KIPP Foundation, Senior Vice President, Growth

Edgility Search • Chicago, IL

2h • $249,600 - $295,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Vice President, Growth is accountable for the success of work that impacts the entire KIPP network. The role sets the vision, goals, and strategy for KIPP’s growth function, stewards the criteria and readiness frameworks used to determine where growth should happen, shapes the long-term portfolio plan, and holds the network accountable for rigorous, sustainable growth. Growth and scale decisions should be grounded in evidence, anchored in student outcomes, and designed for long-term success.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the SVP is a senior partner to the CEO and Chief Schools Officer and makes network-level decisions on growth policy and priorities. The role defines the function’s vision and ensures its execution through the team, holds network-wide strategic accountability, partners with Chief-level leaders on consequential organization-wide decisions, and manages the Senior Director of Growth.

KIPP Foundation supports KIPP public charter schools across the country by developing outstanding educators, providing tools and resources for excellent teaching and learning, promoting innovation, and facilitating the exchange of insights and ideas. KIPP Public Schools is a national network of 279 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 210,000 students and alumni. The role may be based full-time in a remote office; being based at a KIPP Foundation office in New York City or Chicago is preferred but not required. Travel is high, at 21–30% (40–60 days per year). The position is full-time and exempt.

The salary range is $249,600–$295,000. Benefits include 25 holidays, 18 additional flexible PTO days (increasing to 23 days in years 3 and 4 and 28 days in years 5 and beyond), 100% paid parental leave, employer coverage of 100% of the employee medical/dental/vision premium and 75% of the employee-plus-family premium, wellness benefits, a 401(k) with a 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in strategy, growth, and network development, or related enterprise leadership roles.
• Proven record of managing and developing people managers across nested teams of four or more direct reports, with measurable impact on performance and organizational outcomes.
• Ability to set vision, goals, and strategy for a function or multiple functions with executive-level autonomy and translate that vision into accountable execution through a team.
• Direct accountability for network-wide strategic priorities, with demonstrated outcomes affecting all regions or the full network.
• Experience designing and maintaining data-grounded readiness or assessment frameworks and translating quantitative and qualitative inputs into recommendations that drive network-wide accountability.
• Strong analytical and strategic skills, including landscape analysis, financial modeling, and synthesizing complex information into clear strategic narratives for executive and Board audiences.
• Executive presence and ability to make network-level decisions autonomously while serving as a credible senior thought partner to C-suite leaders and regional boards.
• Record of partnering with regional or field-based leaders to translate national strategy into plans tailored to local contexts while maintaining network-wide coherence.
• Demonstrated commitment to KIPP’s mission and ability to uphold its core values.
• Ability to set and achieve ambitious goals in complex or ambiguous environments, use data and research to establish high standards, allocate work effectively, and foster a culture that celebrates achievement.
• Ability to align team work with organizational goals, prioritize sustainable and scalable work, develop agile cross-functional project plans, and establish knowledge-management systems.
• Ability to develop and codify processes that support coordination, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability.
• Ability to use data to shape team decisions and learning or evaluation agendas, and to develop, implement, and evaluate scalable, sustainable solutions.
• Ability to communicate a case for change to varied audiences, translate vision into actionable plans, and champion organizational and network-wide change.
• Ability to build effective internal and external collaborations, lead cross-functional work, and use interpersonal, diplomatic, relationship-building, and communication skills to align stakeholders.
• Ability to provide professional development and coaching, manage succession and performance, and foster team ownership and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in K-12 education, charter school growth, or a comparable mission-driven environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience in K-12 education or a comparable mission-driven environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Define and own KIPP’s enterprise-wide growth and scale strategy, including multi-year targets, portfolio priorities, and conditions for sustainable expansion.
• Set the vision and standards for network growth, ensuring scale decisions are evidence-based, equity-centered, and aligned with the One KIPP strategy.
• Establish the methodology and criteria for identifying regional viability risks and oversee assessments of what is needed for long-term sustainability and success.
• Advise the Chief Schools Officer, Chief of Regional Impact, CEO, and Board on growth; synthesize landscape intelligence and build alignment around growth priorities.
• Shape and steward cross-functional planning across the Office of the Chief Schools Officer and Chief of Regional Impact, integrating growth considerations into organizational and financial planning cycles.
• Lead the Foundation’s partnership with regions pursuing growth by driving strategy, ensuring accountability, and working through peer leaders to turn ambition into executable plans.
• Establish and lead progress-monitoring systems for growth plans, determine when course correction is needed, and escalate risks to the Chief of Regional Impact and C-suite.
• Identify cross-regional growth patterns, scale effective practices across the portfolio, and address systemic gaps so successful practices inform the full network.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for regional growth matters and determine when issues require attention from the Chief of Regional Impact, Chief Schools Officer, or CEO.
• Lead, develop, and manage the performance of the Senior Director of Growth in regional growth partnerships, readiness assessment, and landscape analysis.
• Build a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Represent the Growth function in executive decision-making forums, cross-functional planning, and Board-level growth updates.

Benefits

• 25 holidays and 18 additional flexible PTO days; flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and 28 days for years 5 and beyond.
• 100% paid parental leave.
• 100% coverage of the employee medical, dental, and vision premium and 75% coverage of the employee-plus-family premium.
• Wellness benefits, including fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks and attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and an employee assistance program.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% employer match.
• Employer-sponsored legal plans.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed