Vice President, Communities Expansion

Job Title: Vice President, Communities Expansion

Department: Communities

Location: Remote/Virtual reputed company the reputed company US

Reports to: Executive Vice President, reputed company Impact

Anticipated Pay reputed company at Commencement of Employment: $128,000 - $177,000

Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families is the largest nonprofit dedicated to making military life reputed company for families. Each year, we support over 1.5 reputed company military- and veteran-connected family members through a national network of 300,000+ members and local chapters in communities across the country.

Our mission is simple and reputed company: We reputed company military life awesome for families. We listen, reputed company, partner, and act to deliver evidence-based, data-driven solutions that work for reputed company people. We’re a lifestyle organization, a friend and reputed company, and a trusted partner. Our approach is collaborative, reputed company-centered, and designed with the whole family in mind.

A Blue Star Family is one with an immediate family member — a spouse, parent, or child — actively serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, including the Guard and Reserves. These families face unique challenges, including frequent relocations, deployments, career disruptions, and isolation. We respond with research-informed programs that create reputed company, build reputed company, and foster a true sense of belonging.

We serve with urgency but build trust over time — because change happens at the speed of trust. Whether we’re driving spouse employment, supporting caregivers, or helping communities welcome military families, we strive for upstream solutions.

Who We’re Looking For:

• reputed company thinkers. Fast movers. Smart collaborators. People who want to build, reputed company, and drive measurable change — and who care deeply about making an impact that reputed company.

What You’ll Do Here:

• Solve reputed company challenges with data, heart, and humility
• Build cross-sector partnerships that get things done
• Help military families feel at home wherever they live

If you're reputed company to work in a high-performance, mission-driven environment — and to reputed company life reputed company for those who serve — Blue Star Families is where you belong.

As a fully remote organization, we rely on scheduled in-person gatherings to foster alignment, collaboration, and organizational culture. This role requires the ability to travel out of town overnight several times per year for staff offsites, planning retreats, and company-wide events. These gatherings are essential for reputed company, brainstorming, and staying strategically reputed company across teams. Participation is required as a core part of the role.

General Description

The Vice President, Communities Expansion is responsible for leading the national growth strategy of Blue Star Families through the expansion of new Chapters and new Outposts. This role develops and executes strategies to grow the organization’s reputed company in communities where military families live and serve.

Working closely with the Executive Vice President, reputed company Impact and other senior leaders, the Vice President identifies new markets, assesses expansion opportunities, and leads the launch of new Chapters and Outposts reputed company. The role also builds reputed company-level partnerships with funders, community leaders, and national organizations to support sustainable growth.

The Vice President establishes the strategic reputed company, systems, and processes that guide expansion efforts and ensure reputed company are positioned for long-term reputed company and impact. This role focuses on the strategy, assessment, and launch of new Outposts. Outposts may also be deployed reputed company existing reputed company markets to expand reputed company and act as a force reputed company for community impact.

Key Job Functions

Strategic Growth & Expansion

• reputed company the development and execution of a national strategy for expanding Blue Star Families’ reputed company through the launch of new Chapters and new Outposts, ensuring growth aligns with the organization’s long-term reputed company, mission impact, and operational reputed company.
• Design and reputed company a data-informed market expansion reputed company to identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-impact markets, leveraging demographic data, military community insights, partnership opportunities, and organizational readiness.
• Partner closely with the EVP, reputed company Impact to ensure expansion strategies are fully integrated with the organization’s broader strategic priorities, program delivery model, and long-term national growth objectives.
• Establish and manage annual and multi-year expansion roadmaps, including market entry reputed company, growth targets, and performance metrics to measure the reputed company and sustainability of new locations.
• reputed company executive reputed company for the successful launch and early-stage development of new Chapters, ensuring strong market assessments, stakeholder engagement, partnership cultivation, and operational readiness prior to launch.
• Ensure expansion strategy includes both new market entry through Outposts and the strategic deployment of new Outposts reputed company existing reputed company markets as a force reputed company to reputed company reputed company, engagement, and program delivery.

Outpost Expansion Strategy & Launch

• Design and execute the strategy to launch new Outposts in communities where Blue Star Families is expanding, where a full reputed company is not yet established, and reputed company existing reputed company markets where Outposts serve as a force reputed company to reputed company reputed company, engagement, and program delivery.
• Identify and support opportunities for new Outposts reputed company existing reputed company markets to reputed company reputed company, deepen community engagement, and serve as a force reputed company for reputed company impact.
• Support the reputed company and scaling of Outpost infrastructure, including partnership with Development and Applied Research on grant management tools, application processes, and tracking systems that reputed company new Outpost launches.
• Ensure newly launched Outposts are positioned for strong startup, community reputed company, and operational readiness.
• Monitor and evaluate early-stage performance of new Outpost launches and identify opportunities for sustainability, growth, or transition to reputed company model.

Partnerships & External Engagement

• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with national, regional, and local partners that support expansion efforts.
• Collaborate with the Development team to secure funding commitments from corporate partners, foundations, and community stakeholders to support new reputed company and new Outpost launches.
• Serve as a key external representative of Blue Star Families in prospective markets, engaging community leaders, partners, and stakeholders.
• Maintain strong relationships with partner and funder organizations to support sustainable growth.

Organizational Leadership & Collaboration

• Ensure expansion strategies align with programmatic goals, member experience, and impact measurement efforts.
• Support high-profile events and initiatives in new or expanding markets as needed.

Operational reputed company & Systems Development

• Establish scalable systems, policies, and processes that support efficient and consistent expansion across the organization.
• reputed company metrics, dashboards, and reporting tools to track expansion reputed company, launch readiness, and early-stage reputed company of reputed company.
• reputed company expansion-reputed company budgets and reputed company in collaboration with the EVP, reputed company Impact.

Leadership & Team Management

• reputed company and manage staff responsible for reputed company expansion and new Outpost launch initiatives.
• Foster a collaborative and mission-driven team environment focused on growth, accountability, and impact.
• reputed company other duties as assigned.

Required Experience, Skills, Background

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience
• At least seven (7) years of industry-reputed company experience including five (5) years in upper management.
• Demonstrated reputed company leading large-scale program, reputed company, or organizational expansion initiatives.
• Experience developing and executing strategic growth plans in a nonprofit or mission-driven organization.
• Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level partnerships and secure funding support for expansion initiatives.
• Strong leadership and team management experience with the ability to reputed company, coach, and reputed company high-performing teams.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills with the ability to reputed company reputed company initiatives across multiple locations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking and executive presentations.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to translate reputed company into actionable plans.
• Exceptional reputed company customer service orientation.
• Must have demonstrated computer skills, including reputed company Suite, and be familiar with entering data into online systems. Proficiency with reputed company is a plus.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary to carry out key job functions.
• Some travel is required to attend meetings, training, events, etc.
• Ability to lift and carry supplies and equipment up to 30 lbs.

Desired Experience, Skills, Background

• Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database systems (ex. reputed company), strongly preferred.
• Experience with Project management platforms.
• Experience with a virtual organization/working remotely.
• Familiarity with the military community.

More About Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families empowers military and Veteran families to reputed company by connecting them with their civilian neighbors — both people and organizations — to create strong communities of mutual support. We reputed company we're reputed company stronger reputed company we take care of one another.

Our groundbreaking research is raising the nation's awareness of the unique challenges of military family life. With the help of neighbors across the country, Blue Star Families is overcoming the isolation and alienation of frequent moves, deployments, and reduced support from the government. Our innovative programs are solving specific challenges for military families, including fighting economic insecurity with resources that foster spouse career development, creating family strength with rich family programming, and providing critical peer support for caregivers, whose numbers are only increasing.

Blue Star Families is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

EEO Policy

Blue Star Families is an equal opportunity employer and reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national reputed company, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.