Bonsai Leadership Group is pleased to partner with Plastic Solutions Fund in its search for a U.S. & Canada Program Manager to help shape and strengthen its grantmaking, partnerships, and role in the Break Free From Plastic movement across the U.S. and Canada.

ABOUT PLASTIC SOLUTIONS FUND
Plastic Solutions Fund (PSF) is an international funder collaborative dedicated to addressing the global plastic pollution crisis, which threatens the health of people, communities, and ecosystems worldwide.

PSF supports systems-change strategies across the entire plastics lifecycle, from extraction to disposal, with a focus on preventing plastic production and challenging corporate influence. As a core partner of the global Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) movement, PSF works to strengthen grassroots leadership to drive transformational change. Over the next five years, PSF is focused on extending BFFP’s reach, power, and capacity while broadening the diversity of partners it supports, including communities and organizations historically excluded from philanthropic investment.

Learn more at plasticsolutions.org.

THE OPPORTUNITY
The U.S. & Canada Program Manager (Program Manager) is a newly created role designed to add dedicated capacity to PSF’s Americas work as the organization grows.

Reporting to the Americas Program Manager, the Program Manager will join a growing Program Team that includes Program Managers across Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as a Senior Strategist, an Impact and Learning Advisor, and a Grants Coordinator.  Working closely with the Americas Program Manager, the person in this role will help advance grantmaking, deepen partner relationships, and help shape PSF’s regional strategy across the US and Canada. The person in this role will support an active portfolio of approximately 20 grantees while also helping PSF look beyond its current footprint to identify new opportunities and partners aligned with its 2030 Strategic Framework. PSF’s work in Canada has not yet begun, making this a rare opportunity to help lay the groundwork for expanding its impact in the country.

PSF operates with a trust-based, co-creative approach. Grantees are partners, not recipients, and this person will be expected to build genuine relationships rooted in that philosophy. The right candidate is someone who is already connected to the communities PSF serves, particularly those on the frontlines of the plastic pollution and petrochemical crises in the Gulf South, Appalachia, and similar regions. PSF’s work in Canada is still in its early stages, making this role a rare opportunity to shape the organization’s initial grantmaking strategy and partnerships in this area.

PSF is a global, fully remote organization that has grown and evolved in recent years. The Program Manager will be joining at a moment of real organizational momentum, which means there is room to contribute, shape, and build. This role is best suited to someone who is proactive and self-directed, comfortable operating in ambiguity, and energized by the opportunity to help establish new ways of working as the organization matures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
To review the full position announcement, learn more at: U.S. & Canada Program Manager