The leader who coordinates field operations across a distributed organization — managing regional teams, aligning practices, and being the bridge between headquarters strategy and local execution. The role often includes heavy travel and stakeholder management.
Field Coordination Director pay typically runs $101K–$130K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 6% through 2034.
Most days tend to involve a blend of regional leader check-ins, field travel, and HQ alignment meetings — reviewing performance and operational data with regional managers, joining field visits to see how policy translates in practice, and partnering with HQ functions on rollouts that hit the field.
The hardest part is often the translation problem: HQ sees averages and policy, the field sees individual stories and edge cases. You'll typically advocate for field realities upward while driving consistent execution downward, and absorb pressure from both directions when those goals collide.
People who tend to thrive here are politically literate, collaborative, and comfortable with travel. The trade-off is time on the road and the constant context-switching between regional cultures and headquarters norms. If you find satisfaction in making sure a national strategy lands well in 50 different places, this role can be a high-leverage seat.
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Median pay for a Field Coordination Director is about $78K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $50K to $130K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Time Management, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 6.4% through 2034, with roughly 195,490 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Field Party Manager, Field Contact Technician, and Field Contact Person.
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