Senior Director - Transformation

March 27

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Great Minds

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Great Minds is an educational company dedicated to developing high-quality instructional materials for students and teachers. It offers comprehensive curricula in mathematics, English language arts, and science, designed to build deep and enduring knowledge. Great Minds' products, such as the Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, and PhD Science, aim to advance equity in classrooms by engaging all learners. The company supports educators with professional learning resources and customizable teaching materials that align with state standards and focus on building essential skills and knowledge. Great Minds is committed to making educational opportunities accessible to every student and provides resources to help educators tailor instruction to meet diverse classroom needs.

Curriculum based on the Common Core State Standards • Liberal Arts • Advocacy • Curriculum development • Education

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

📚 Education

📋 Description

• Seeking a highly intellectually curious and experienced transformation project leader to accelerate Great Minds towards our strategic objectives. • The Sr. Director, Transformation is a key part of the Transformation Office and supports the Chief Transformation Officer and the Executive Leadership Team to define, lead, and launch high-velocity key initiatives that deliver capabilities critical to accelerating organizational growth or scale strategies. • These initiatives may span organizational and operating model design, new technology implementation and process optimization, or capability development. • This role will work closely with and influence cross-functional internal teams and customers to think big and design transformation strategies and solutions rooted in the customer experience. • This role must be highly strategic and adept at navigating ambiguous environments with a strong “bias for action” to bring velocity to the pace of change for the organization. • Support Chief Transformation Officer to define 3-5 year transformation objectives and roadmap by collaborating with Great Minds' executive leadership team. • Create compelling cases for change through storytelling and facts for leadership and the organization. • Shape key transformation initiatives via written briefs and generate value creation models to support and scope investment cases. • Drive one or two concurrent transformation initiatives to successful implementation and effectively lead informal, matrixed, and dotted-line team(s) of business partners, change managers, and external contractors through complex and ambiguous work. • Work side-by-side with internal teams and partners in initiatives to drive lasting change and results and gets hands-on in designing and building new tools, systems, and ways of working. • Act as a change leader across Great Minds and provide training, coaching, and leadership development to ensure leaders are intentionally and actively building their capacity to change and achieve greater effectiveness. • Work in partnership with Analytics teams to use analytics on projects to quantify problems, guide solution development, and develop monitoring plans to measure solution effectiveness after launch. • Use facts and data to facilitate high-bar, data-driven inspection and decision making. • Apply methods of rapid-cycle hypothesis testing and proof-of-concepts to build and scale new tools, systems, processes, and ways of working.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum ten years of relevant experience in professional services, management consulting, or internal consulting role influencing senior leaders with five years of experience leading high performing cross-functional teams. • Experience working in transformation or project-based environment and building and scaling cross-functional transformation programs from concept to completion • Highly intellectually curious and excellent navigating ambiguous environments and unfamiliar domains • Strong engagement and consulting skills; ability to build strong relationships and work effectively across all levels in a highly matrixed environment • Ability to work autonomously with strong bias for action, with attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills • Exceptional business acumen and able to use understanding of business, human capital, and technology to shape transformation initiatives • High discretion, confidentiality, and executive presence and strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills across technical and non-technical audiences • Deep analytical capabilities and demonstrated ability to use diagnostic skills to identify the business problem and recommend or lead appropriate interventions that improve business results • Willingness to dive deep into processes and ‘roll-up sleeves’ to drive results • Understanding of K-12 public education and education curriculum market a plus • Experience in education curriculum or education technology or former teacher a plus