Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

YouthBuild Philly•Philadelphia, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is seeking a Chief Strategy & Growth Officer (CSGO) to lead the implementation of its five-year strategic direction. This role is crucial for driving intentional, disciplined growth, aiming to serve up to 500 students by School Year 2030-2031 with strong outcomes, a codified program model, and sustainable finances. The CSGO will oversee the launch of an evening school, a student-connected eatery, resolve space and facilities needs, codify the program model, and manage the charter enrollment amendment process. This is a player-coach role requiring the ability to move between high-level strategy and hands-on execution, building project plans, drafting board materials, and negotiating agreements.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive leadership experience, including 3+ (as an executive-level leader) years managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from plan through execution, in education, workforce development, nonprofit management, social enterprise, operations, or comparable settings.
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience launching or operating a social enterprise, food service business, or earned-revenue program is strongly preferred.
Experience in charter school, alternative education, or workforce development environments, including authorizer, federal grant, or compliance-heavy contexts, is preferred.
Experience building postsecondary, employer, or workforce partnership pipelines that produced measurable placement outcomes is preferred.
Chief of staff, strategy, transformation, or new-site launch experience supporting a CEO, executive team, or board is preferred.
Familiarity with Philadelphia's education, workforce, civic, and funding landscape is a plus.
A Master's Degree is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Translate the FY27–FY31 Strategic Direction into a multi-year implementation roadmap with measurable goals and objectives.
Establish and run a quarterly strategic plan review cycle with the executive team.
Lead development of the organization's next full strategic plan in SY27-28.
Prepare the charter amendment request for the enrollment cap increase on the SY29-30 timeline.
Support the CEO and CFO in the adoption of the organization's investment strategy.
Oversee the launch of the evening school for SY26-27.
Design the evening school assessment framework and lead the formal SY27-28 assessment.
Lead codification of both the day and evening program models in SY28-29.
Own the launch of the Ridge Avenue eatery, including refining the business plan, coordinating buildout, recruiting staff, building the financial model, and designing student training pathways.
Define and report the eatery's dual bottom line (student learning outcomes and financial performance).
Identify, evaluate, and develop future social enterprise and workforce expansion opportunities.
Drive the space and facilities planning process in SY26-27.
Own the organization's defining postsecondary outcome: ensuring every student has a confirmed postsecondary path.
Hold dotted-line management of the Director of Postsecondary Planning and align with the Principal on shared expectations.
Codify the postsecondary structure for the Director of Postsecondary Planning.
Connect the postsecondary strategy to the organization's partnership portfolio.
Serve as the keeper of all significant organizational relationships, maintaining the institutional relationship map and partner pipeline.
Operate a clear division of labor with the Chief Advancement Officer regarding shared relationships.
Develop and steward employer, postsecondary, civic, and YouthBuild-network partnerships.
Represent YouthBuild Philadelphia in coalitions, working groups, and convenings.
Support the COO in contributing to dashboard design, tightening metric definitions, and ensuring strategic plan milestones and growth initiative metrics are represented.
Co-facilitate session-cycle data reviews with the COO.
Own and report the metrics tied directly to this role's portfolio.
Lead the annual goal-setting process.
Disaggregate and interrogate data to surface equity gaps, leading indicators, and emerging challenges.
Serve as a member of the Leadership Team, advising the CEO and Board of Directors.
Run the executive leadership team operating rhythm.
Manage and develop the Social Enterprise Manager; hold dotted-line management of the Director of Postsecondary Planning; and oversee internal communications.
Serve as the first point of escalation for cross-team issues.
Support board governance work as assigned.
Perform other duties as assigned.