Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement

About The Position 

The KIPP Foundation seeks a qualified candidate for the Senior Manager Continuous Improvement. This role is designed for someone who is passionate about strengthening how our organization works so that we are more efficiently and effectively supporting regions and schools to achieve student outcomes.  As we move to a new way of working across the KIPP network in service of our mission and vision we must build the systems and structures that keep our teams aligned on the most important work for kids.  

The Senior Manager will own multiple workstreams that support progress monitoring system-building and insight generation for the Schools Team and Regional Superintendents.  In this role you will help to manage the flow of data across KIPP Foundation teams and to our regions so that we are effectively surfacing and communicating progress and gaps in our work and communicating solutions in compelling ways. They will study and tease out trends especially around what is working and study the root causes of what made that happen to be spread and shared with others. All of this is in service of the KIPP Foundation working more collaboratively and efficiently with one another and with our regions to achieve our shared goals. 

The ideal candidate has a deep belief in inspecting what you expect experience creating processes and tools for monitoring work proficiency with academic data strong attention to detail and excellent communications skills. They are driven by finding what works and ensuring we are communicating that clearly for others to implement. Reporting to the Senior Director Continuous Improvement on the Schools Team they will be joining a team that believes deeply in the potential of all students to thrive if we are able to create the right conditions internally and with our regions. 

Responsibilities 

Systems and Tools 

• Design and manage core systems (e.g. trackers) that capture and monitor progress against network anchor measures. 

• Own the development and evolution of continuous improvement tools ensuring they meet stakeholder needs across multiple teams and regions. 

• Partner with Chiefs of Staff and Data & Technology to identify new system requirements to ensure effective monitoring of our strategy and oversee implementation of those requirements. 

Monitoring Projects and Progress 

• Lead multiple annual monitoring workstreams that ensure accountability to organizational goals. 

• Track follow-through on action steps from progress monitoring meetings and proactively remove barriers or escalate issues. 

• Recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen alignment and efficiency across KF teams. 

Learning and Insight 

• Conduct interviews analyze data and identify bright spots and barriers in school and regional performance. 

• Synthesize insights into clear findings that can inform leadership decisions and shape ongoing improvement cycles. 

Communication and Reporting 

• Draft regular reports and presentations that highlight progress gaps and next steps for the Schools Leadership Team Regional Superintendents and Office of the President. 

• Coordinate with internal and regional stakeholders to ensure data and insights are communicated effectively and consistently. 

• Create compelling communications that make complex information actionable for leaders across the network. 

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 and Outcomes Orientation: Demonstrated record of co-creating 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. 

• Data Understanding and Proficiency: Expertise in qualitative data systems and tracking to ensure accurate data collection and dissemination for teams to use. Understanding of reporting analysis data processing data management and quality assurance practices. Capacity to build trackers to share data with relevant stakeholders. 

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

• Strategic Decision Making & 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 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. 

• Change Management and Communications: Effectively creates communications plans that supports team buy-in; able to lead change efforts through clear and compelling communications; acts as a champion for change with peers and within teams. 

• Continuous Learning: Engages in the work of personal development holding themselves accountable to evolving growing learning and unlearning in ways that improve results for students adults and the larger community. 

Experience and Qualifications 

• 5 years work experience in an education system (district CMO) 

• Experience with academic monitoring and data systems preferred. 

• Excellent written communication as demonstrated by work product examples. 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (including intermediate Excel proficiency) and Teams 

• Baseline knowledge of the field of Continuous Improvement and how systems improve 

• Bachelors degree preferred but not required. Equivalent years of work experience encouraged to apply. 

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: 10% (for team meetings all staff events etc.) 

• Job Type: Full time Exempt 

Location 

It is preferred but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role 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 $100000-$118000. 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 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 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 :

Full-time