Managing Director, National Program Implementation and Impact - Northeast

Leading Educators Careers

4d • Remote

About The Position

The Managing Director, National Program Implementation and Impact is a strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced education leader ready to drive excellence in program implementation across Leading Educators' Northeast district partnerships. In this role, you'll manage a portfolio of Senior Directors overseeing eight or more major district projects across the Northeast region, ensuring that each partnership delivers transformational professional learning, systems-level change, and measurable student outcomes.
You'll be both a program strategist and a people leader—coaching and supporting Senior Directors to implement with excellence, troubleshoot challenges, and maintain deep relationships with senior district leaders throughout the Northeast. You'll lead the scoping and pricing process for expansions and renewals, ensuring all work aligns to our service packages and organizational priorities. Beyond day-to-day program management, you'll partner cross-functionally on workforce strategy, capacity planning, and resource allocation, working closely with colleagues in Operations and People & Talent to ensure staffing decisions maximize impact and efficiency.
This role demands someone who brings established relationships with senior leaders in Northeast school districts, state education agencies, and funders. You'll leverage your network to originate new partnership opportunities and expand our reach and student impact in the Northeast. You'll play a critical organizational leadership role, leading significant change management efforts, fostering adaptive mindsets, and aligning your team's perspectives and practices with our evolving strategic vision. This is a role for a leader who thrives in complexity, embraces innovation (including AI adoption), and is deeply committed to advancing student success across the Northeast.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of related experience, including 5+ years of management experience, with a strong background in education, instructional leadership, and Northeast district partnerships
• Demonstrated success managing large-scale, multi-site educational implementation initiatives to achieve measurable outcomes
• Experience scoping work for renewals, pricing accurately, and aligning offerings to service packages
• Proven ability to coach senior leaders to ambitious results and cultivate high-performing, collaborative teams
• Experience collaborating on staffing strategies, capacity planning, and resource allocation
• Skilled in leveraging data for continuous improvement and strategic planning
• Demonstrated ability to lead through organizational change and shift team perspectives toward a new strategic vision
• Proven ability to establish trust with senior Northeast district leaders and navigate complex political and organizational contexts
• Comfortable leading through ambiguity and change in dynamic environments
• Proven ability to learn and adopt AI tools, integrate them into team workflows, and lead others in doing the same to increase efficiency and productivity

Benefits

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for individual employees. Additional premium costs are covered 60% by Leading Educators for partners and dependents on medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 4% matching 401k plan, Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, childcare and commuter expenses, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Benefits are valued at or above $9,000 for employees.
• First three years of employment, full time staff accrue 22 days a year.
• Five additional days are accrued after the third and sixth year of employment.
• Leading Educators also offer 16 additional paid days off for various holidays, including three floating holidays staff may use at their discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees