The Director of Academic Operations is responsible for ensuring that all KIPP New Jersey and KIPP Miami schools execute academic operations with excellence and consistency. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Academic Officer (CAO), this leader manages the systems, policies, and processes that enable effective teaching and learning across the network. The Director oversees the implementation of academic policies, state testing, instructional technology, curriculum purchasing, and school scheduling. They partner closely with regional operations, school leaders, and the academic team to ensure that all schools have the tools, guidance, and support needed to drive strong student outcomes and uphold compliance standards. The Director sits on the CAO Command Center Team. This team works to integrate the work of our teaching and learning teams, special education teams and school management teams throughout the organization. These strands of our organization report up through the CAO, and are complex and high touch. The CAO Command Center team works to ensure all teams under the CAO umbrella are high performing and driving outcomes for students. The CAO Command Center team works to integrate these teams with central office functions such as operations, data, finance and talent.