KIPP Miami Public Schools
Managing Director, School Operations - Miami
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Miami, FL
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Full-Time
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TBD
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Operations
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February 27th, 2026
K-12
Edtech.com's Summary
KIPP is hiring a Managing Director, School Operations for its Miami region. This role directs school operations by coaching Directors of School Operations, developing talent, building operational systems, and collaborating with regional leaders to uphold high standards and support school success.
Highlights
- Lead and coach Directors of School Operations to ensure operational excellence in schools.
- Develop recruitment strategies and succession planning for school operations roles.
- Create and implement operational standards, including playbooks and scalable growth plans.
- Support regional and network-wide initiatives in technology, facilities, nutrition, compliance, recruitment, and enrollment.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) and 5-10 years of relevant leadership experience, including direct management.
- Experience in K-12 education and school-based operations is preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills essential.
- Ability to work independently and across teams, adapt to change, and drive results.
- Offers a comprehensive benefits package including health care and a competitive 403(B) plan.
- Works closely with school leaders and regional departments to align operational goals and support school outcomes.
Managing Director, School Operations - Miami Full Description
Company Description
About KIPP Miami
KIPP Miami is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students. KIPP has a 25-year track record of preparing students for success in college and life. Founded in 2018, KIPP Miami operates three nonprofit charter schools in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. Currently, KIPP Miami educates students in grades K-4 at KIPP Royalty Academy and middle school students KIPP Courage Academy with plans to open another elementary, middle and high school next year. To learn more, visit www.kippmiami.org.
Job Description
Here’s what you need to know:
The Miami Managing Director of School Operations (MDSO) is directly responsible for ensuring excellent school operations in the region. The MDSO coaches and supports the Directors of Schools Operations (DSOs) with each school leader, develops school operations talent and support, builds effective operational systems, and integrates these systems in partnership with Ops leaders across regions. The MDSO leads the team of DSOs, allowing school leaders to focus on driving results and for teachers and students to do their best work. The MDSO provides ongoing coaching and support to DSOs to ensure that best practices are shared throughout the regions. The MDSO reports to the region's Managing Director of Operations (MDO). The MDSO may support DSOs in other regions as smaller regions scale.
Director of School Operations Coaching and Support
- Supports, coaches and is jointly accountable with the School Leader for the success of the DSOs
- Sets network school operations goals for DSOs and supports School Leaders in setting school-specific goals for each DSO
- Conducts weekly/bi-weekly one-on-ones with all DSOs
- Conducts weekly/bi-weekly observations of each school, focused on operational systems and processes and meetings
- Works with other MDSOs to provide professional development and coaching to DSOs
- Collaborates with SL to ensure the development of the operations team members are able to meet the needs of the school and organization
- Holds all school operations teams accountable to operational outcomes and goals and problem solves and supports implementation of strategies to achieve them
- Connect regularly with HOS (of MDoS) to ensure alignment across school needs and outcomes
School Operations Pipeline
- Along with the recruitment team, develops and cultivates a DSO recruitment strategy to attract operational leaders at each school
- Develops succession plans with all school operations leads to ensure continuity year to year and to ensure healthy retention of excellent school operations team members
- Designs professional development pathways for all school ops roles in order to ensure that high performing operations teams exist in all schools
- In concert with the Director of Leadership Development, leads the design and implementation of the DSO Fellowship program as well as other DSO training
- Manages and leads onboarding of new DSOs into their role and coordinate all necessary training, observation opportunities sand support
- Steps in and serves in a school operations capacity if coverage is necessary
School Operations Resources to Enable Growth
- Sets standards for all operational functions in schools; formalizes key operational systems and structures to ensure that a replicable and measurable standard of excellence is in place across all schools
- Works with other MDSOs to create and revise regional and school “playbooks” that include milestones, best practices, and example resources for excellent school operations
- Supports the work of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and MDO in identifying and developing network-wide system improvements to support the CMO’s and regional growth
- Creates scalable growth plans to ensure that all new KIPP Miami schools meet a standard of excellence from inception
Strategic Operations (Network Operations)
- Supports CMO and regional departments in defining and implementing regional level work streams in the areas of technology, facilities, nutrition, compliance, recruitment and enrollment.
- Develops network-wide efficiencies to better support school operations leads
- Facilitates communication and builds structures to ensure both DSOs and CMO/regional department leads can do their best work
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred
- Experience in a school-based operations leadership role
- 5 to 10 years of work experience, preferably in business or operations management
- K-12 Education experience preferred
- Direct management experience required
The ideal candidate for this role should possess the following skills, traits, and characteristics:
- A history of building relationships and driving results
- A passion for the mission, vision, and values of KIPP TEAM and Family
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- A determined problem-solver who works best in a goal-oriented, timeline-driven environment with the ability to create and innovate; gets things done
- Strong organization skills with respect to data and project management
- Adaptability: ability to solve problems in a variety of areas and feel comfortable in promptly interchanging between tasks across different functions and/or departments
- Comfort working both independently and on teams
- Accustomed to giving and receiving feedback
- Solution-oriented continuous learner
- Is intellectually curious
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
Additional Information
KIPP Miami offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, competitive 403(B) plan, and a school laptop.
KIPP Miami offers competitive salaries to newly hired staff. Salaries are based on prior experience and in accordance with certification requirements.
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization. No questions on this application are asked for any unlawful purpose.
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