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Director, Strategic Initiatives

New York, NY, us💼 Full-time💰 $111,200–$111,200🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Partner with Co-CEOs to shape organizational direction, manage board governance, and lead cross-functional strategic initiatives for a nonprofit charter school network.

Role type

Director of Strategic Initiatives (Executive Operations)

Builds

Organizational strategy, board governance processes, and executive communication systems

Domain

Nonprofit education / Organizational strategy

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic project management, board governance, executive partnership, cross-functional leadership, stakeholder coordination, team management, complex problem structuring

Preferred skills

MBA or related master's degree, nonprofit/education sector experience, board governance expertise, data analysis (Excel)

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional annual planning processes; manage Board of Trustees meetings, communications, and governance committees; draft and manage Co-CEO communications and the annual "State of Uncommon" presentation; oversee the Board scorecard and information cascading to regional boards; manage and develop the Specialist supporting Strategic Initiatives

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with team leadership

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