Executive in Residence Sr Dir

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Executive in Residence (EIR) role will be a member of the Superintendent of School’s leadership team and is a hands-on innovative ‘business athlete’ with versatility to step into executive roles according to the business’ need.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Drive growth, oversee business operations, customer success and function as a business leader
• Build scalable processes, systems and automate processes to enable the business unit’s ability to scale while achieving efficiency gains and quality improvements
• Accountable for results, focusing on both long and short-term strategies; owning the agreed upon growth targets
• Create a sustainable strategy for future growth and deliver on projections that include year over year growth
• Set top-down goals and metrics based on both internal goals and market opportunities
• Continuously develop and refine value propositions and differentiated positioning
• Systematically utilize experimentation and data to identify what works and what doesn't, identifying and tracking KPIs, and adjusting business-development efforts accordingly

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises up to 2 - 4 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Manages cross functional teams in a non-supervisory capacity. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Strong customer and user experience expectations
• Adept at leadership and delivering growth solutions that align with assigned business unit
• Strong financial, analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills
• Competitive intensity; a strong will to win with track record of success
• Confidence in the face of adversity with the ability to ask for help when needed
• Ability to give and receive feedback with grace and humility
• Strong combination of continuous self-learning, personal immersion in new platforms, and active participation in industry thought leadership
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to win hearts and minds
• Adept at change management in transformation initiatives
• Excellent at effective communication with multiple stakeholders is key
• Ideal interpersonal attributes will have/be a:
  • Self-starter
  • Innovative mindset
  • Team player
  • Inspiring personality
  • Approachability
  • Strategic planner
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Influencer skillset
• Eight (8) years in related industry or equivalent combination of education and experience
• MS 365; Web proficiency
• Ability to travel 25% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is remote and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized off