Director of Special Projects

The RMP Promise

Rocky Mountain Prep is a diverse and dynamic community of educators, families, scholars, and advocates committed to reimagining what excellent public education looks like in Colorado. We are a network of 12 rigorous and loving schools serving children from 12 weeks through 12th grade across the Denver metro area. Grounded in our PEAK values—Perseverance, Excellence, Adventure, and Kindness—we work relentlessly to ensure every student, especially those historically marginalized by systemic inequities, is prepared to thrive in college, career, and life. At RMP, we draw strength from the diversity of our racial, cultural, linguistic, and lived experiences, equity is our commitment, and inclusion is our daily practice. We believe that by combining high expectations with deep belonging, we can create joyful, affirming spaces where every child and adult can realize their full potential.

Why RMP?

At Rocky Mountain Prep, you won’t just find a workplace, you’ll find a movement grounded in love, excellence, and equity. We believe that every child deserves access to a world-class education and that every adult deserves the coaching, care, and opportunity to grow while delivering it. High expectations and deep belonging define our culture: we celebrate diversity as a source of strength and push one another to create classrooms and teams where everyone can thrive. You’ll be part of a joyful, mission-driven community that balances data with heart, rigor with grace, and ambition with humility. At RMP, we cultivate the curiosity, confidence, and character that fuel lifelong learning and meaningful leadership.

The Role of the Director of Special Projects

If you are the kind of person who sees a tangled, ambiguous challenge and immediately starts building the system to solve it, this role was designed for you. The Director of Special Projects sits at the center of RMP’s most important cross-functional work, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to initiatives that span teams, schools, and strategic priorities. Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Strategy and embedded in the Office of Strategy, this role builds and stewards the organization’s project management infrastructure, directly leads high-complexity initiatives, and serves as a trusted advisor and thought partner to leaders across every level of the org chart. This person thrives in schools, is energized by the complexity of a charter network, and brings the rare combination of systems-level thinking, warm accountability, and meticulous follow-through that makes things actually happen. This is a Denver-based role with regular visits to RMP’s campuses; presence in schools is not just encouraged, it is a meaningful part of the work.

Job Title: Director of Special Projects

Team: Office of Strategy

Reports to: Deputy Chief of Strategy

Location: Denver, CO (on-site; regular school visits expected)

The Director of Special Projects at RMP will… 

Building & Leading the Project Management Office

• Design, build, and continuously improve RMP’s project management infrastructure, including shared standards, templates, planning tools, milestone trackers, decision frameworks, and implementation routines that teams across the organization can actually use.
• Create clarity where there is ambiguity: help leaders and teams move from ideas and intentions to crisp project charters, clear owners, sequenced timelines, identified dependencies, and realistic risk plans.
• Develop and train leaders across the org to use shared systems consistently, building organizational capacity for disciplined, high-quality execution over time.
• Establish feedback loops and implementation check-ins that allow teams to surface problems early, adjust course, and maintain momentum through the inevitable complexity of a growing network.
• Build systems that are right-sized for the organization: sophisticated enough to hold high-stakes work, simple enough that busy leaders actually adopt them.

Leading High-Stakes Cross-Functional Projects

• Directly lead RMP’s most complex, cross-functional initiatives, those that require tight coordination across multiple teams, clear dependency management, and persistent follow-through from kicko