Description
Bloomingdale is seeking an Executive Director who brings steadiness, judgment, and humanity to a complex and deeply meaningful leadership role. This is a position for someone who understands the realities facing community music schools today and is motivated by the work of sustaining access, excellence, and community. The right leader will be financially fluent and people-centered—able to make hard decisions with clarity and care, to say “not now” when needed, and to bring others along through trust, communication, and shared purpose—while embodying the School’s culture through deep listening, respect for faculty and staff expertise, and transparent, empathetic communication across constituencies. This is a role for a practical visionary: strategic, calm under pressure, and committed to building a durable future for a community music school that means so much to so many.
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Requirements
Required Skills and Prior Experience
- Senior leadership experience in a mission-driven organization, with accountability for people management, organizational performance, and partnership with a governing board.
- Strong financial leadership and management skills, including responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, and revenue oversight, with the ability to interpret financial information and translate it into clear strategy and sound decision-making.
- Experience leading an organization through financial transition, aligning mission, programs, delivery models, and revenue strategy to strengthen the business model while sustaining organizational values, culture, and trust.
- Demonstrated track record of collaborative leadership, with the ability to build alignment and shared ownership across artistic, educational, and administrative teams, and to incorporate staff voice into strategy and implementation.
- Credibility within the arts and music education ecosystem, with sufficient musical knowledge or lived experience to earn faculty and program staff respect and to authentically represent Bloomingdale’s work and values.
