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Washington Trails Association

Washington is home to extraordinary hiking destinations, including desert dunes, wild beaches, tranquil mountain tops and raging rivers. Washington is also home to a community of people who are passionate about exploring and protecting these places. This constituency—our members and supporters—is key to the future of trails in Washington.

Washington Trails Association (WTA) is the nation’s largest state-based hiking and trail maintenance organization, with 25,000-member households, an online community of more than 100,000, and strong public and private partnerships. Powered by hikers for more than 50 years, WTA works to ensure Washington's trails stand the test of time, connecting people to the outdoors—from everyday adventures to backcountry explorations. We engage our community as public lands advocates, as trail stewards, and as on-the-ground experts sharing knowledge with fellow hikers. Each year, our volunteers contribute more than 160,000 hours to improve hundreds of trails around Washington; one quarter of volunteers are youth. WTA's strength is in its community and future success depends on fostering an inclusive organization and hiking community, where everyone feels welcome and represented.

Oct 07, 2024
Full time
Director of Technology
Washington Trails Association Hybrid (Seattle, WA, USA)
We are looking for an experienced Director of Technology to lead our tech team and oversee a technology budget of $700,000 as we seek to strengthen and improve our core tech platforms and systems. As the driver of our cross-org technology initiatives, this person will help us develop a central plan for integrating and upleveling our technology and will lead execution of that strategy for our entire organization. This role will complement current staff expertise in digital communications and IT with a robust background in technology strategy and direction. They will assess and develop our current team's skills, oversee investment decisions and tradeoffs, and play a pivotal role in unlocking additional funding with the development and deployment of new technology for WTA. Ultimately this role will help move us beyond incremental, piecemeal transitions and enable us to standardize our tech systems, optimize our infrastructure and scale our technology to deepen our mission impact on...