Manager, Data and Analytics

About The Position 

KIPP Foundations Analytics team supports the use analysis presentation and application of highquality data and research regarding KIPP schools teachers students and families. These data enable KIPP to drive improvement in results monitor progress toward outcomes and leading indicators and inform learning and storytelling. The Analytics team supports a network of highperforming schools by providing key stakeholders with data needed for constant learning decisionmaking marketing and development. The ideal Manager Data & Analytics is a storyteller highly detailed and processoriented and is always trying to find ways to improve existing processes analyses and products. In addition this team member is a strong communicator relationshipbuilder and proactive selfstarter who centers equity in their work and relationships. 

The Analytics team is hiring 3 Manager to focus primarily on one of these areas: (1) K8 academic initiatives (2) High school and postsecondary education or (3) Talent and leadership development. 

This position reports directly to the Director Data & Analytics and collaborates with teammates within the Data & Technology team and other program teams in the KIPP Foundation and KIPP Network. 

Responsibilities 

The Manager Data & Analytics responsibilities include but not limited to the following: 

Support the design and execution of reporting and analysis (40%) 

• Cleaning compile and analyze data across content areas to support reporting and analysis 

• Support the design implementation and maintenance of reports dashboards and other products to make data accessible and understandable to KIPP Foundation and network stakeholders 

• Generate actionable insights for key stakeholders and communicate results in a variety of formats including memos and written visual and verbal presentations 

Serve as a thought partner to the KF program teams to identify Support data collection quality assurance verification and systems initiatives (40%) 

• Support annual data collection quality assurance and verification processes to ensure ontime collection processing and delivery of highquality data to KIPP Foundation and network stakeholders 

• Support the development of business functional and technical requirements to support data collection quality assurance and verification processes and data warehousing 

Support daytoday activities of the Data & Analytics team (20%) 

• Support KIPP Foundation regions schools and community members with data needs including grant submissions secondary research and adhoc data requests 

• Support with planning and execution for annual networkfacing events including network retreats 

• Support with planning facilitating and contributing to D&A team culture and equity development

Qualifications :

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 cocreating ambitious goals with their managers and driving toward desired outcomes; Effectively monitors progress toward goals for multiple workstreams; Leverages understanding of an organizations operating model structure and core operational process to effectively drive work to achieve goals; effectively works through direct reports and peers to follow through on commitments ensuring others do the same. 

• Effective Work Management Effectively drives work they own through clear action planning. Manages time effectively around competing priorities. Skilled in creating and executing project plans through partnership with stakeholders and effective delegation to achieve intended results on time. Skilled in knowledge management. 

• Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving: Effectively uses data to inform work streams; accurately synthesizes key findings from data analyses and can effectively communicate the data synthesis to inform actions decisions and solutions. 

• Effective Teaming and Stakeholder Management: Leads successful stakeholder management accounting for varied perspectives when gathering feedback; builds coalition by prioritizing enduser experiences building trusting relationships and effective communications; able to identify and remove barriers to working across teams. 

• Continuous Learning: Uses data to accurately assess areas for improvement and teaches others to do the same; values and encourages creative and innovative ideas 

Experience and Qualifications 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a role focused on quantitative reporting and analysis data management and quality assurance 

• Experience with SQL or other programming languages/statistical software (e.g. Python R SAS Stata) 

• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using BI tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI Looker) 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with an ability to present data and findings in various accessible formats for nontechnical audiences 

• A customer service mindset with a goal to assist program teams with their data needs 

• Familiarity with data quality assurance processes 

• Bachelors degree in data science Statistics Information Technology Social Sciences or a similar discipline; advanced degree is a plus but not required 

• Deep commitment to both racial and educational equity: supports building an organization that reflects the community that KIPP serves and holds self and others on team accountable for centering equity

Preferred: 

• Experience working in a K12 and/or higher education setting 

• Experience with statistical methods 

• Experience with the following (or similar) technologies: Salesforce Jira Zendesk

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: Less than 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 has 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 $80000 $95500. 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 thats 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