Managing Director - biosecurity non-profit

Managing Director, Biosecurity Non-Profit

Location: Remote (US), Washington DC preferred | Type: Full-Time, executive leadership | Reports to: Executive Director & Founder
EQL Tech is partnering with a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening society's ability to prevent and respond to pandemics. The organization advances practical, pathogen-agnostic solutions - spanning PPE, far-UVC, and other airborne pathogen mitigation technologies - through targeted research, strategic grantmaking, and evidence-based policy guidance, working with partners across government, academia, industry, and philanthropy to turn its strategic frameworks ("Blueprints") into real-world action.
The organization is at an inflection point: multiple landmark far-UVC studies report this year, its year-old government affairs function has already shaped how Congress thinks about respiratory protection, and the organization raised $17.5M in 2025 while scaling significantly across staffing, grantmaking, and policy engagement. The Managing Director is Blueprint's senior delivery leader - reporting to the CEO and partnering closely with the COO - taking ownership of programmatic work, communications, and government affairs as Blueprint scales toward roughly 40 people. You'll lead and develop 6-8 senior direct reports as a hands-on manager-of-managers, acting as the buffer that frees the Executive Director to focus on strategy and the outside world. Above all, this calls for a galvanizing leader who brings energy, momentum, and genuine warmth - complementing the analytical, evidence-first style already in place.
Key Responsibilities

Manage and grow 68 senior leaders as a true manager-of-managers

coaching them, raising their leadership capability, and holding a high performance bar with empathy.
Build a high-trust, high-energy culture that pairs rigor and urgency with the morale and momentum demanding work requires.
Own execution across Blueprint's programs, including flagship initiatives like Project AIR, translating the North Star into ambitious, measurable goals.
Make and own hard calls

weighing trade-offs, flagging risks early, and driving work across the finish line.
Lead communications strategy, ensuring Blueprint's work reaches funders, partners, policymakers, and the public with clarity and impact.
Steward the government affairs function, sustaining the policy momentum influencing pandemic-preparedness funding and deployment.
Extend the Executive Director's capacity, representing Blueprint externally with funding partners, research institutions, and government stakeholders.