Teach For America
Director, Cross-Functional Projects
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Remote - US
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Full-Time
💰
$68K - $105K
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Finance
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August 12th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Teach For America is hiring a Director, Cross-Functional Projects. This role partners with the Finance Operations team to enhance efficiency and impact by providing ongoing, seasonal, and project-based support across areas such as Planning and Analysis, Grants Management, Procurement, Financial Systems, and Team Operations. The Director deploys to finance functions during peak periods, special projects, and backfills to ensure smooth operations.
Highlights
- Provide capacity support across multiple Finance functions including Procurement, Planning and Analysis, Grants Management, and Financial Systems.
- Maintain ownership of core operational tasks like Workday and Adaptive system user access and quarterly data analysis.
- Drive key operational priorities by supporting documentation, knowledge management, workflow optimization, and process improvements.
- Deploy as needed to support special projects, peak seasonal work, and backfill during leaves or vacancies.
- Participate actively in the Finance community through meetings, team building, and professional development.
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in business operations, finance, strategy, project management, or data analysis.
- Proficiency in Excel and financial management software such as Workday and Adaptive Planning.
- Strong communication skills and ability to manage multiple projects and partnerships across teams.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends during peak seasons and travel 1-2 times per year for in-person gatherings.
- Salary tiered by location with ranges from $67,500 to $104,500 depending on cost of labor index and candidate qualifications.
Director, Cross-Functional Projects Full Description
POSITION TITLE: Director, Cross-Functional Projects (Full-Time)
REPORTS TO: SMD, Real Estate Strategy & Finance Operations
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications are due on Monday, August 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET
LOCATION: Flexible
WHAT YOU'LL DO
The Director (D), Cross-Functional Projects works closely with the Finance Operations team to improve the efficiency, impact, and experience of the full team by providing ongoing, seasonal, and project-based support across multiple Finance functions, including Planning and Analysis, Grants Management, Procurement, Financial Systems, and Team Operations. This role has a small set of evergreen responsibilities related to supporting team systems and operations, but the majority of the work of this role is serving as deployable capacity in response to high-volume seasonal work across the team, special projects support, and as backfilling capacity due to leaves, transitions, or other out-of-office periods across the Finance team.
The ideal candidate for this role enjoys supporting wherever their efforts are most impactful, can learn systems and processes quickly, and works effectively across teams. You will be someone who leads well through uncertainty and change and is able to, with the support of your manager, think about how to deliver the greatest impact to the team and organization. You are also a systems thinker with a strong customer service orientation who can understand how to meet diverse needs and perspectives. You are excited about understanding how things work and connect and are comfortable working through messiness to help develop solutions.
WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Support team operations and progress against strategic priorities by providing capacity across Finance, especially in our Procurement, Planning and Analysis, Grants Management, and Financial Systems.
- Maintain core ownership over a small set of evergreen operational tasks including Workday and Adaptive system user access and quarterly data analysis tasks.
- Support our SMD, Real Estate Strategy & Finance Operations in driving key operational priorities across the Finance team, including documentation and knowledge management work, workflow optimization, process improvement efforts, and other operations tasks that keep the team operating to its highest impact.
- Deploy to select Finance functions to provide added capacity to support time-bound special projects, to provide support during peak periods, and to provide backfill support during vacancies and leaves. Examples of peak support include providing technical and data entry assistance during budgeting, providing travel and expense management support for periods of high organizational travel, providing grants documentation support, and updating training and resources for use by partner teams.
- Serve as active and engaged members of the Finance community, including participating in monthly meetings, team building activities, and professional development opportunities.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):
- Minimum of 4 years of related professional experience in business operations, finance, strategy, project management, data analysis, or a similar function
- Proven track record of operating across lines of difference successfully
- Strong financial and data analysis skills, including proficiency with Excel and experience with financial management software (such as Workday and Adaptive Planning)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple diverse projects and workstreams
- Ability to develop strong relationships with peers and leaders throughout the organization
- Ability to partner across teams regardless of formal reporting relationships
- Ability to manage laterally and upwards to drive towards outcomes
- Comfortable moving between strategic and tactical work
Work Demands
- Willing to work occasional weekend or evening work hours required during peak seasons
- Ability to travel to in-person gatherings up to 1-2 times per year
BONUS (preferred qualifications)
- Financial planning, grants management, procurement, and/or financial systems experience
- Experience conducting high-stakes financial analysis
YOUR COMPENSATION
The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost-of-labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the minimum and the salary range, depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Tier A Salary: $67,500- $88,600
Tier B Salary: $73,600- $96,500
Tier C Salary: $79,600- $104,500
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