Director of SIS Operations - Academic Systems (26-27)

IDEA Public Schools • Weslaco, TX

2d • $98,200 - $115,900

About The Position

The Director of SIS Operations - Academics owns the governance, standards, SOPs, training, and quality assurance for scheduling, grades/gradebooks, ADA and period-by-period attendance, and discipline. This role is responsible for delivering data that is accurate, timely, and actionable by treating the SIS as a holistic ecosystem of people, process, procedure, and data.
The Director serves as a strategic leader who builds strong coalitions with cross-functional partners to co-design scalable processes and controls. By ensuring Day 1/BOY readiness and quarterly audit reliability, this role provides the operational foundation necessary for state reporting alignment and organizational success.

Requirements

• Systems thinking with strong attention to data integrity and downstream impacts
• Ability to translate complex logic into executable system structures
• Strong cross-functional influence without direct budget ownership
• High comfort operating in ambiguity during system and process transformation
• Makes sound decisions using data, audit findings, and stakeholder input
• Builds clear operating mechanisms and scalable processes
• Develops team capability and institutional knowledge
• Communicates deliberately across technical and non-technical audiences
• Builds trust through consistency, clarity, and follow-through
• Ability to create and lead strategy while also being a functional leader
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of five years in student information systems or a similar role with a record of results.
• Deep experience with PowerSchool functions (scheduling, grading, attendance, discipline) and data extraction/analysis.
• Experience in K-12 education or a similarly regulated educational setting.
• Be able to sit and work at a computer for prolonged periods.
• Must be able to lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Perform repetitive keyboard/mouse tasks and maintain visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Proven ability to research, plan, develop, and present comprehensive training resources.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize established policies by maintaining districtwide SOPs, calendars, SLAs, and internal controls.
• Ensure consistent, compliant execution of scheduling, grades, attendance, and discipline through the creation of job aids and clear workflows.
• Establish and codify data standards for attendance and discipline, including incident coding timelines and documentation norms.
• Oversee quality assurance for scheduling and grades by governing calendars and managing grade-change workflows and audit trails.
• Lead audit and monitoring cycles, including quarterly audits and targeted spot checks, to meet audit pass-rate targets.
• Utilize dashboards and exception management to drive corrective and preventive actions across the organization.
• Partner deeply with IT Applications (PowerSchool), Data/PEIMS, and Academics on system requirements, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and change control.
• Coordinate cross-functional releases and communications to ensure seamless system updates.
• Translate complex academic requirements into scalable processes and preventive measures.
• Deliver capacity-building through training, help-center content, and office hours to improve the user experience.
• Manage high-volume deliverables while maintaining strict data integrity in complex situations.
• Ensure accelerated issue resolution through defined SLAs and active stakeholder engagement.
• Directly manage team members responsible for academic systems operations.
• Develop team capability and coverage by coaching staff and building cross-training and succession plans.
• Reinforce a team culture of service, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan
• IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director