Senior Director, KF Operations – Planning

KIPP Foundation

Senior Director, KF Operations leading strategy and planning for KIPP Foundation to drive annual and multi-year planning. Ensuring clarity, alignment, and long-term coherence to the KIPP 2030 plan.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $156,000 - $188,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Steward the KIPP Network’s 2030 Plan, maintaining coherence between long‑term commitments and near‑term execution and building processes to reflect and update long-term strategy and ensure 2030 priorities are reflected in annual plans
Own and continuously improve the annual planning process, ensuring alignment between long‑term strategy, team annual priorities and initiatives, and resource decisions
Design clear planning guidance, timelines, and decision points for teams
Prepare clear materials and decision-making protocols to land annual org priorities and resourcing decisions
Steward annual planning project team to ensure coherent, aligned processes including finance, talent, One KIPP Delivery, and other KF teammates
Serve as the central coordinator for planning leads across functions, ensuring shared standards, consistency, and cross‑functional alignment
Facilitate structured planning forums to surface interdependencies, resolve tensions, and drive enterprise‑level decisions
Own the Foundation’s approach to organizational OKRs and KPIs, including definitions, standards, and annual refresh cycles
Coordinate collection and synthesis of enterprise performance data, ensuring clarity and comparability across teams
Monitor progress quarterly against organizational goals and flag trends for senior leaders
Design and facilitate quarterly stepbacks that enable leaders to assess progress, adapt priorities, and respond to emerging realities

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years in strategy, planning, operations, or related roles, preferably in complex, mission‑driven organizations
Demonstrated experience owning org-wide planning processes and coordinating across multiple functional leaders
Strong strategic thinking paired with the ability to design and run disciplined operating rhythms
Exceptional facilitation, synthesis, and written communication skills
Comfort operating in ambiguity and influencing without direct authority

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Soft Skills

strategic thinkingfacilitationsynthesiswritten communicationinfluencing without direct authorityoperating in ambiguity