Senior Director Data Management Governance

About The Position 

The Senior Director of Data Management & Governance will lead the development and of enterprisewide data management and governance strategies ensuring that KIPP Foundation along with all 278 KIPP schools and 28 regions has timely access to accurate data to make informed decisions that best serve KIPPs communities. This role will oversee the entire data lifecyclefrom data creation and collection to storage integration usage and archivingwhile ensuring compliance with federal state and local education policies. This role will also oversee the design implementation and continuous development of our data strategy including the transition to a new Data Warehouse. The individual in this position will be tasked with ensuring that 100 of necessary data for reporting and dashboards is fully available. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in K12 data governance student data privacy and education technology standards with a strong ability to collaborate across academic technology and administrative teams to drive datainformed decisionmaking across the KIPP network. 

The Senior Director Data Management & Governance reports to the Chief Information Officer and manages the team of 10 teammates who support the lifecycle management of our data and its infrastructure. The individual collaborates extensively with Foundations Information Technology (IT) teams including Operations Analytics & Reporting teams as well as other program teams. 

Responsibilities 

Data Management Strategy & : 

• Develop and implement a comprehensive data management strategy aligned with KIPPs mission and objectives. 

• Oversee the entire data lifecycle ensuring data is accurate accessible and secure from intake to retirement. 

• Establish best practices for data collection storage integration quality assurance and reporting. 

• Implement and manage data governance tools and platforms to support KIPPs data ecosystem. 

Data Infrastructure & Tools Management: 

• Oversee the design implementation and maintenance of data infrastructure ensuring it meets the needs of KIPP Foundation and Regions. 

• Manage data warehouse platforms (e.g. Snowflake Redshift BigQuery Azure Fabric) to ensure efficient data storage retrieval and processing. 

• Implement data integration tools and ETL/ELT pipelines to streamline data movement across systems. 

• Ensure data architecture scalability security and performance supporting the growing needs of KIPPs education data ecosystem. 

• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to optimize database performance automate workflows and enhance data accessibility. 

• Evaluate and implement business intelligence (BI) tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau) to enable datadriven decisionmaking across KIPP Foundation and Regions. 

K12 Data Governance & Compliance: 

• Lead the design and enforcement of data governance policies to comply with educationspecific regulations such as:  

• FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) 

• COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act) 

• State and districtspecific student data privacy laws 

• EdFi Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) and other K12 data frameworks 

• Partner with legal compliance and IT teams to mitigate risks related to student data privacy and security. 

• Define data ownership stewardship and accountability across KIPP Network. 

Data Quality & Stewardship: 

• Implement data quality standards and governance processes to ensure the accuracy reliability and timeliness of data. 

• Oversee data stewardship programs that engage KIPPs educators administrators and IT teams in responsible data management. 

• Monitor and report data quality metrics to key stakeholders to drive continuous improvement. 

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: 

• Partner with KIPP Foundation leadership school regions state education agencies and IT teams to ensure timely access to highquality data. 

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on student data governance analytics and compliance strategies. 

• Lead crossfunctional working groups to improve data governance adoption across the KIPP network. 

Technology & Innovation in K12 Data Management: 

• Evaluate and recommend data governance technologies including data catalogs data lineage tools and metadata management platforms. 

• Guide the integration of AI automation and interoperability frameworks (EdFi CEDS SIF etc. into KIPPs data governance practices. 

• Stay informed about emerging K12 education policies technology standards and data security threats. 

Leadership & Team Development: 

• Build and mentor a highperforming data governance and management team. 

• Foster a culture of data literacy and accountability across KIPP Foundation. 

• Provide training and professional development on data privacy laws governance best practices and ethical data usage. 

Skills and Mindsets 

• Mission and Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPPs mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPPs core values (Focus on Excellent Results Collective Impact and Courageous Action)  

• Achievement & Outcomes Orientation: 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. 

• Effective Teaming & Stakeholder Management: Has the interpersonal diplomatic relationship building and communications skills necessary to develop successful working relationships with diverse constituents to deliver results; evolves and adapts plans and approach with diverse stakeholders to drive results; excellent communication skills with an aptitude for translating complex information into a clear and persuasive narrative; convinces others by identifying benefits for all. 

• People Management & Development: Effective differentiating approaches to develop and coach teammates; skilled in setting managing both performance and development goals; provides timely and actionable feedback to drive teammate development and performance; strategically distributes work based on skill and capacity between self and teammates to ensure the work outcomes of the collective team; able to build a culture of accountability and productive discourse to help teammates achieve at the highest level. 

• Change Management & Communication: Effectively articulates case for change through clear and compelling presentations and translates this into actional plans.  Effectively tailors communications and engagement approach for different audiences to deepen investment and drive actions and behavior change that would lead to orgwide goals; acts as a champion for change with crossteam stakeholders.   

• Data Acumen: Proficiency in qualitative data systems and tracking to ensure accurate data collection and dissemination for team use. Knowledge of reporting analysis data processing data management and quality assurance practices. Ability to build dashboards to share data with relevant stakeholders. 

• Technical Fluency: Demonstrated familiarity with proficiency in languages like Python C and .Net to drive data architecture.  Advance skills in SQL NoSQL Tableau database architecture and optimization. 

Qualifications :

Experience and Qualifications 

Required: 

• Bachelors degree in Data Management Information Systems Computer Science or a related field or 810 years of relevant work experience.  

• 5 years of experience in data management governance or education technology while in a leadership role. 

• Strong knowledge of K12 data governance frameworks student data privacy regulations and interoperability standards. 

• Experience overseeing data lifecycle management ensuring data accuracy integrity and security. 

• Familiarity with data governance tools (e.g. Collibra Informatica Alation) student information systems (PowerSchool Infinite Campus) and assessment platforms (IReady mClass Renaissance). 

• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder engagement skills. 

Preferred: 

• Experience working with state education agencies (SEAs) school districts or charter networks on data governance initiatives. 

• Background in cloudbased data management (AWS Azure GCP) for K12 education.  

• Experience designing and managing data warehouse platforms and data governance strategies. 

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: 10 

• Fulltime exempt role 

Location 

It is preferred but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office.  This role also offers the option of working from a remote office fulltime.  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 $150000$181000. 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 familys 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 employersponsored 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 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.  

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime