Director Data Capability

Overview

Join Our Team as Director Data Capability

About Us:

At Boys & Girls Clubs of America, we're more than an organization; we're a community dedicated to transforming lives. Our mission is to empower young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. Our HR Mission is to support the success of our employees and strengthen BGCA, while our HR Vision is to attract, develop, recognize, and retain talent, fostering a people-first culture that empowers growth, inclusion, and engagement.

 

Click here, Working At BGCA, to hear from our President and CEO, Jim Clark, about what makes working at Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) so special.

 

LOCATION: This position is on-site, office-based in Atlanta, GA (hybrid model - 3 days remote / 2 days in office- Tuesday & Wednesday)

 

JOB SUMMARY

Under the supervision of the Vice President, Data Strategy, Analytics & Learning, the Director, Data Capability leads BGCA’s national strategy to strengthen data literacy, readiness, and use across the Movement. In this role, building Club data capacity explicitly includes strengthening BGCA’s own data literacy, practices, and consulting capabilities, recognizing that enterprise modeling and staff competencies are prerequisites for sustainable field adoption. Data Capability focuses on building skills, tools, and systems that enable effective use of data and evidence across BGCA and Clubs. This role is responsible for defining scalable approaches, standards, and learning systems that enable Clubs and national staff to collect, interpret, and apply data for improvement, accountability, and fundraising. The Director designs and oversees capacity-building initiatives, integrates data expectations into systems and field-facing strategies, and ensures feedback from the field informs continuous improvement of data tools, practices, and enterprise learning while maintaining clear enterprise expectations and standards. 

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS  

Strategy & Integration 

• Develop a multi-year roadmap for Club data capacity-building, employing multiple methods. 
• Design and implement a national Data Literacy & Capacity Strategy aligned with BGCA’s Formula for Impact and outcomes framework. 
• Integrate outcome measurement into MyClubHub, ensuring all Clubs can track and use youth outcomes data effectively. 
• Define and build a core set of data literacy and data consultation competencies for BGCA staff and field consultants to ensure consistent, high-quality guidance and modeling for Clubs. 
• Integrate data capacity-building into relevant national Field Operations initiatives. 

 Standards, Readiness & Continuous Improvement 

• Define and maintain enterprise standards for Club data readiness, literacy, and use, including tiered expectations aligned to Club size, maturity, and strategy. 
• Establish clear guidance for minimum viable data practices required for participation in national initiatives, outcome measurement, and learning communities. 
• Monitor adoption, fidelity, and effectiveness of data capacity-building efforts across both BGCA and Club contexts to inform continuous improvement of training, tools, and supports. 
• Surface systemic barriers, implementation challenges, and field feedback to inform improvements to data systems, measurement approaches, and enterprise expectations.  

Field–Enterprise Alignment 

• Serve as a bridge between BGCA enterprise priorities and Club-level realities, ensuring data expectations are ambitious, equitable, and feasible across diverse organizational contexts. 
• Recommend prioritization and allocation of data capacity-building supports to ensure resources are focused where they can drive the greatest enterprise and field impact. 
• Differentiate capacity-building strategies, supports, and pathways based on Club readiness, resources, and maturity while maintaining consistent enterprise standards. 
• Elevate insights from Clubs to inform enterprise strategy, system design, and policy decisions related to data, measurement, and learning.

Enablement Through Training & Capacity-Building 

• Design and deliver training for Club-facing national staff that reinforces enterprise data expectations, consulting competencies, and modeling of effective data use. 
• Develop and facilitate learning experiences, webinars, and courses for Club leaders and data staff. 
• Create and curate resources, toolkits, and guides to improve Club d