Senior Manager, Scam Prevention Initiative

ABOUT US

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve society’s greatest challenges. It is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, as well as an international network of partners.

FINANCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM

The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program’s (Aspen FSP) mission is to illuminate and solve the most critical financial challenges facing American households and to make financial security for all a top national priority. We aim for nothing less than a more inclusive economy with reduced wealth inequality and shared prosperity. We believe that transformational change requires innovation, trust, leadership, and entrepreneurial thinking. FSP galvanizes a diverse set of leaders across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to solve the most critical financial challenges. We do this through deep, deliberate private and public dialogues and by elevating evidence-based research and solutions that will strengthen the financial health and security of financially vulnerable Americans. Visit our website: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/financial-security-program/

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Senior Manager is a core member of the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program’s Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS) team, which oversees our work on scam prevention. The IFS initiative works to ensure all people in America can access, use, and benefit from the full range of financial services needed to achieve financial security. We were integral in ensuring the United States wrote and implemented the first-ever U.S. National Financial Inclusion Strategy, and over the last year convened the National Task Force on Fraud and Scam Prevention.

To achieve our goals, the initiative convenes cross-sector leaders, develops innovative tools, and elevates actionable insights to ensure households can access safe and affordable transaction products, manage liquidity events, and operate securely in a digital financial services ecosystem.

Reporting to the Director of the Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS) team, the Senior Manager will coordinate the newly launched Scam Prevention Initiative. The scam prevention work has three component parts:

• The Aspen Leadership Group on Scam Prevention for collaboration among leaders
• Solutions Forums to drive action, and
• Issue production and policy engagement to advance systems change

This role's central function is to act as a project leader, trusted partner, and strategic connector for public and private sector scam prevention leaders. This is accomplished by being the project lead for the Leadership Group on Scam Prevention, a key relationship manager for policymakers interested in solving aspects of the scam prevention problem, and a coordinator of communications activities.

The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial and results-oriented professional with a proven track record of managing complex projects and cultivating strong relationships with senior-level stakeholders in both the public and private sectors. They will be a natural facilitator and a strategic thinker, capable of navigating the complexities of systems change. This individual will thrive in a dynamic environment that demands a balance of structured project execution, diplomatic partnership building, ability to act quickly to respond to opportunistic moments, and a