Transformation, Strategy, and Communication Network Architect (Executive Vice President Level)

About Heifer International Heifer International is a global nonprofit dedicated to partnering with smallholder farmers to sustainably address hunger and poverty in their communities while caring for the Earth. Since 1944, we have helped more than 52 million families around the world break the cycle of poverty. We operate in 19 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, including the U.S., working with small-scale farmers to achieve living incomes and ensuring that they have adequate food, housing, and other essential resources to lead decent and dignified lives. Heifer's work advances farmer-centered solutions that foster more productive, inclusive and sustainable food systems and more resilient rural communities. We work with farming communities to establish strong social capital, provide technical and business training, facilitate new formal market avenues, form strategic partnerships at all levels, leverage third-party investments, and invest in and deploy appropriate and accessible technologies. Heifer's model is locally led, built on close collaboration with communities and key stakeholders to catalyze sustainable, scalable impact. Our Values At Heifer, our work and culture are grounded in our twelve Cornerstones and six Cultural Guiding Principles, which reflect our deep commitment to dignity, fairness, and impact. These values shape how we lead, collaborate, and grow as an organization. We believe in Passing on the Gift, accountability, caring for one another, sustainability, gender and social inclusion, and environmental stewardship. We prioritize full participation, open communication, and continuous learning rooted in self-awareness and human-centered leadership. Together, we foster a culture of belonging and shared purpose that drives meaningful, lasting change in the communities we serve. The Organizational Context: A Global Ecosystem in Transformation Heifer International is undergoing a bold, organization-wide transformation. Today, amid increasing volatility and complexity, a world that is Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible (BANI), we are evolving into a locally led, globally connected network rooted in resilience, empathy, flexibility, and transparency. This is not a surface-level shift. Power is being redistributed closer to smallholder farmers and communities through semi-autonomous country nodes that operate with greater agility and contextual responsiveness. At the same time, global and regional roles are redefined to enable coherence, learning, and support, rather than control. Our mission remains unchanged, but how we deliver it is transforming. Position Summary The Transformation, Strategy, and Communication Network Architect (TSC Network Architect) plays a pivotal role in actualizing Heifer's transformation through facilitating coherence through learning and collaboration. Reporting to the CEO and collaborating closely with the Transformation Steering Committee, and as it evolves into an executive leadership body, the TSC Network Architect ensures that Heifer's bold shift from a hierarchical structure to a responsive network model is successfully activated, sustained, and continuously evolves through learning loops and adaptation. This position will lead the Strategy and Communication node leads, and it is a catalytic role that works across formal and informal network lines, building trust and connection, to embed both shared and distributed leadership and support locally driven impact.

Heifer International is a global nonprofit dedicated to partnering with smallholder farmers to sustainably address hunger and poverty in their communities while caring for the Earth. Since 1944, we have helped more than 52 million families around the world break the cycle of poverty. We operate in 19 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, including the U.S., working with small-scale farmers to achieve living incomes and ensuring that they have adequate food, housing, and other essential resources to lead decent and dignified lives.