Vice President, KIPP Executive Director Accelerator

About The Position 

The Vice President KEDA will serve as the program lead responsible for founding KIPPs first-ever Executive Director leadership program. The KIPP Executive Director Accelerator (KEDA) is scheduled to launch in School Year . This leader will design build and continuously refine three core programmatic components ED identification and selection the ED Fellowship and the New ED Program ensuring they function as a cohesive high-impact leadership development pipeline. 

This role is fundamentally focused on building and executing a best-in-class leadership program that produces a robust and sustainable pipeline of ED-ready candidates prepared to lead one of KIPPs 28 regions nationwide. The Vice President of KEDA will translate KEDAs vision into concrete programming curriculum learning experiences and operational structures. They will build and manage the fellowship model; design learning experiences aligned to KIPPs leadership expectations; coordinate selection processes; cultivate facilitators coaches and partners; and establish the systems and rhythms necessary to run KEDA effectively at launch and beyond. 

As KIPP works toward its 2030 goals KEDA is focused on preparing a specific kind of leader: an Executive Director who leads with conviction centers students and community in every decision and has the vision drive and cultural competency to deliver breakthrough outcomes across regional leadership. This role will design and deliver programming that develops a diverse cohort of leaders who excel across the five domains critical to leading a KIPP region in this era Driving Performance Leadership Mindset Vision and Strategic Direction Talent and Culture Cultivation and Communication Influence and Leading Change while remaining deeply grounded in who KIPP is and why we exist. 

Specifically the VP of KEDA will be responsible for the following: 

Responsibilities 

Act as a talent magnet cultivating current and future Executive Director (ED) prospects: 

• Strategicallyidentifyand cultivatea bench of the most talented and successful education leaders with track records of extraordinary results. 

• Cultivate results-driven pipeline sources over time while building KIPPs brand as the home for top executive level talent and development 

• In partnership with the KIPP Foundation Talent Team co-design and implement executive-level recruitment strategies inclusive selection practices and succession planning systems aligned to network-wide talent strategy. 

• PartnerwithRegional Superintendents to ensure that 75% of candidates who complete the ED Residency are certified ED Ready and 100% of ED ready candidates successfully matriculate into an Executive Director role within two years. 

• Establish annual and long-term targets based on ED attrition data and collaboration with Regional Superintendents on talent landscape and needsto meet our goals of 85% retention of high performing EDs and100% of regions with an ED vacancy fill the role with a best-in-class successor: 

• Collaborate with the Talent Team to identifya search firm partner for national searches 

• Set goalsestablishexpectations andmonitorefforts of the partner search firm 

• Tap into personal networks and cultivate relationships leading to ED referrals and candidates 

Create andmaintainED identification and selection practices in partnership with Regional Superintendents and local Board Chairs: 

• Partner with Regional Superintendents and the Talent Team tooperationalize toolkits and resources forexistingnational expectationsset by the CEO includingdecision rights and processes related to ED selection 

• Engageconsistently withRegional Superintendents to gather feedback share updates and communicate status of each ED Fellow 

• Prepare explanatory materials for local Boards and regional leadership teams 

• Build resources and toolkits related to ED searches for local Board use 

• Support Regional Superintendents in material creation and professional development of local boards in ED searches 

• Develop selection criteria for successful completion of ED Fellowship 

Drive programming for ED Residency and New ED Cohort to supportthe vision of KEDA: 

• Collaborate with Talent Team to define certification standards performance metrics and longitudinal tracking of ED Fellows and New ED participants. 

• Develop case studies codifybest practices and gather exemplar resources for ED Residency and New ED Cohort 

• Collaborate with Regional Superintendent Teamto scope monthly New ED virtual sessions for planning purposes 

• Lead process foridentifyingandcontracting withexternalfacultyidentifyingand preparing internal faculty 

• Ensure a seamless participant experience through facilitator expectation settingtrainingand norming 

• In partnership with KIPP Foundation Chiefs and Regional Superintendents create targeted development goals scope and sequences andparticipant resources in alignment with KEDAs vision 

Drive strong operations and learning visit experiences in partnership withKIPP Foundations Event Design and Operations Team: 

• Plan learning visits and in-person cohort development aligned to KEDA goals 

• Partner with regional hosts and mentors to ensure a strong experience for both participants and hosts 

• Coordinate scheduling and operations alongside the EDO team for all virtual and in person events 

Develop and manage an executive talent strategy in alignment with the vision for KEDA 

• Analyze ED attrition and performance data in partnership with the KIPP Foundation leadership team  

• Establish clear data-driven benchmarks for ED readiness certification and placement 

Who Youll Work With: 

TheVice President of KEDA willleverageinfluence skills and strong stakeholder management to build trust and relationships with regional leaders throughstrong execution excellent programming responsiveness to feedback and ability to differentiate while holding a consistently high bar. 

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)  

• Self-Management: Demonstrated record of setting and achieving ambitious goals for their departments in complex or ambiguous environment; uses data research and analysis to set a high bar of excellence for goal setting; effectively distributes and redistributes work among direct reports teammates and teams to optimizes goal attainments; effectively sets and fosters a culture that enables and celebrates teammates achievements and goals attainment. 

• People Management & Development: Effectively ensures strong professional development and coaching for teammates directly and through layers.  Proficient in the mechanics of succession management and performance management for teammates.  Able to coach manager of managers and skilled at fostering a positive team culture in which teammates feel ownership and accountability for their own and the broader teams work and results.  

• Collaboration: Identifies and leverages opportunities with both internal and external stakeholders (including students parents community partners and leaders donors and staff) to increase impact.  Leads successful collaboration across functions and evolves plans to get strong results. Has the interpersonal diplomatic relationships building and communication skills to connect and compel teammates across different functions to collaborate effectively toward shared goals.  Effectively builds maintains and leverages teams and systems to move work forward. 

• Data Driven Actions & Decisions: Effectively uses data to shape teamwide decisions and the learning agenda or evaluation of a function or significant initiative.  Able to generate implement and evaluate solutions with a focus on scalability and sustainability.  

• Process Management: Able to build and align goals and project plans with organization priorities; Develops and codifies processes that promote coordination efficiency and efficacy across KF and the Network; Prioritizes processes that ensure sustainability and scalability; ensures team is finding efficiencies through process implementation and improvement resource sharing or other methods 

• Communications & Change Management: Effectively articulates case for change to multiple functions teams and/or offices through clear and compelling presentations tailoring communications and engagement approach for different audiences.  Effectively translates vision into actionable plans among across team stakeholders; Champions KF and networkwide change with all stakeholders. 

Qualifications :

Experience and Qualifications 

• Bachelors degreerequired;Mastersdegree or advanced certification preferred 

• 10 years of leadership experience in education public charter systems or non-profits with at least 5 years in a leadership role with a proven record of success in leading complex organizations or networks 

• Strong gravitasandalignment with KIPPs values and beliefs 

• Experience intalent development and performance management 

• Experience leadingcomplexsystems toachieve goals in partnership with diverse stakeholders 

• Strongtrack recordofresults inleading complex change management efforts 

• Demonstrated success in driving academic operational and cultural excellence through others 

• Results-Driven: Proventrack recordof setting and achieving ambitious goals particularly in challenging or high-growth environments 

• Relationship Building: Exceptional ability to build trust with stakeholders including students parents community partners and leaders donors and staff. 

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: 25-30% travel  

• Full Time 

Location 

This role has the option of working from a remote office full-time with expectations to work across time zones when necessary.  

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 $197000-$236500. 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 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 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 :

Full-time