Empoweredis a community of social entrepreneur teachers bringing the experiential individualized self-discovery teaching methodology to life in their classrooms. Their work leads to transformative learning experiences for their students. At scale the Empowered community is a cultural movement driving bottom-up change throughout the key institution of education.
Empowered is part of the Stand Together philanthropic community.
Our community is growing and so is the impact of our work to move toward a society where everyone could live a life of meaning and succeed by benefiting others. At Empowered we advance this work by partnering with educators who are empowering students to realize their potential. There are several cool brands in the sector focusing on teachers. However we believe there is a ton of opportunity for an exciting brand who deeply believes in educators for the change agents they are and wants to authentically invest in teachers at all grade levels to catalyze teacher joy at scale. Empowered is that brand and we are looking for an Information Technology (IT) Director to lead our technology efforts to capture these opportunities.
Empowered is excited to find an innovative mission-driven IT Director ready to help reshape the future of education through technology specifically design for teachers. In this high-impact leadership role youll craft execute and own the enterprise IT strategies that will allow Empowered to realize our bold vision of becoming THE platform of choice for educators across the country. Youll be the lead steward of our technology portfolio and initiatives leveraging the latest product delivery methodologies to launch innovative solutions that meet educator communitys needs. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming nearly every industry and the IT Director will look to drive how Empowered incorporates AI in how our instructional products serve our teachers individually and collectively as a community. This is a dream role for a proven enterprise technology professional who desires to lead a team through direct supervision and modeling principles towards an organizational vision that promises significant scale in community growth.
This role reports to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
How You Will Contribute
Owning and driving enterprise technology vision strategy and operations
Partnering with Education Operations and Data Analytics teams to deploy a comprehensive IT strategy
Developing a vision and operating model for product and demand management capabilities
Creating dependable efficient and innovate solutions related to systems optimization and data accessibility
Developing IT standards that keep us competitive with market & industry practices while allow for rapid experimentation
Partnering with innovative technology vendors to deliver both custom and SaaS applications that meet the needs of our teachers and what they value
Helping scale the business through technology leading to a decreasing cost/educator KPI
Directly supervising a team of business systems analysts application managers and developers
Setting expectations & accountability towards progress
What You Will Bring
Bachelors in IT or related area or equivalent experience
10 years of supervisory experience in the IT field
Demonstrated experience in implementing technology strategies
Experience in optimizing enterprise systems for integration business functionality and reducing complexity in the environment
Background in designing/developing IT systems planning IT implementation and maximizing user adoption
Ability to vet plans and ideas for technical viability and requirements
Core knowledge of information system vulnerabilities and risk management
Knowledge of how to invest in IT talent for optimal development and retention: mentor manage and grow the team while setting a culture of quality agility and high performance for the organization
Strong economic and business thinking skills
Analytical data-driven entrepreneurial mindset
Enthusiasm to contribute to our vision and principled approach to solving problems and a commitment to stewarding our culture which champions values including transformation and innovation entrepreneurialism humility and respect
Standout Candidates Will Bring
Experience in K-12 education field
A love for translating vision into strategy and strategy into technological solutions that deliver results
An understanding of the power of AI and how the concepts create real value
A passion to work cross-functionally and bring out the best in others
A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover develop and apply their unique talents.
Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities allowing you to share in the success you help drive.
Our Values:Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM) a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress such as dignity openness and bottom-up empowerment. PBM empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial to innovate and to continually drive transformation.
We believe diversity fuels creativity broadens knowledge and helps drive success and that is why were proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty dignity respect and sensitivity.
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