Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Director, Enterprise Technology & Governance
at Community Catalyst
🏢 About Community Catalyst
Community Catalyst is a unique national health advocacy non-profit focused on health equity and justice, not just service delivery. They stand out by building grassroots power through partnerships with local advocates to influence health decisions. Someone would want to work here to combine technology leadership with meaningful social impact in healthcare access.
About This Role
This Senior Director role owns the entire enterprise technology ecosystem at Community Catalyst, ensuring CRM, HRIS, financial, and grants systems work together seamlessly. It's impactful because integrated systems enable the organization to advance health equity more effectively through better data, workflows, and decision-making across all departments.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve meeting with Finance to optimize grants management workflows, collaborating with Operations on cybersecurity protocols for remote staff, and working with external partners to integrate systems. You'd likely spend time designing dashboards that help leaders track advocacy impact while ensuring all enterprise systems support health equity goals.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Community Catalyst Is Looking For
- Has 10+ years specifically integrating enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, HRIS) in mission-driven organizations, not just corporate settings
- Demonstrates hands-on experience bridging Finance, Operations, Revenue, and Program teams with technology solutions
- Shows proven ability to implement cybersecurity and data protection practices in distributed, remote environments
- Combines technical expertise with understanding of non-profit operations and grants management workflows
📝 Tips for Applying to Community Catalyst
Highlight specific experience with grants management systems (like Fluxx, Blackbaud, or Salesforce Grants Management) since grants are crucial to their revenue
Emphasize remote collaboration experience given their distributed team structure
Connect your technology experience directly to health equity or social justice outcomes
Show how you've designed dashboards that support strategic decision-making in non-profit contexts
Demonstrate understanding of non-profit financial systems and compliance requirements
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience integrating enterprise systems specifically in mission-driven organizations', "How you've partnered with Finance, Operations, and Revenue teams to align technology with organizational strategy", 'Your approach to cybersecurity and data protection in a remote work environment', 'Why health equity advocacy resonates with you personally or professionally']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Their advocacy campaigns and current health equity initiatives to understand their operational context
- → Their technology stack mentions (look for clues in job postings, annual reports, or staff LinkedIn profiles)
- → Their funding model and grant requirements that would impact system needs
- → Their organizational structure and how different departments collaborate remotely
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on corporate technology experience without connecting to mission-driven work
- Treating this as a generic IT director role rather than an enterprise systems integrator role
- Not demonstrating understanding of non-profit financial systems and grants management requirements
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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Good luck with your application to Community Catalyst!