Senior Director, Solutions Implementation

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

📋 Description

• Oversees a portfolio of district implementations of AI-driven solutions, focusing intently on instructional quality and outcomes for students of color, those experiencing poverty, multilingual learners, and students with disabilities.

• Acts as the main relationship manager for designated partner systems and product developer partners, fostering high-trust relationships that encourage open learning.

• Monitors the implementation and integration of solutions in assigned districts, tracking usage, adherence to High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM)-aligned teaching, and emerging indicators of impact and unintended effects.

• Evaluates the enabling conditions through leadership, coaching, scheduling, and infrastructure to determine if implementation effectively alters teacher practices.

• Collaborates with product developers to comprehend product intent, highlight implementation realities, and provide feedback for product development.

• Creates systems that enhance the visibility of implementation: monitoring dashboards, observation protocols, enabling-conditions trackers, and review schedules.

• Develops and delivers resources that enhance district and school leader capacity for effective implementation of AI-powered tools in conjunction with HQIM cores.

• Co-designs launch experiences with product developers and district partners, including kickoff agendas, professional learning sequences, and monthly check-in plans to facilitate ongoing learning in the partnership.

• Identifies opportunities where internal-facing products could be scaled or enhance service delivery, collaborating with the Executive Director to determine scaling strategies.

• Refines implementation systems and resources based on insights from partnerships, working alongside peer Senior Directors.

• Takes ownership of specific learning priorities within the function, contributing to the broader learning agenda shaped by the Executive Director.

• Translates emerging insights from partnerships into resources, frameworks, and field-facing artifacts that advance the understanding of effective AI-powered solution implementation within the field.

• Works with colleagues to synchronize implementation resources across products and highlight cross-cutting insights.

• Mentors and develops staff, treating development as a collaborative effort rather than oversight.

• Exemplifies organizational values and fosters a culture of accountability and psychological safety.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of relevant professional experience in K-12 education, instructional leadership, or implementation-focused consulting, demonstrating a history of improving outcomes for priority student groups.

• Expertise in designing and refining execution systems, including dashboards, implementation support tools, monitoring protocols, and review schedules that make complex partnership work visible, actionable, and adaptable in real time.

• Strong ability to cultivate high-trust relationships with district senior leaders and external partners, ensuring strict alignment with the core learning agenda despite competing stakeholder pressures.

• Extensive knowledge of system-level leadership levers and HQIM-aligned instructional frameworks necessary to systematically enhance academic outcomes for priority student groups.

• Advanced understanding of current trends in AI-driven instructional tools and the specific infrastructure, policy, and training conditions essential for their effective integration into the instructional core.

• Proven ability to manage a portfolio of multiple high-stakes partnerships simultaneously, employing rigorous operational discipline to guarantee visible accountability and timely delivery.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits package and private retirement investment options.

• Generous vacation policy.