3DE Senior Director
About The Position
3DE by Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming high school education. 3DE was designed and implemented in partnership with school districts to make high school more relevant, experiential, and connected to the real world through project-based learning, case methodology, and competency development. Our goal is to prepare students for the demands of tomorrow's economy, providing them with the opportunity for a choice-filled life. The 3DE Senior Director is a people and implementation leader responsible for ensuring high-quality execution of the 3DE model across partner schools. This role leads through others, developing school implementation managers as change agents, leveraging data and evidence to drive decisions, and partnering strategically with school leadership to align 3DE implementation with school goals and priorities. In addition to driving model fidelity and results, the Senior Director is responsible for building and sustaining a high-performing, collaborative team culture, one grounded in trust, accountability, continuous learning, and shared ownership of outcomes. As a key member of the local 3DE leadership team, the Senior Director anticipates challenges, strengthens systems, and ensures the 3DE model delivers meaningful impact for students, educators, and school communities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Prior experience in educational leadership or a related field. (e.g., administration, department chair)
- Demonstrated success coaching adults to change practice, particularly in educational, nonprofit, or complex organizational settings
- Experience leading leaders (not just teams), including setting expectations, giving feedback, and managing performance
- Experience using data to inform strategic planning and decision-making.
- Experience partnering with school or district leadership to implement and sustain complex initiatives.
- Skilled at influencing without authority while maintaining clear boundaries and expectations
- Strong relationship-builder who can navigate tension, ambiguity, and competing priorities
- Experience organizing multiple projects and competing priorities while effectively managing time
- Systems thinker who can balance fidelity, flexibility, and long-term sustainability
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in a relevant field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop school implementation managers through observation, data analysis, and structured feedback to strengthen instructional quality and leadership effectiveness
- Build and sustain a high-performing, collaborative team culture rooted in trust, psychological safety, shared accountability, and a strong sense of belonging and joy that reflects 3DE's values
- Establish clear expectations, team norms, and ways of working that drive alignment, learning, and responsiveness
- Develop a cohesive leadership team that learns collectively and operates as a unified group rather than isolated school leaders
- Address performance challenges and conflict directly and constructively, balancing care for individuals with accountability for outcomes.
- Model reflective practice, transparency, and a growth mindset aligned to 3DE leadership values
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with school and district administrators to ensure shared understanding of the 3DE model, expectations, and measures of success.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to principals and school leadership teams, aligning 3DE implementation with school improvement goals, district priorities, and broader system initiatives.
- Advocate for model fidelity while navigating competing demands and constraints, proactively surfacing risks or misalignment, and facilitating collaborative problem-solving.
- Support school leaders in making informed decisions related to scheduling, staffing, enrollment, and instructional priorities that sustain high-quality implementation
- Ensure consistent, high-quality implementation of the 3DE model through regular engagement with school leaders, review, and observe model implementation and artifacts
- Guide managers and school leaders in responding to implementation or fidelity challenges through curiosity, urgency, and alignment to core 3DE value drivers
- Balance non-negotiables of the model with thoughtful adaptation that preserves intended outcomes.
- Support schools in building teacher awareness, capacity, and ownership of the 3DE experience
- Partner with school teams to design and execute student outreach, enrollment, and engagement strategies that meet participation targets
- Use multiple data sources (quality assurance tools, student outcomes, teacher and leader feedback, business partner engagement, implementation artifacts) to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive continuous improvement
- Align school-level goals, implementation plans, and performance metrics with district and 3DE priorities using 3DE National success indicators adapted for local context
- Anticipate risks, strengthen systems, and ensure infrastructure supports sustainable implementation and team effectiveness
- Serve as a liaison between schools, district partners, and JA/3DE leadership to promote alignment, accountability, and effective communication
Benefits
- commensurate with experience
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
