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The Banyan Software

Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.

The Opportunity The Banyan Software

Foundation holds a $100 million USD stock commitment, making it one of our largest shareholders and a permanent expression of our purpose-driven culture. The Foundation's governance and initial operating systems are being established now; The Executive Director & Head of Impact will own the Foundation's long-term vision and strategic direction, and will be its primary voice: internally with our employees and portfolio company leaders, and externally with grantees, partners, and the broader community. You will set the strategic direction for a $100 million mandate, make disciplined calls about where the Foundation invests its capital, time, and attention, and personally drive the pace of execution.

You will be based in Toronto, with access to Banyan's corporate functions. You will not build or manage a team of direct reports within the Foundation at first. Part of the mandate is to make the Foundation's mission real inside that culture: mobilizing employees and portfolio company leadership around it, not just administering grants from a distance.

You should expect to be a visible presence, including on stages like our Global Leadership Conference, where telling the Foundation's story credibly is central to the job. A $100 million mandate, not a pilot: the Foundation is endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock. This is permanent capital behind a permanent commitment.

Real ownership: you are the strategic owner of the Foundation function, accountable for its direction, its programs, and its voice,



without having to build or manage a Foundation team from scratch.

Support where it counts: our corporate marketing, communications, and finance teams are behind you, so your time goes to vision, strategy, and storytelling rather than administrative infrastructure. A mission with a built-in audience: more than 100 operating companies and their employees are a ready-made community to mobilize around the Foundation's work. If a different program format serves the mission better, that is the more interesting problem to solve. Define the Foundation's long-term vision, funding thesis, and strategic direction. Make disciplined calls about where the Foundation invests capital, time, and organizational attention, balancing impact, risk, and evidence. Serve as the Foundation's primary internal and external spokesperson. Represent the Foundation in high-visibility settings, including Banyan's Global Leadership Conference. Develop and deliver the narrative that captures the Foundation's mission and its measurable impact. Design and evolve the Foundation's program model, including formats that depart from traditional grant applications, for example a competition or challenge format, managing the associated PR strategy and any judging panel. Embed the Foundation's mission within Banyan's entrepreneurial, purpose-driven culture. Mobilize employees and portfolio company leaders to contribute time, skills, and voice to the Foundation's work. Apply technology and AI tools where they meaningfully advance program design, measurement, or the Foundation's internal reach.



A demonstrated track record of independently defining and owning a long-term strategic vision. Proven ability to represent an organization's mission with clarity and credibility to internal and external audiences, and comfort operating as its public-facing voice. A track record of building or evolving governance, systems, or program models from ambiguity, and personally driving execution with pace and accountability. Sound judgment allocating limited time, capital, and organizational attention against impact, risk, and evidence, rather than defaulting to established playbooks. Comfort operating as the sole strategic owner of a function, supported by shared corporate services rather than a dedicated team. Corporate social impact, ESG, or cause-marketing background, provided there is clear evidence of independent vision, builder orientation, and spokesperson strength. Demonstrated use of AI or other technology tools to advance mission-driven programs or embed impact internally within a business. A transition from management or strategy consulting into nonprofit or social-impact leadership. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion &

Equal Employment Prospect at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. #

📌 Executive Director, Banyan Software Foundation & Head Of Impact (Toronto)
🏢 Banyan Software
📍 Toronto