Manager, Strategic Writing

Role summary

Manager, Strategic Writing is a full-time role at Robin Hood Foundation in New York, New York, United States (hybrid). Posted 2026-10-30. Salary: USD 98,300–122,000 per year. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

Manager, Strategic Writing

Company

Robin Hood Foundation

Location

New York, New York, United States

Work arrangement

hybrid

Employment type

full-time

Category

Software Engineering

Salary

USD 98,300–122,000 per year

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-10-30

Job description

About Robin Hood

Founded in 1988, Robin Hood is a 501(c)(3) public charity that finds, fuels, and creates the most impactful and scalable solutions lifting New Yorkers permanently out of poverty in New York City. We convene philanthropists, civil society organizations, government, businesses, nonprofits, community members, and those living in poverty to develop and advance programs and policies that can make the American Dream real here in New York City.

Our investments include best-in-class organizations providing legal services, housing, meals, workforce development training, childcare, education, and other vital services that give New Yorkers the tools to build better lives. The programs it funds are often the first of their kind and serve as demonstration models to identify what works before being replicated in other cities. Because our Board of Directors covers 100% of all administrative, fundraising, and evaluation costs, every dollar donated goes directly to organizations helping New Yorkers in need.

While Robin Hood's primary focus is on New York, its impact extends far beyond the borders of the city. Its pioneering, metrics-based approach has become the gold standard for charities around the nation as Robin Hood works to understand and evaluate the impact of its partners to ensure that its philanthropic dollars are utilized to maximum impact. Robin Hood also supports its community partners and their leaders with financial and strategic support and management assistance that allows those organizations to maximize their impact.

Robin Hood also understands that if we are to support families living in poverty on the path towards financial independence, we must become an effective partner with government. We do this by collaborating with government partners to build program and policy innovations that hold the promise of expanding economic opportunity in New York City - providing nimble "risk capital" for high-potential strategies. We also work to advance public policies that research tells us expand economic opportunity. In this way, we seek to leverage our philanthropic investments by finding ways to advance the highest-impact strategies at scale.

Robin Hood has the unique ability to be a catalyzing force for those living in poverty, bringing distinct constituencies together to develop and spread the most effective strategies to advance economic mobility in New York City and beyond.

Our Approach:

• Focusing on Results : We invest in best-in-class organizations operating effective programs. We fund research to understand how poverty persists and what strategies are effective in fighting it. And we track grant outcomes and apply cost/benefit analyses to ensure every dollar we invest demonstrably improves the lives of low-income New Yorkers.

• Building Institutions that Transform New York City : We offer management advice, strategic real estate consulting, board placement services, financial and communications coaching, leadership development, and other technical assistance to help our partners increase scale and impact.

• Driving Innovation to Solve Unmet Needs : We invest in new leaders, new organizations, and new ideas that have groundbreaking potential.

• Scaling What Works: We partner with government and other funders to grow proven solutions in New York City and beyond, so more people benefit from investments that work.

Position Overview

The Manager, Strategic Writing position will help translate Robin Hood’s programmatic expertise, research, and grantmaking into clear, compelling written narratives for a range of internal and external audiences. Working closely with the Program &Impact (P&I) Leadership team and colleagues across Robin Hood, the Manager will develop and shape written materials that communicate what Robin Hood is learning, why our work matters, and how our investments and partnerships can help create greater economic mobility for New Yorkers.

The Manager will serve as a strong writer capable of quickly learning new subject matters related to social impact and translating complex ideas, research, and data into accessible and engaging narratives. The role will lead the development of drafts of reports, thought leadership articles, op-eds, concept papers, proposals, talking points, and other materials. The Manager will also help P&I leaders strengthen their external presence by identifying speaking opportunities, coordinating thought leadership activities, and ensuring consistent messaging across the department.

The role will require close collaboration with Robin Hood’s Development, Marketing & Events (DME) team, including the Managing Director of Brand & Marketing, Chief Marketing & Events Officer, and Chief Communications Officer. Together with these colleagues, the Manager will help ensure that P&I content reflects Robin Hood’s voice and effectively communicates complex programmatic ideas to different audiences.

The Manager, Strategic Writing will report to Chief of Grant Strategy and work closely with members of the P&I Leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Content Development

Own the development of written content for the P&I Leadership team, including first drafts of thought leadership articles, op-eds, commentaries, and other external-facing pieces.

Draft concept papers, reports, proposals, issue briefs, and other materials in partnership with P&I and DME colleagues.

Translate research, program strategies, grantmaking results, quantitative data, and complex policy or programmatic concepts into clear and compelling content for a range of audiences.

Interview P&I staff, grantees, researchers, and other subject-matter experts as needed to develop content and capture insights from Robin Hood’s work.

Edit and strengthen written materials developed by P&I colleagues to improve clarity, consistency, structure, an