Head of Strategy, Impact & Transformation

Job Summary
The Head of Strategy Impact & Transformation is an integral part of the executive team ensuring that KIPP DCs strategic plan translates from direction to results through disciplined execution sound accountability infrastructure and an organizational culture capable of sustaining transformation over time. The starting salary range for this role is $222902-$256869. This is a full-time role with occasional flexibility based at HDQ with an anticipated start date of August 1st.

For 25 years KIPP DC has partnered with students families and the community to create joyful academically excellent schools across the nations capital. Today our network of 22 schools educate more than 7500 students in grades PreK3-12 supported by 1500 dedicated teachers leaders and staff.

Our work is grounded in five pillarsAcademic Excellence Joy & Sense of Belonging Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders Safe Structured and Nurturing Learning Environments and Commitment to College Readinesswhich ensure every student is equipped with the knowledge skills and confidence to pursue success in college careers and beyond. Our schools combine high expectations with joyful affirming environments that nurture academic success and personal growth for students and staff alike.

As part of the national KIPP network we share best practices and innovations while maintaining deep roots in Washington D.C. Together we strive toward a future without limits for our students alumni and community.

The executive team is KIPP DCs senior leadership body comprised of the school systems functional leaders who drive strategic direction operational performance and organizational health.

The Head of Strategy Impact and Transformation sits on the executive team and oversees a portfolio of functions that collectively own how KIPP DC measures progress manages change and builds organizational capability: accountability equity and inclusion and strategy and culture. These functions are the connective tissue of a high-performing school system.

Alongside this foundational work the portfolio includes the direct programmatic functions responsible for measuring and deepening student impact engaging families as essential partners in their childrens education and ensuring that every KIPP DC student develops the skills and confidence to pursue the path they choose college career and beyond and lead a fulfilling life in a more just world.

The Head of Strategy Impact and Transformation serves as KIPP DCs senior executive accountable for making the school systems 2030 strategic plan executable and for building the organizational capabilities required to sustain improvement over time. This is a rare opportunity to shape a newly established portfolio at the cabinet level of a school system in the midst of a consequential transformation.

Occasional flexibility (4 days per week onsite)

As a headquarters team that is focused on being responsive to our schools and meeting the needs of our students and families we approach our work in a way that reflects these priorities. Schools operate in person and our students and families rely on us for in-person support and this position will regularly provide on-site support to school teams frequently partner with other headquarters teams or regularly work in multiple locations.

Enterprise strategy and execution (30% of time)

Lead KIPP DCs strategic planning and execution work ensuring that the school systems priorities are coherent sequenced and translated into measurable results across all portfolios.

• Establish and maintain the systems and processes through which KIPP DC moves from strategic direction to execution ensuring that portfolio priorities connect to enterprise commitments and that capacity planning is honest and coherent across the school system.
• Track strategic progress surface misalignment between portfolio priorities and enterprise commitments and bring timely clear-eyed recommendations to the CEO before misalignment compounds.
• Evaluate proposed new initiatives against existing strategic commitments before resources are allocated providing the CEO with an independent assessment of strategic fit capacity impact and sequencing risk.
• Ensure that the school systems operating rhythm how leaders communicate convene and make decisions together reinforces strategic direction and builds organizational coherence over time.
• Partner with the president & COO to ensure that budget alignment headcount planning and operational systems support strategic priorities.

Build and lead KIPP DCs organizational change management function ensuring that significant shifts in how the school system operates are managed with discipline and produce lasting results.

• Design and lead the school systems approach to change management including the frameworks systems and practices that help the organization adopt new ways of working and sustain them over time.
• Build change leadership capability across the executive and senior leader levels ensuring that leaders at every level of the school system can drive adoption within their portfolios.
• Monitor organizational culture as a strategic variable identifying gaps between the culture the school system requires and the culture currently in practice and leading efforts to close those gaps.
• Serve as the executive sponsor for cross-functional integration ensuring that enterprise priorities receive coherent attention across portfolios and that coordination failures are surfaced and resolved.
• Ensure that organizational commitments made through planning and reconciliation processes are followed through and that accountability for execution does not erode over time.

Provide executive oversight of KIPP DCs risk compliance and impact measurement functions ensuring that the school system has the infrastructure to know whether its work is producing results and to act when it is not.

• Provide executive leadership to the VP of accountability who maintains a solid reporting relationship to both the Head of Strategy Impact and Transformation and the audit committee of the board of directors with the audit committee relationship governing the independence of the compliance and internal audit functions.
• Oversee the development and management of an enterprise risk management framework that connects risk intelligence to organizational decision-making and supports timely well-informed action.
• Ensure that KIPP DCs charter accountability infrastructure is operational credible and consistently applied including the systems and relationships required to meet external accountability obligations.
• Own the measurement architecture that defines whether KIPP DCs work is producing results for students and families ensuring that data informs organizational decision-making rather than accumulating in reports.
• Provide executive oversight of compliance internal audit policy and risk management functions ensuring they operate with appropriate independence rigor and relevance to the school systems strategic priorities.
• Advise the CEO and senior leaders on risk exposure compliance obligations and governance matters providing frank assessments rather than reassurance.

Equity and inclusion strategy (15%)

Provide executive leadership of KIPP DCs equity and inclusion function ensuring that equity is embedded in organizational systems practices and decision-making rather than operating as a standalone program.

• Provide direct management and strategic direction to the chief equity and inclusion officer setting priorities for the function and holding it accountable for measurable progress against the school systems equity commitments.
• Ensure that equity and inclusion considerations are integrated into strategic planning resource allocation and enterprise reconciliation processes rather than addressed separately after core decisions have been made.
• Serve as the executive-level voice for equity and inclusion with the CEO and as appropriate the governing board translating the functions work into honest assessments of system-wide progress and remaining gaps

Build and steward the relationships and external presence required to ensure that KIPP DCs strategy accountability and transformation work is credible connected and informed by the best thinking available.

• Ensure that the board of directors has access to the strategy risk and impact information required to fulfill its governance responsibilities including supporting the work of the audit governance and school and community affairs committees as relevant to the SIT portfolio.
• Maintain the relationship with the audit committee of the board of directors ensuring that the committee has the information access and independence required to fulfill its oversight responsibilities.
• Represent KIPP DC with external accountability and regulatory bodies relevant to the SIT portfolio including charter authorizers and compliance stakeholders ensuring that the school systems external obligations are met with credibility and consistency.
• Cultivate and steward external partnerships and thought leadership relationships that strengthen the school systems capacity for strategy accountability and transformation bringing insights and best practices back to inform internal priorities.
• Represent KIPP DC in KIPP network-level convenings and peer learning communities relevant to the portfolio ensuring that the school system both contributes to and benefits from the broader networks knowledge and experience.

KIPP DC offers an extremely competitive compensation and benefits package:

• The anticipated starting salary range for this position is $222902-$256869. At KIPP DC we strive for clarity equity and to be highly competitive. When determining salaries we look at benchmarks in the education and non-profit sector.
• KIPP DC offers a robust benefits package including medical dental and vision insurances; various voluntary benefits; and employer paid benefits such as short term disability long term disability life insurance and a membership to One Medical.
• KIPP DC also offers a 403(b) retirement account with a 3% employer contribution and a 3% match with vesting after three years.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

KIPP DC Public Schools does not discriminate against or tolerate discrimination against employees or applicants for employment on any legally-recognized basis or protected class including but not limited to actual or perceived race color national origin immigration status (except as necessary to comply with federal DC state or local law) religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) age physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation gender (including gender identity or expression) marital status (including domestic partnership status) genetic information political affiliation pregnancy family responsibilities personal appearance veteran status uniform service member status status of being unemployed status of victim a survivor of domestic violence sexual offense or stalking matriculation or any other protected class under federal state DC or local law.

Click here or here to review KIPP DCs non-discrimination policy and KIPP DCs Title IX Coordinators contact information.

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