Senior Director, KF Operations – Planning

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the KIPP Network’s 2030 Plan, ensuring alignment between long-term commitments and immediate execution while creating processes to reflect and update the long-term strategy, guaranteeing that 2030 priorities are incorporated into annual plans.

• Take ownership of and enhance the annual planning process, ensuring that there is alignment between long-term strategy, team annual priorities and initiatives, and resource allocation decisions.

• Develop clear planning guidelines, timelines, and decision points for teams.

• Prepare comprehensive materials and decision-making protocols to establish annual organizational priorities and resource allocation decisions.

• Lead the annual planning project team to ensure coherent and aligned processes, including finance, talent, One KIPP Delivery, and other KF team members.

• Act as the primary coordinator for planning leads across various functions, ensuring shared standards, consistency, and cross-functional alignment.

• Facilitate structured planning forums to identify interdependencies, resolve conflicts, and drive enterprise-level decisions.

• Manage the Foundation’s approach to organizational OKRs and KPIs, including definitions, standards, and annual refresh cycles.

• Oversee the collection and synthesis of enterprise performance data, ensuring clarity and comparability across teams.

• Track quarterly progress against organizational goals and highlight trends for senior leadership.

• Design and conduct quarterly stepbacks that allow leaders to evaluate progress, adjust priorities, and respond to emerging situations.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience, with at least 3+ years in strategy, planning, operations, or related roles, ideally within complex, mission-driven organizations.

• Proven experience managing organization-wide planning processes and coordinating with multiple functional leaders.

• Strong strategic thinking skills, combined with the ability to design and implement disciplined operating rhythms.

• Outstanding facilitation, synthesis, and written communication abilities.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and influence others without direct authority.

🏝️ Benefits

• 25 holidays plus 18 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.

• Full coverage of the premium for employee medical/dental/vision plans, with 75% coverage for employee + family.

• Wellness benefits, including fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and access to our employee assistance program.

• Financial security benefits such as a 401K retirement plan with a 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.