Managing Director at Maryland Hillel

Role Overview

Maryland Hillel is seeking a visionary Managing Director to serve as a senior leader driving organizational excellence, operational effectiveness, and student engagement for one of the nation’s most dynamic Jewish campus communities. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Managing Director is responsible for the daily operations of Maryland Hillel and works in close partnership with the Executive Director. This role is central to setting vision, building high-performing systems, empowering staff, and aligning cross-functional teams to deliver transformative student experiences as Maryland Hillel continues to grow in scale, impact, and complexity.

Maryland Hillel serves one of the largest and most vibrant Jewish campus communities in the country. Actively seeking to engage students on their own terms, Maryland Hillel provides meaningful, empowering Jewish opportunities. Through a creative mix of leadership training, education, volunteerism, social, spiritual, and cultural experiences, students are inspired to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. With a state-of-the-art 38,000-square-foot student center opening in Spring 2026, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead at scale and shape the future of Jewish life on campus.

This role is ideal for a strategic and operationally savvy leader who thrives in high-impact environments, translates bold ideas into action, and cultivates a culture where students and staff alike can excel.

What You’ll Do

 Vision, Strategy, and Implementation

• Set vision and drive the development and execution of Maryland Hillel’s programmatic and engagement strategy, which values breadth, depth, and belonging.
• Translate mission and vision into measurable goals, robust systems, and impact-driven metrics that promote student connection, leadership development, and community impact.
• Cultivate a student-facing culture that reflects collaboration, creativity, and joy in Jewish life.
• Align workflow across student life, finance and operations, facility, and development teams to focus on strategic priorities and achieve goals.

Organizational Operations

• Oversee the day-to-day internal operations of Maryland Hillel.
• Implement and maintain operational systems and processes to support a growing, increasingly complex organization.
• Oversee the opening and operation of the new state-of-the-art 38,000 square foot facility, which serves as the home to kosher dining on campus.

Staff and Volunteer Leadership and Management

• Supervise and mentor senior staff to achieve excellence through goal-setting, coaching, and performance management.
• Lead staff meetings and ensure clear communication, follow-through, and operational consistency across departments.
• Create a structure and build out appropriate staffing for the new facility.
• Create an environment where staff are supported, aligned, and equipped to respond thoughtfully to student and community needs.
• Partner with development staff to engage board leadership and committees as appropriate. Prepare operational materials and support alignment between staff, board, and partners.
• Partner with the Executive Director on staffing structure, workflow, and personnel planning.

Financial and Administrative Oversight

• Partner with leadership on budgeting, expense monitoring, and financial controls.
• Monitor spending and support responsible resource allocation.
• Oversee facilities, systems, and infrastructure planning.

Organizational Leadership and Representation

• Represent Maryland Hillel as a senior leader on campus and across the community. 
• In the absence of the Executive Director, serve as the lead professional to make decisions consistent with the mission and vision of the organization.
• Provide steady leadership and sound judgment during periods of change or crisis, ensuring continuity, clear communication, and effective response.

Who You Are

• A visionary and results-oriented leader who brings clarity, structure, and accountability to complex organizations.
• Committed to Jewish pluralism and comfortable serving as a role model for emerging Jewish adults.
• A collaborative manager who supports staff growth while holding clear expectations and accountability.
• An operational thinker who can balance big-picture priorities with attention to detail.
• Thrives in complex, evolving environments and drives clarity, alignment, and results.
• Motivated by mission-driven work and building environments where people can do their best work.

What You Bring to the Role

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in a related field preferred.
• A passion for working with students and fostering their Jewish growth by building deep, personal connections
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in nonprofit, higher education, or a mission-driven organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing staff and supporting performance and accountability.
• Experience across multiple functional areas, such as programming, operations, finance, and facilities.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting organizational operations at scale and translating strategy into execution preferred.

What You’ll Receive

• A competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $120,000–$135,000, commensurate with experience.
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), flexible spending account, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• The opportunity to play a critical leadership role in one of the largest and most vibrant campus Jewish communities in the country.
• Excellent professional development, mentoring, and skill-building opportunities. 
• A collaborative, mission-driven team environment with opportunities for professional growth.

About Maryland Hillel

Maryland Hillel, located in College Park, MD, near Washington, DC, enjoys a national reputation for its Jewish community, both due to its size with over 5,800 Jewish undergrads, and, more critically, due to the vibrancy of Jewish life on campus. A team of 12 professionals works in concert with Jewish students to provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities. Hillel strives to ensure that Jewish students derive meaning and value from connecting, in their individual ways, with our tradition, heritage, and Israel. Maryland Hillel attracts students nationwide to the University of Maryland, with large contingents from Maryland, the tri-state area, Florida, and California. Following many years of growth, Hillel is completing a capital campaign to support a state-of-the-art, custom-built 38,000-square-foot Jewish student center to continue supporting this thriving Jewish community, opening Spring 2026.