About Digital Promise Global

• Lead the Powerful Learning Strategy and Innovation team, providing coaching, direction, and vision aligned to Impact Goals 
• Ensure all team members have the knowledge, skills, and attributes needed to fulfill their day-to-day responsibilities; ensure all team members understand their critical role in the overall organization
• Provide direction and support to team members specific to the issues and opportunities that come from their responsibilities; intervene as needed to course-correct
• Support Deputy Director to hire and develop team personnel
• Oversee and delegate appropriately to multiple sub teams responsible for executing on Strategy, Evaluation, and Finance 
• Advance a culture of transparency, accountability, and adaptive leadership in service of the organization's transformation.
• Foster a culture of feedback, building systems to ensure the team collaboratively engages in ongoing feedback, formally and informally 
• Build internal structures that promote cross-team planning, knowledge sharing, and operational alignment.

• Lead the development and execution of a strategic plan, transformation roadmap and change initiatives, with a particular focus on emerging technology and education technology
• Ensure alignment of programs, budgets, and internal capabilities to Digital Promise’s mission, strategic goals, long term goals and impact metrics
• Align internal strategy with national trends, emerging technologies, and evolving research on how AI can enhance teaching and learning.
• Advise leadership on high-impact priorities,insights, risks and opportunities that shape decision-making and strategic direction

• Manage a team that leads program theory of change development, initiative design, and strategic planning support.
• Foster cross-team alignment to ensure all new initiatives are scalable, mission-aligned, and informed by internal and external data.
• Support pilot development, user testing, and iteration cycles for new tech-enabled initiatives.
• Oversee the design and continuous refinement of powerful learning programs that integrate emerging technology and education technology into instructional practices.

• Supervise a team responsible for the creation and refinement of a logic model and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program success
• Oversee internal research, performance reporting, and analysis activities to ensure continuous improvement and strategic alignment
• Guide development of metrics, KPIs, and dashboards that inform continuous improvement and strategic decision-making
• Use data to support strategic decisions, storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and funding sustainability, ensuring that insights are translated into action across the team

• Oversee financial strategy staff responsible for leading annual budgeting, long-term financial planning, and forecasting for alignment across Powerful Learning programming and initiatives 
• Manage contracts and fee-for-service work streams to ensure compliance, sustainability, and efficiency.
• Partner with the Financial Strategy and contracts team to ensure resourcing strategies align with programmatic and organizational priorities.

• Contribute positively to the culture of the team, department, and organization
• Ensure organizational health and cultivate a positive and inclusive workplace culture and employee experience

• Manage multiple competing priorities and rapidly adapt and respond to district and school requests and timeline changes
• Demonstrate excellent project management skills with an emphasis on attention to detail, timelines, and quality of work
• Lead projects and the development of SOPs as needed
• Engage in Digital Promise projects that promote and advance digital equity and contribute meaningfully to achieving the organization’s impact goals
• Keep key stakeholders in the loop of key action steps needed to drive the work forward
• Influence and motivate others, building connections, anticipating barriers and inspiring action across various contexts to ensure work objectives are met
• Stay abreast of project milestones, weekly project updates, risks and issues

• Monitor, track, and report progress on relevant goals, for self and direct reports

• Bachelor’s and Master’s in education, educational technology, business, public policy, or related field required
• Equivalent experience will be considered.

• 10+ years of experience in education, technology integration, or innovation strategy - preferably with experience implementing digital tools and emerging technologies in the classroom 
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, cross-functional change in a mission-driven organization
• Experience in strategic planning, program design, and evaluation tied to technology integrated instruction and educational technology research and development 
• Strong financial acumen and familiarity with contracts, budgeting, and sustainable resource management
• Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, influence stakeholders, and drive innovation across complex systems
• Exceptional project management skills and ability to lead multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong facilitation and collaboration skills; able to influence diverse stakeholders and build consensus
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced, high-energy environment
• Knowledge of functions, features, limitations, and practical applications of the technologies available to support student learning experience and program management (i.e., Asana, Microsoft & Google suites, Salesforce, Qualtrics, etc.)
• Experience working directly with K–12 districts, charter networks, or education nonprofits a plus
• Familiarity with generative AI tools and their classroom applications a plus
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methods, logic models, and adaptive implementation practices a plus

• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools
• Ability to research, analyze, and provide a solution to newly identified issues
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to be flexible to project situations
• Proficiency with tools like Qualtrics, Tableau, Grafana or learning analytics dashboards a plus

• Experienced and demonstrated knowledge of client/partner management
• Highly collaborative, organized, and execution-oriented with strong presentation skills
• Skill in developing, maintaining, and leveraging networks across a range of people and groups inside and outside the organization, such as influential people and learning and performance experts

• Experience with communication and customer relationship systems such as Slack, Salesforce, and Asana
• Excellent written and oral communication skills appropriate for role, as well as impeccable interpersonal skills
• Skill in applying principles of active listening, such as focusing on what someone is saying, deferring judgment, and responding appropriately

• Skill in acquiring new knowledge through professional development activities for one's self, such as participating in coaching, attending professional conferences, self-directed reading, and monitoring industry trends

• An interest in redesigning learning systems
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional team members to ensure information is shared, projects are completed on time, and goals are reached
• Stellar organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage completing tasks, deadlines, requirement, and decisions
• A team mentality, with a creative and positive, "can-do" spirit