Manager, Operations & Research

About Us: CALSTART is now Catalyst Mobility. We are a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all. For over 30 years, it’s been Catalyst Mobility’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. Catalyst Mobility works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. Catalyst Mobility provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.

Position Summary: The Manager, Operations & Research serves as the operational and analytical backbone of Catalyst Mobility's philanthropy function. This role ensures the systems, processes, financial planning, data management, and prospect intelligence necessary to support sustainable philanthropic growth and high-performing fundraising operations. Reporting to the Head of Philanthropy & Private Funding, this position is responsible for forecasting, budgeting, CRM administration, pipeline management, reporting, prospect research, and fundraising analytics. The role works closely with the Manager, Emerging Partnerships & Growth and the Manager, Engagement & Stewardship to provide the infrastructure, information, and operational discipline needed to strengthen fundraising performance. This position combines philanthropy operations, business planning, financial management, and prospect intelligence into a single function focused on enabling growth, improving decision-making, and strengthening organizational effectiveness. Core Responsibility: Build and maintain the systems, data, processes, and market intelligence necessary to support philanthropic growth. Key Responsibilities: Planning, Forecasting & Budget Management: Develop and maintain philanthropy revenue forecasts, pipeline projections, and fundraising performance models.

We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn't perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we'd love to hear from you. We're a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success! We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more! Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please be aware of recruiting scams! All legitimate communication from our recruitment team will come from an official calstart.org or catalystmobility.org email address via email, we will not text you about a role you have not applied to or shown interest in. We will not perform any interviews via text or Zoom chat. Catalyst Mobility does not ask for any fees or personal information such as social security numbers or bank details during the recruitment process.