Director, Program Intelligence, Break Through Tech (NYC)

About Break Through Tech:

Break Through Tech is changing the path to power in tech by propelling undergraduate talent that is all too often underestimated and overlooked into fields that are defining the future. Founded in 2016 by Dr. Judith Spitz, former CIO of Verizon, Break Through Tech empowers, trains, and connects undergraduate students from different lived experiences to professional opportunities in tech across sectors. Our innovative programs offer undergraduate students the technical skills training, professional readiness support, and real-world project experiences to break into influential tech roles—enabling them to write the rules that will shape the future of all of us.

About Cornell Tech:

Cornell Tech is Cornell University’s state-of-the-art campus in New York City that develops leaders and technologies for the AI era through foundational and applied research, graduate education, and new ventures. Located on Roosevelt Island, the growing campus was founded in partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and in close collaboration with the NYC Economic Development Corporation after Cornell won a worldwide competition initiated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration to create an applied sciences campus in New York City. More than 1,000 Cornell students are now educated annually on the campus, including 700 in Cornell Tech programs. Since opening in 2012, nearly 120 new companies have spun out from startup programs at Cornell Tech, and 95 percent of them are based in New York City. Cornell Tech continues to have a transformative economic impact on the region’s tech sector.

Position Summary:

Break Through Tech is seeking a visionary and hands-on Director, Program Intelligence to lead the development and optimization of technology and data infrastructure for program management, delivery and operations. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring that our program delivery is efficient, data-informed, and scalable. You’ll design and implement solutions that enhance every aspect of our operations—including building our data warehouse, integrating existing systems and new vendor solutions, developing in-house tools (like apps and AI-driven solutions), and creating actionable reports for operational to address our technical challenges. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and mission-driven work, and who wants to make a tangible impact on the next generation of tech leaders.

Successful candidates will need to have and display the following competencies as part of this role: 

Organizational savvy - Is sensitive to how people and organizations function Anticipates land mines and plans approach accordingly; Deals comfortably with organizational politics; Knows who has power, respect, and influence; Steers through the organizational maze to get things done.

Strategic Mindset - Anticipates future trends and implications accurately; Readily poses future scenarios; Articulates credible pictures and visions of possibilities that will create sustainable value; Creates competitive and breakthrough strategies that show a clear connection between vision and action

Business Insight - Knows how businesses work and how organizations make money; Keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace; Uses knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.

Cultivates Innovation - Comes up with useful ideas t