Job Description
Company Description
About the Organization
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 279 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 210,000 students and alumni.
Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.
The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP public charter schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation helps to develop outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools and resources for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.
About Our Values:
Excellent Results for Students: We value results over effort and know that our work is not finished until all students thrive. We maintain high expectations for self, team, and students. We drive outcomes by operating with agility, removing barriers, differentiating support, and prioritizing student-centered solutions—especially for those at the margins.
Collective Impact: We are one team. We win together. We embody a one-team mindset by working collaboratively across teams, aligning goals, and leveraging the strengths of all teammates. We build trust-based relationships and ensure inclusive decision-making by engaging those closest to the work. We provide clarity through simple, repeatable systems and goals that enable transformational outcomes.
Courageous Action: Our belief in what we can achieve is unwavering, fueling our optimism and commitment to overcome any challenge. We demonstrate an unwavering belief in students’ potential and a commitment to addressing systemic inequities. We approach challenges with resilience, a solutions-focused mindset, and adaptability. We foster a psychologically safe environment centered on trust and accountability where feedback is encouraged. We leverage data to reflect on progress, own setbacks, celebrate successes, and continuously improve to maximize impact.
Job Description
About The Position
The Director, Regional Impact Operations is a member of the One KIPP Delivery (OKD) team and plays a critical role supporting our Regional Impact “pods,” teams of experts who support regional leaders in executing the One KIPP strategy to achieve our shared goals. The OKD Impact Operations ensures regional pod teammates can effectively support, monitor, and hold regional leaders accountable for high-quality implementation of One KIPP initiatives and processes. Reporting to the Vice President, One KIPP Delivery, and partnering closely with the Regional Superintendents, who lead Regional Impact pods, this role is the operational backbone of the pod, combining logistics, data, implementation tracking, and thought partnership to ensure KF collectively supports regions effectively. The Director’s primary function is to be a trusted operational partner to the Regional Superintendent, blocking and tackling for them to run the business of the regional pods so they can focus on supporting regional leaders. The Director owns the systems and routines that enable the pod’s success, anticipates and resolves risks before they reach the Regional Superintendent, and demonstrates the independent judgment needed to drive progress with minimal oversight.
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Responsibilities
Pod Logistics & Coordination (Visits, Meetings, SME Deployment)
Ensure assigned OKD regional pods function smoothly through strong scheduling, coordination, and logistics for regional visits, weekly pod meetings, and additional touchpoints.
Alongside their peer Director, design and execute the regular meeting and monitoring cadences and structures needed to best support the pod in achieving its goals.
Actively manage actions, accountability, and follow‑through across pod stakeholders.
Coordinate timely deployment of KIPP Foundation subject‑matter experts into regions so regions receive the right support at the right moment in the initiative lifecycle.
One KIPP Implementation Accountability & Management
Monitor and track regional execution of One KIPP initiatives and core OKD processes, creating the visibility the Regional Superintendent and pod need to stay ahead of risks.
Create systems to proactively flagging risks to timelines, fidelity, or engagement for the Regional Sup and Pod.
Data Management & Reporting Infrastructure
Build and maintain the data reporting and monitoring structures that supports pod operations (ie, weekly academic progress monitoring across the regional portfolio of the pod).
Coordinate with KIPP’s Data & Technology team to develop and maintain regional dashboards and reporting tools.
Ensure Regional Impact leaders have access to timely, accurate implementation data and develop monitoring indicators that surface risks before problems escalate.
Prepare data‑informed materials for meetings, memos, and leadership updates.
Regional Superintendent Support & Thought Partnership
Serve as a thought partner to Regional Superintendent on implementation challenges, sequencing of initiatives, and regional capacity considerations.
Build trust so OKD is viewed as a supportive operational partner rather than a compliance function.
Qualifications
Skills and Mindsets
Mission and Student Focu s: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPP’s mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPP’s Core Values (Focus on Excellent Results, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action)
Self-Management: Demonstrated record of setting ambitious goals and achieving them with consistency. Invests in developing teammates’ skills and mindsets to address gaps in achieving team growth; determines what quantitative and qualitative data are most relevant to their goals and supports the team in creating and monitoring systems for collecting, reviewing, and acting upon data to drive outcomes; able to monitor progress, communicating status to the right stakeholders and adjusting plans and use of time to ensure systems are yielding desired outcomes.
Work Management: Sets a clear vision for new or complex bodies of work. Develops and implements agile project plans, navigating difficult situations or conflicts while maintaining effective relationships with all stakeholders; creates and ensures systems are in place for knowledge management.
Data-Driven Actions and Decisions: Efficiently defines the right metrics to evaluate work and ensures critical team actions, decisions, and recommendations are driven by data; effectively works with team to resolve issues around data to ensure sound data-informed decisions.
Problem-Solving: Addresses the root of problems and removes obstacles from work. Understands how solutions may unearth other obstacles further downstream. Shows initiative in generating and recommending ideas and solutions within their own workstreams. Anticipates risks and develops proactive solutions that support their team.
Collaboration: Has the interpersonal, diplomatic, relationship building, and communications skills needed to develop successful working relationships with diverse constituents to deliver results. Evolves and adapts plans and approach with diverse stakeholders to drive results. Possesses excellent communication skills with aptitude for translating complex information into a clear and persuasive narratives that convince others by identifying benefits for all.
Experience and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required.
7+ years of professional experience leading complex initiatives, programs, or implementations.
K-12 schools experience; multi-regional or multi-site school system experience preferred.
Demonstrated experience working with data systems, dashboards, or reporting tools to support decision‑making.
Proven ability to influence and partner effectively with senior, cross functional leaders.
Additional Information
Work Conditions
Travel: Moderate Travel: 25%
Full, exempt role
Location
It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role also has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago.
Compensation and Benefits
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $124,800 - $150,000. In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:
25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
100% paid parental leave
100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family’s medical/dental/vision plans.
Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program
Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world that’s around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
