Program Manager, Effective District Framework Accelerator

Job Title: Program Manager, Effective District Framework Accelerator
FLSA Status: Exempt
Full-Time
Location: Texas

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

The Program Manager will serve as part of a two-person team supporting the Executive Director and the broader Effective District Framework Accelerator (EDFA) team by driving day-to-day execution across a portfolio of districts and workstreams. This role will support cohort implementation, program administration, and cross-organizational coordination to help districts execute a common, research-based model for turnaround and system-wide improvement. In this role, you will:

• Serve as a primary support partner to a cohort of EDFA intervention and opt-in districts, ensuring alignment to the EDFA playbook, model, and implementation expectations.
• Coordinate and track district progress across key milestones, including battle planning, launch readiness, implementation checkpoints, and ongoing execution priorities.
• Support superintendents, conservators, and district leaders as they prepare for and engage in EDFA programming, professional development, communities of practice, and network sessions.
• Manage execution across EDFA workstreams, including playbook updates, professional development, battle planning, launch supports, governance, and field support coordination.
• Maintain detailed project plans, trackers, dashboards, and status updates to monitor progress across districts, partners, and workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-district professional development and quarterly network convenings, including logistics, agendas, materials, communications, scheduling, stakeholder coordination, and participant feedback.
• Act as a connector across TEA internal teams, technical assistant providers, external partners, and district leadership teams to align inputs, deliverables, timelines, and follow-through.
• Support cross-functional meetings by preparing materials, synthesizing information, tracking action items and decisions, and ensuring forward momentum across stakeholders.
• Collect and synthesize district-level implementation and performance data, identify trends and improvement opportunities, and contribute to regular updates for TEA leadership and EDFA stakeholders.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Strong project and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams, deadlines, dependencies, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience working across multiple organizations or stakeholder groups, with the ability to build relationships, communicate clearly, and keep teams aligned.
• Exceptional organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and comfort using project plans, trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools to drive execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information, prepare materials, and communicate status, risks, and recommendations.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment while staying focused on quality, priorities, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
• Systems thinking and stakeholder-management judgment, with an understanding of how multiple workstreams connect to improve district outcomes.
• Comfort using data to inform decisions, track implementation progress, identify trends, and support feedback loops for program improvement.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors degree required
• Four (4) or more years of experience in program management, education systems, district operations, state education programs, or a related field.
• Experience supporting complex initiatives that require coordination across internal teams, external partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Preferred experience working with K-12 school systems, district leadership teams, state education agencies, technical assistance providers, or large-scale education initiatives.
• Preferred familiarity with instructional systems, performance management, professional development, and large-scale program implementation.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Our world-class work environment encompasses flexible and remote work options, a commitment to equity, and nationally respected teams in management consulting and technology services. We also offer opportunities to make a profound social impact through innovative projects, and professional development opportunities for career growth. Here you can read more about our extensive Employee Value Proposition (EVP).

Specifically, we will offer you a competitive compensation package including:

• Flexible paid time off