Job Description

KIPP Foundation's Analytics team supports the use, analysis, presentation, and application of high-quality data and research regarding KIPP schools, teachers, students, and families. These data enable KIPP to drive improvement in results, monitor progress toward outcomes and leading indicators, and inform learning and storytelling. The Analytics team supports a network of high-performing schools by providing key stakeholders with data needed for constant learning, decision-making, marketing, and development. The ideal Manager, Data & Analytics is a storyteller, highly detailed and process-oriented, and is always trying to find ways to improve existing processes, analyses, and products. In addition, this team member is a strong communicator, relationship-builder, and proactive self-starter who centers equity in their work and relationships.

The Analytics team is hiring 3 Manager to focus primarily on one of these areas: (1) K-8 academic initiatives, (2) High school and postsecondary education, or (3) Talent and leadership development.

This position reports directly to the Director, Data & Analytics, and collaborates with teammates within the Data & Technology team, and other program teams in the KIPP Foundation and KIPP Network.

Responsibilities

The Manager, Data & Analytics responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following:

• Support the design and execution of reporting and analysis (40%)

• Cleaning, compile, and analyze data across content areas to support reporting and analysis

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of reports, dashboards, and other products to make data accessible and understandable to KIPP Foundation and network stakeholders

• Generate actionable insights for key stakeholders and communicate results in a variety of formats, including memos and written, visual, and verbal presentations

• Serve as a thought partner to the KF program teams to identify

• Support data collection, quality assurance, verification, and systems initiatives (40%)

• Support annual data collection, quality assurance, and verification processes to ensure on-time collection, processing, and delivery of high-quality data to KIPP Foundation and network stakeholders

• Support the development of business, functional, and technical requirements to support data collection, quality assurance, and verification processes and data warehousing

• Support day-to-day activities of the Data & Analytics team (20%)

• Support KIPP Foundation, regions, schools, and community members with data needs, including grant submissions, secondary research, and ad-hoc data requests

• Support with planning and execution for annual, network-facing events, including network retreats

• Support with planning, facilitating, and contributing to D&A team culture and equity development

Qualifications

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).

• Self Management: Demonstrated record of co-creating ambitious goals with their managers - and driving toward desired outcomes; Effectively monitors progress toward goals for multiple workstreams; Leverages understanding of an organization's operating model, structure, and core operational process to effectively drive work to achieve goals; effectively works through direct reports and peers to follow through on commitments, ensuring others do the same.

• Work Management: Effectively drives work they own through clear action planning. Manages time effectively around competing priorities. Skilled in creating and executing project plans through partnership with stakeholders and effective delegation to achieve intended results on time. Skilled in knowledge management.

• Problem Solving: Generates solutions outside of their direct work and shrinks problems to solve independently. Shows initiative in generating and recommending ideas and solutions within their own workstreams. Anticipates risks and develops proactive solutions that support their team.

• Collaboration: Leads successful stakeholder management, accounting for varied perspectives when gathering feedback. Builds coalition by prioritizing end-user experiences. Builds trusting relationships and effective communications. Able to identify and remove barriers to working across teams..

• Continuous Learning: Engages in the work of personal development at work, knowing that personal development is ongoing and vital to their personal and professional success; hold themself accountable to evolving, growing, learning, and unlearning in ways that improve results for students, adults, and the larger community.

• Data-Driven Actions and Decisions: Effectively uses data to inform work streams; accurately synthesizes key findings from data analyses and can effectively communicate the data synthesis to inform actions, decisions, and solutions.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a role focused on quantitative reporting and analysis, data management, and quality assurance

• Experience with SQL or other programming languages/statistical software (e.g., Python, R, SAS, Stata)

• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with an ability to present data and findings in various accessible formats for non-technical audiences

• A customer service mindset with a goal to assist program teams with their data needs

• Familiarity with data quality assurance processes

• Bachelor's degree in data science, Statistics, Information Technology, Social Sciences, or a similar discipline; advanced degree is a plus but not required

• Deep commitment to both racial and educational equity: supports building an organization that reflects the community that KIPP serves and holds self and others on team accountable for centering equity

Preferred:

• Experience working in a K-12 and/or higher education setting

• Experience with statistical methods

• Experience with the following (or similar) technologies: Salesforce, Jira, Zendesk

Additional Information

Work Conditions

• Travel: up to 5% (up to 10 days per year)
• Full, exempt role

Location

It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role has 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 $$83,200-99,000. 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