Associate Director, Strategic Operations

Braven

Associate Director managing operational progress and communication for Braven's Insights & Strategy team. Leading data-driven insights and cross-functional coordination in achieving organizational goals.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $87,200 - $126,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, own, and continuously improve the infrastructure to prepare progress updates for stakeholders. Regular deliverables include but are not limited to:
- Project managing and packaging quarterly progress-to-goal (PTG) memos for Braven’s national board, leadership, and staff
- Drafting region-specific progress updates on priorities for regional board meetings
- Preparing regular updates to Braven leadership and staff on organizational priorities and goals
- Pull, analyze, and/or visualize data independently to support progress monitoring
- Build relationships with relevant partners for this work (e.g., executive owners of priorities)
- Establish expertise and serve as a thought partner on questions and situations related to org-wide progress monitoring
Act as trusted liaison to the leaders of the Product, Systems, and External Affairs teams in changing the operating model for how they work together.
Design and help execute a regular central team <> regional team feedback structure at the Alignment Team level (Braven’s leadership team)
Support the Head of Insights & Strategy to lead two internal councils (Data Governance Council and AI Advisory Council) and one external council (Labor Market & Economic Advisory Council)
Own the coordinated operational rhythm of the two halves of the team (Insights and Strategy), including annual planning and goal-setting, quarterly alignment, and weekly coordination
Design and plan team stepbacks and other meetings in support of the Head of Insights & Strategy and the Senior Director of Insights, from creating the agenda through post-meeting follow-up
Own knowledge management for the Strategy half of the team, maintaining shared and organized documentation and ensuring process clarity
Lead or support capacity-building and systems/process-building projects for primarily the Strategy half of the team
For all of the above responsibilities, use AI in responsible, smart, and human-valuing ways to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your work.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS in a quantitative field or work experience that demonstrates expertise in quantitative analysis
At least 3 years of relevant experience
Extensive experience writing and presenting compelling data-driven narratives for internal and external audiences
Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and SQL
Demonstrated experience using AI effectively and responsibly to make an actual impact on outcomes
Proficiency in SQL
Experience designing and building dashboards and visualizations (Tableau preferred)
Strong strategic thinking skills, including a proven ability to bring clarity to ambiguous solutions
Ability to take initiative to solve challenges and tap into opportunities; ability to make complex tasks simple by applying clear logic and processes to component steps
Excellent time management and prioritization skills, which allow you to manage your own time and energy and seek the right help to complete multiple projects well and on time.
Demonstrated attention to detail, known for checking and double-checking your work
Learner’s mindset, which you use to master new tools, software, and ways of working.
Strong collaboration skills. You seek to understand others’ problems and use your own perspective to solve problems together.
Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, and Jira
Proficiency in Salesforce
Proficiency in Python or R
Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
12 weeks of paid parental leave
A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

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Hard Skills & Tools

quantitative analysisdata-driven narrativesExcelGoogle SheetsSQLTableaudashboard designdata visualizationPythonR

Soft Skills

strategic thinkinginitiativetime managementprioritizationattention to detaillearner's mindsetcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadership