about the most challenging content issues on Facebook and Instagram. Members of the Board include Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark, Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Michael McConnell, Director of Stanford’s Constitutional Law Center, and may other diverse leaders and thinkers from around the world. The Board issued its first decisions in January 2021.

The Oversight Board Administration is the team of full-time staff who supports Board Members in carrying out their duties. The Administration has a presence in London, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and operates with a global scope.

You can learn more about the Board at www.oversightboard.com.

Joining the Oversight Board Administration is a chance to be part of an organization which is leading on some of the most challenging issues facing the tech industry and society. 

You will be responsible for the development, governance, and implementation of the Oversight Board’s Technology architecture, as well as influencing and selecting architecture concepts, designs, and strategies. You will be responsible for the Technology Team who take charge of providing design, build, and maintenance solutions for the Oversight Board's current and future technology architectures and platforms, ensuring they meet business needs, perform to expected standards, align with industry and market developments, and demonstrate value for money.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will be providing subject matter expertise in a highly skilled and complex field, ensuring ongoing integrity of the enterprise technology architecture, as well as translating business objectives into technology solutions. 

This role will be based at Washington, DC or London. Oversight Board offers flexible hybrid remote working, so we welcome applications for those based across the East Coast or UK to allow for collaboration of time zones.

The Oversight Board Administration values diversity of experience. Candidates should have a strong combination of several of the following skills, competencies and experience OR Successful candidates are liable to have the following skills and experiences: 

Successful candidates are likely to have the following skills and experiences:

• Extensive experience of developing and leading Technology teams, preferably, in a highly regulated industry. 
• Expert knowledge in cloud-based infrastructure, systems, and services with experience implementing platforms such as Google, Workspace / AWS. 
• Excellent leadership skills in managing different stakeholders. 
• Experience in a broad generalist Tech background and who understands networking infrastructure, servers, data backup, telephone systems, office user applications, security systems, and more. 
• Extensive project management experience working on complex projects with cross-functional teams and multiple external stakeholders.

• Excellent and well-practiced communication (spoken, written, listening), interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to bridge specialism and business through user-friendly language. 
• Experience working with multiple executives at once to drive delivery of a shared goal. 
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong organizational skills with particular emphasis on attention to detail.

What we can offer you

As well as a competitive salary of circa $220,000, we also offer a market leading benefits package, covering a variety of areas, both professional and personal. These benefits include:

• A generous 12% employer contribution towards the 401(k) plan with no requirement for you to contribute;
• Progressive family friendly benefits including a robust paid parental leave policy;
• Comprehensive short-term and long-term disability, life assurance and business travel insurance packages providing financial support in events of ill health, injury etc;
• A generous childcare subsidy to provide financial support for eligible childcare costs;
• A generous home working and commuting allowance to provide financial support for remote and/or office working;

• An extensive healthcare package including medical, dental and vision plans offering coverage for you and your family;
• A training allowance to support both your continuous professional development and professional membership;
• 5 study leave days per calendar year to support professional development;
• 22 days of paid time off per calendar year in addition to statutory public holidays;
• 2 'recharge' paid vacation days per calendar year;

• 2 'personal' paid vacation days per calendar year
• Festive season time off (between Christmas and New Years)
• A holistic wellbeing support plan encompassing a variety of offerings to assist you. We provide you with an allowance to fund activities to best support your wellbeing as well as workshops and training to provide tools and guidance. Additionally, there is a wide-ranging employee assistance programme available to advise on personal, family or financial matters, and also fun social events all year round.

Oversight Board is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. You will receive equal treatment regardless of age, mental or physical disability, gender, gender expression or gender identity (including transgender status), gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions) or maternity, race, colour, creed, nationality, ancestry, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. 

We welcome all applications for this role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. You will only be contacted if you have been shortlisted for the role. Please see our privacy notice here.

 
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