Program Manager

• Data Storytelling and Thought Leadership: Embed data-driven decision-making across ACTs Government and Public Relations team and serve as a strategic thought partner to ACT leadership and customers. Key responsibilities include: Support leadership in using data to inform strategic planning and resource allocation. Design and maintain data tools, dashboards, presentations, and visualizations that make key metrics accessible and actionable for internal and external stakeholders Proactively identify research questions and analytic opportunities aligned with ACTs policy priorities Create feedback loops between research findings, program design, and partnership strategy Provide capacity-building support to colleagues: training staff on data tools, analytic frameworks, and evidence-based practices Maintain a pulse on external data trends, policy developments, and methodological advances relevant to ACTs work
• Policy Research & Analysis: Generate rigorous, policy-relevant analyses that inform ACTs positions and contribute to national conversations about education equity, assessment, and college and career readiness. Key responsibilities include: Provide strategic input to inform quantitative and mixed-methods research studies to answer high-priority policy questions Conduct literature reviews and synthesize research on education policy topics, presenting findings in actionable formats for policy and program staff Analyze large-scale education datasets (assessment results, demographic trends, program outcomes) to identify patterns and inform strategic recommendations Develop and operationalize metrics and frameworks for evaluating policy-relevant outcomes Incorporate equity analysis to understand disparities in outcomes across student populations Identify relevant external data sources (federal, state, institutional) and build efficient workflows for data acquisition and management Translate complex analyses into clear written products (briefs, memos, reports) for non-technical audiences including policymakers and funders
• Partner Engagement & Evidence Building: Design and implement data-sharing partnerships that build an evidence base for ACT programs, partnerships, and policy initiatives. Key responsibilities include: Systematize data-sharing agreements and data collection workflows with external partners (districts, states, institutions) Support the development of reporting templates that can scale across partner engagements Analyze variation in stakeholder contexts and identify conditions associated with strong outcomes Support the development of clear metrics that define and operationalize success for ACT programs and partnerships Generate impact reports that translate research findings into actionable insights for internal teams and external stakeholders

Program Director – Data Strategy, Policy & Advocacy

• Embed data-driven decision-making across ACT’s Government and Public Relations team and serve as a strategic thought partner to ACT leadership and customers.
• Support leadership in using data to inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Design and maintain data tools, dashboards, presentations, and visualizations that make key metrics accessible and actionable for internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactively identify research questions and analytic opportunities aligned with ACT’s policy priorities.
• Create feedback loops between research findings, program design, and partnership strategy.
• Provide capacity-building support to colleagues: training staff on data tools, analytic frameworks, and evidence-based practices.
• Maintain a pulse on external data trends, policy developments, and methodological advances relevant to ACT’s work.
• Generate rigorous, policy-relevant analyses that inform ACT’s positions and contribute to national conversations about education equity, assessment, and college and career readiness.
• Provide strategic input to inform quantitative and mixed-methods research studies to answer high-priority policy questions.
• Conduct literature reviews and synthesize research on education policy topics, presenting findings in actionable formats for policy and program staff.
• Analyze large-scale education datasets (assessment results, demographic trends, program outcomes) to identify patterns and inform strategic recommendations.
• Develop and operationalize metrics and frameworks for evaluating policy-relevant outcomes.
• Incorporate equity analysis to understand disparities in outcomes across student populations.
• Identify relevant external data sources (federal, state, institutional) and build efficient workflows for data acquisition and management.
• Translate complex analyses into clear written products (briefs, memos, reports) for non-technical audiences including policymakers and funders.
• Design and implement data-sharing partnerships that build an evidence base for ACT programs, partnerships, and policy initiatives.
• Systematize data-sharing agreements and data collection workflows with external partners (districts, states, institutions).
• Support the development of reporting templates that can scale across partner engagements.
• Analyze variation in stakeholder contexts and identify conditions associated with strong outcomes.
• Support the development of clear metrics that define and operationalize success for ACT programs and partnerships.
• Generate impact reports that translate research findings into actionable insights for internal teams and external stakeholders.

• Build and maintain relationships with state-level decision-makers (Commissioners, Boards of Education, Deputy Commissioners).
• Advise on policy trends and accountability shifts impacting assessment and readiness programs.
• Serve as ACT’s policy liaison for executive-level discussions, ensuring ACT solutions align with state priorities.
• Influence and guide RFP executive summaries and model frameworks to reflect policy priorities.
• Provide strategic intelligence on state education policy changes and their implications for ACT’s offerings.
• Collaborate with Government Relations (GR) to ensure unified messaging without duplicating lobbying efforts.

Senior Program Director, State Chief Liaison

• Build and maintain relationships with state-level decision-makers (Commissioners, Boards of Education, Deputy Commissioners)
• Advise on policy trends and accountability shifts impacting assessment and readiness programs
• Serve as ACTs policy liaison for executive-level discussions, ensuring ACT solutions align with state priorities
• Influence and guide RFP executive summaries and model frameworks to reflect policy priorities
• Provide strategic intelligence on state education policy changes and their implications for ACTs offerings
• Collaborate with Government Relations (GR) to ensure unified messaging without duplicating lobbying efforts

Program Director – Data Strategy, Policy & Advocacy

Program Director – Data Strategy, Policy & Advocacy

Senior Program Director, State Chief Liaison

Senior Program Director – State Chief Liaison