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Company Description
About the Organization
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 190,000 students and alumni.
Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.
Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.
The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP public charter schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation helps to develop outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools and resources for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.
About Our Values:
Excellent Results for Students: We value results over effort and know that our work is not finished until all students thrive. We maintain high expectations for self, team, and students. We drive outcomes by operating with agility, removing barriers, differentiating support, and prioritizing student-centered solutions—especially for those at the margins.
Collective Impact: We are one team. We win together. We embody a one-team mindset by working collaboratively across teams, aligning goals, and leveraging the strengths of all teammates. We build trust-based relationships and ensure inclusive decision-making by engaging those closest to the work. We provide clarity through simple, repeatable systems and goals that enable transformational outcomes.
Courageous Action: Our belief in what we can achieve is unwavering, fueling our optimism and commitment to overcome any challenge. We demonstrate an unwavering belief in students’ potential and a commitment to addressing systemic inequities. We approach challenges with resilience, a solutions-focused mindset, and adaptability. We foster a psychologically safe environment centered on trust and accountability where feedback is encouraged. We leverage data to reflect on progress, own setbacks, celebrate successes, and continuously improve to maximize impact.
Job Description
About The Position
The KIPP Foundation is seeking to hire an experienced Vice President of Data and Analytics to modernize its data systems and infrastructure to enable centralized processing of core data. Our goal is to reduce duplication of effort and overall network spend, increase collaboration and opportunities for Foundation to provide data services and products to regions, and ensure that regardless of region size, funding, and staffing, all KIPP leaders have access to the data needed to drive operational excellence and improved outcomes for students. The goal of this position is to develop and implement data strategies that support the organization’s goals and objectives. In addition, this staff member will ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, conduct regular data assessments to identify trends and insights, and collaborate with the programmatic teams to provide tailored data support. They will also interact heavily with KIPP Foundation regions in support of data collection and data analysis efforts. Lastly, this hire will own fostering a culture of data awareness and best practices across the organization.
This is an opportunity to lead a 17-person Data and Analytics team that is charged with high quality data collection, reporting, and analysis for the entire KIPP Network, while working toward making a difference in the lives of students and communities. This position reports directly to the Chief Information Officer.
Responsibilities
- Analytics, Insights & Business Intelligence
Lead the development and maintenance of robust business intelligence tools, dashboards, and data visualizations to support evidence-based decision-making across the Foundation and KIPP regions.
Ensure that key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics are aligned with strategic goals and consistently monitored across teams.
Build a Center of Excellence for analytics and insights that supports stakeholders in designing evaluations, generating hypotheses, and interpreting findings.
Leverage advanced analytics—including predictive modeling and data segmentation—to surface opportunities for innovation and improvement.
Collaborate with senior leaders to identify data questions that unlock strategic value, and translate findings into actionable insights that drive measurable impact.
- Data Strategy, Governance & Infrastructure
Set and execute a long-term vision for the Foundation’s data and analytics capabilities aligned with organizational priorities and student impact.
Lead the modernization of data systems to enable centralized, scalable, and secure infrastructure that reduces duplication and optimizes costs.
Establish robust data governance, ensuring high data quality, integrity, and compliance with all relevant data privacy laws (e.g., FERPA, CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, and applicable state-specific student data protection regulations).
Oversee budgeting and resource allocation across the data and analytics function, including vendor and technology investments.
- Leadership & Team Management
Lead, develop, and manage a 17-person Data & Analytics team across three core functions: Data Management, Reporting & Analysis, and Performance Management.
Foster a strong, mission-aligned team culture grounded in collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
Provide strategic direction, coaching, and succession planning to managers and staff to ensure high performance and professional growth.
- Cross-Functional Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as a thought partner to programmatic and operational teams across the Foundation and regional KIPP schools, understanding their unique data needs and delivering tailored support.
Facilitate data-informed decision-making at all levels by co-designing tools, dashboards, and performance indicators that align with stakeholder goals.
Regularly brief the CIO, senior leadership team, and board on strategic insights, system improvements, and key organizational trends.
- Insights, Culture, and Innovation
Promote a strong internal culture of data fluency through organization-wide training and capacity-building initiatives.
Oversee the development of high-impact analyses and reports that surface trends, drive continuous improvement, and influence strategic direction.
Stay ahead of industry trends in analytics, AI, and data science, identifying new opportunities to innovate and expand impact through cutting-edge practices.
Skills and Mindsets
Mission and Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPP’s mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPP’s core values (Focus on Excellent Results, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action).
Achievement & Outcomes Orientation: Demonstrated record of setting and achieving ambitious goals for their departments in complex or ambiguous environment; uses data, research, and analysis to set a high bar of excellence for goal setting; effectively distributes and redistributes work among direct reports, teammates, and teams to optimizes goal attainments; effectively sets and fosters a culture that enables and celebrates teammates’ achievements and goals attainment.
Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving: Effectively uses data to shape teamwide decisions and the learning agenda or evaluation of a function or significant initiative. Able to generate, implement, and evaluate solutions with a focus on scalability and sustainability.
Effective Teaming & Stakeholder Management: Identifies and leverages opportunities with both internal and external stakeholders to increase impact; leads successful collaboration across functions and evolves/adapts plans to get to strong results; has the interpersonal, diplomatic, relationships building and communication skills to connect and compel teammates across different functions to collaborate effectively toward shared goals.
People Management and Development: Effectively ensures strong professional development and coaching for teammates through layers; proficient in the mechanics of succession management and performance management for teammates; able to coach manager of managers; skilled at setting and fostering a positive team culture in which teammates feel ownership and accountability for their own and the broader team’s work and results.
Qualifications
Experience and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Information Technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in data and analytics, with at least 7 years in a leadership role.
Strong knowledge of data analysis tools and best practices.
Experience with data reporting, analysis, and compliance in a complex organizational environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
Relevant certifications such as Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) or similar are highly desirable.
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a high-performing team.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and strategic mindset.
Additional Information
Work Conditions
Travel requirements: Between 15% - 25%
Job Type: Full-time, exempt
Location
It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role also offers the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago.
Compensation and Benefits.
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $190,000-$227,000. In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:
25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
100% paid parental leave
100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family’s medical/dental/vision plans.
Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program
Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world that around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
