Top skills for Executive Director jobs
Based on 500 active Executive Director postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Executive Director postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Business60%
- Accountability42%
- Design37%
- Innovation32%
- Finance29%
- Marketing27%
- Insurance24%
- Analytics22%
- Regulations19%
- Revenue18%
- Hiring18%
- Coaching17%
- Disabilities17%
- Science16%
- Executive Leadership15%
- Negotiation12%
- Business Acumen11%
- Automation11%
- Economics11%
- Staffing11%
- Consulting10%
- Investments10%
- Business Administration10%
- Funding10%
- Accounting9%
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