Senior Director, Strategic Execution
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SchoolHouse ConnectionNonprofit Education
USFull-TimeDirector
Salary152,000 - 190,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementOperations ManagementCross-functional collaboration
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in senior operations, strategy, chief of staff, organizational leadership, or similar roles.
- Demonstrated success translating organizational strategy into coordinated execution across multiple teams or functions.
- Experience designing and managing planning processes, operating rhythms, performance tracking systems, and organizational workflows.
- Proven ability to partner with executive leaders such as CEOs, Executive Directors, COOs, or equivalent roles.
- Experience leading organizations through growth, transformation, or increased operational complexity.
- Strong understanding of nonprofit operations, resource constraints, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong project and portfolio management capabilities.
- Exceptional systems thinking, problem-solving, and ability to identify risks and opportunities.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, facilitate difficult conversations, and influence without direct authority.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans with clear goals, ownership, timelines, success measures, and resource considerations.
- Align work across programs, policy, communications, operations, and growth initiatives by identifying dependencies, risks, and opportunities for collaboration.
- Build and maintain organizational planning systems, dashboards, operating rhythms, and accountability structures that support effective decision-making.
- Design and facilitate leadership meetings, planning cycles, progress reviews, and organizational processes that improve focus and execution.
- Serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership by providing recommendations on tradeoffs, sequencing, capacity, and organizational priorities.
- Reduce operational complexity by improving communication flows, documenting decisions, clarifying ownership, and strengthening follow-through.
- Identify and resolve cross-functional challenges related to scope, timing, priorities, and coordination before they impact progress.
- Establish practices that promote transparency, accountability, continuous improvement, and organizational learning.
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