Missing Middle & Innovative Housing Delivery Models
$95,000–$165,000 year
On-site · San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
FUSE Executive Fellow in San Francisco focused on affordable and missing middle housing. The role centers on equipping planners and developers with tools, policies, and financial analysis to advance ground-breaking housing projects. Responsibilities include managing projects for San Francisco Planning, conducting financial feasibility analyses of missing middle and innovative housing delivery types (including pro forma analyses, input costs, financing, and profitability), developing a pre-approved plan library for small multi-family buildings, drafting code-change proposals, and coordinating policy research and stakeholder engagement. The fellow will build coalitions, review existing policies, and deliver recommendations to advance zoning changes and housing production. Qualifications emphasize senior-level leadership with at least 15+ years of experience in organizational transformation and change management, strong data-driven problem-solving, strategic and operational planning, excellent communication, and ability to work with diverse stakeholders inside and outside government. The program spans Fall 2026 to Oct 2028, with Year One focused on discovery and strategy and Year Two on implementation and scaling, and offers an annual salary of $95,000 (with optional Coro experience adding a $70,000 stipend for a total potential $165,000). The fellowship is embedded in San Francisco government, with duties likely to involve full-time work in San Francisco, CA.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in organizational transformation and change management
- Synthesizes complex information into clear and concise recommendations and action-oriented implementation plans
- Develops and effectively implements both strategic and operational project management plans
- Generates innovative, data-driven, and result-oriented solutions to complex challenges
- Respond quickly to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations, trends, strategies, and other processes
- Communicates effectively verbally and in writing and excels in active listening and conversing
- Fosters collaboration across multiple constituencies to support more effective decision-making
- Establishes and maintains strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, both inside and outside of government, particularly community-based relationships
- Embraces differing viewpoints and implements strategies to find common ground. Demonstrates confidence and professional diplomacy while effectively interacting with individuals at all levels of various organizations
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