Difficult relationship with a board Chair, would you stay or move on

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I’m looking for some outside perspective, particularly from anyone who has worked in programme management or with external boards.
I’m an experienced programme/project manager and moved into a role where I expected to be responsible for developing projects, managing delivery and working with partners.
The actual work is something I enjoy, but I’m finding the relationship with the board Chair increasingly difficult. They are extremely hands-on, documents can go through repeated revisions, decisions and expectations seem to change, and I often feel micromanaged rather than trusted to do the job I was recruited to do.
I’ve raised my concerns with my manager and asked directly whether there is anything I should be doing differently. They haven’t identified anything, and some of the wider issues are now being escalated. However, I’m worried that if the relationship deteriorates further I could eventually be portrayed as the problem.
I’m tired, if I’m honest. I’ve spent a long time working in fairly demanding environments and I don’t want another job that requires endless “resilience”. I want to go to work, know what I’m responsible for, do it well and go home.
I’m quietly looking elsewhere, but part of me wonders whether I should give management a chance to sort this out because I actually like the work itself.
Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you give it more time, or take the fact that you’re already feeling like this as a sign to move on? And is there anything you’d do now to protect yourself professionally?

Oh god, just fuck them.

Life’s too short.

I was going to write a longer post, but the first post nails it 😂

You're likely to spend your time there frustrated, and maybe start questioning your skills to the extent that you lose confidence.

Better to start looking and just say it was a bad fit.

Yeah, no id get out. Someone who keeps changing what you are supposed to be doing or who cannot make their mind up about what reports need writing is a waste of your expertise.

Thanks everyone. I think I have to go, I’m totally burnt out. I had a job between 2011 and 2023 I really enjoyed, circumstances in our household meant I had to move to make progression. I’ve had two jobs since then and I’ve been miserable the whole time. I’d be happy to go when I’ve something to go to, I just hope they’ll not try to pin all the failures of the programme on me in the meantime.

I had a micro manager. It honestly sucked the confidence out of me. I moved to a new organisation where TBH I made very little effort at interview stage and have done very little in terms of stressing myself out over perfection since starting. The beautiful thing is no one can really hold me that accountable until a couple of months in. And you know what, it is actually genuinely going great.