About the Organization 

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 190,000 students and alumni. 

Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. 

Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities. 

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations. 

About Our Values: 

Excellent Results for Students: We value results over effort and know that our work is not finished until all students thrive. We maintain high expectations for self, team, and students. We drive outcomes by operating with agility, removing barriers, differentiating support, and prioritizing student-centered solutions—especially for those at the margins. 

Collective Impact: We are one team. We win together. We embody a one-team mindset by working collaboratively across teams, aligning goals, and leveraging the strengths of all teammates. We build trust-based relationships and ensure inclusive decision-making by engaging those closest to the work. We provide clarity through simple, repeatable systems and goals that enable transformational outcomes. 

Courageous Action: Our belief in what we can achieve is unwavering, fueling our optimism and commitment to overcome any challenge. We demonstrate an unwavering belief in students' potential and a commitment to addressing systemic inequities. We approach challenges with resilience, a solutions-focused mindset, and adaptability. We foster a psychologically safe environment centered on trust and accountability where feedback is encouraged. We leverage data to reflect on progress, own setbacks, celebrate successes, and continuously improve to maximize impact. 

About The Position 

Reports To: Chief Information Officer 

The KIPP Foundation is seeking a Vice President of Technology who will provide strategic leadership on the organization’s technology infrastructure and how we support the KIPP network of 28 regions.   In this role, you will build and execute the design, acquisition, management, and implementation of the KIPP technology infrastructure. The VP of Technology will work closely with various departments within KIPP Foundation to ensure that technology initiatives align with the organization's goals and objectives.  The VP will establish technology standards and work with their team to communicate technical information to the KIPP Foundation and network.  This role will oversee a technology function that will comprise of 10 to 15 employees.   

Responsibilities 

Vision Setting and Strategic Planning 

• Develop and implement a strategic technology plan that aligns with the organization's mission and goals to work with 28 KIPP regions to achieve efficiency and scale. 

• Uses high quality data, research, and analysis to set a high bar of excellence for goal setting and ensures critical team actions, decisions, and recommendations are driven by data 

Technology Management and Application Development 

• Oversee the management of the organization's technology infrastructure, including hardware, software, and network systems 

• Oversee the architecture, design, and development of complex solutions using KIPP’s technology platforms. Convert business requirements into technical design specifications and provide hands-on technical leadership to development and integration projects with internal and external/vendor teams. 

Team Leadership and Management 

• Lead a technology team of 10-15 employees, including managing through layers, setting the bar of excellence for hiring decisions, performance management, and promotion criteria.  

• Provide professional development, mentorship, and coaching to the technology team to foster a culture focused on outcomes, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.   

• Provide change leadership, the articulating the case for change in alignment with organization priorities and producing compelling, tailored communication to introduce change or new initiatives to a variety of audience 

Process and Project Management:  

• Sets rigorous goals in alignment with org-wide priorities, and in collaboration with KIPP Foundation functional leads and regional leadership team members, coordinate implementation of cohesive technology projects, from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with org wide priorities 

• Create systems and conditions that allow for work to be documented, codified, and scaled to promote efficiency and maximize effectiveness 

• Establish and maintain relationships with technology vendors and service providers. 

• Ensure that the organization's technology systems are secure and compliant with relevant regulations and standards. 

• Develop and manage the technology budget, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively. 

Skills and Mindsets 

• Mission and Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPP’s mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPP’s core values (Focus on Excellent Results, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action)  

• Achievement & Outcomes Orientation: Demonstrated record of setting and achieving ambitious goals for their departments in complex or ambiguous environment; uses data, research, and analysis to set a high bar of excellence for goal setting; effectively distributes and redistributes work among direct reports, teammates, and teams to optimizes goal attainments; effectively sets and fosters a culture that enables and celebrates teammates’ achievements and goals attainment. 

• Process Management: Able to build and align goals and project plans with organization priorities; Develops and codifies processes that promote coordination, efficiency and efficacy across KF and the Network; Prioritizes processes that ensure sustainability and scalability; ensures team is finding efficiencies through process implementation and improvement, resource sharing, or other methods 

• Effective Work Management: Sets a clear vision that ensures alignment of the team's work to organizational goals.  Effectively prioritizes and delivers on work products that ensure sustainability and scalability of work.  Develops and implements agile project plans that ensures cross functional collaboration and resource sharing to ensure achieving organizational goals; creates and ensures systems are in place for knowledge management. 

• People Management and Development: Effectively ensures strong professional development and coaching for teammates through layers; proficient in the mechanics of succession management and performance management for teammates; able to coach manager of managers; skilled at setting and fostering a positive team culture in which teammates feel ownership and accountability for their own and the broader team’s work and results. 

• Change Management and Communications: Effectively articulates case for change to multiple functions, teams, and/or offices through clear and compelling presentations, tailoring communications and engagement approach for different audiences.  Effectively translates vision into actionable plans among across team stakeholders; Champions KF and networkwide change with all stakeholders. 

• Self-Awareness: Practices self-awareness at work, understanding that it is foundational to leading self, leading people, and leading results; uses reflection, self-understanding, and feedback to grow, and persist through challenges, and as a result, are cognizant of the impact of their behavior on others, and intentional about the decision to adjust or not adjust their behaviors.  Displays an owner’s mindset by taking ownership of successes and failure.   

Experience and Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required, advanced degree preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in technology management, with at least 8+ years in a leadership role that includes (1) managing teams of 10-15 employees and through layers and (2) overseeing the strategic direction and management of a company's technological initiatives. 

• Experience in large-scale change management, turnaround and restructurings, or related work 

• Charter School Management or experience in a related field is a plus, but not required 

• Experience with learning and development, offering professional development, and/or coaching 

• Experience in a variety of programs and platforms, such as Microsoft SQL, Azure, M365; LAN/WAN management, Virtualization and Networking platforms (VMWare/Cisco), Salesforce, Visual Studio and .NET development,  

• Proven track record of fostering innovation, driving technological initiatives, and navigating complex business challenges for multi-state and large size organizations 

• Experience managing complex technology projects, migrating from large environments and integrating different system, from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. 

• Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with technology vendors and service providers. 

• Experience ensuring that the organization's technology systems are secure and compliant with relevant regulations and standards. 

• Experience developing and managing technology budgets, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively. 

Work Conditions  

• Travel requirements: 15% travel is expected for this role 

• Job Type: Full-time, exempt role  

Location  

It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of the NYC KIPP Foundation office. This role has the option of working from a remote office full-time.    

Compensation and Benefits.     

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, and relevant experience.  The salary range for this position is [$190,000-227,000]. In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:  

• 25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+). 

• 100% paid parental leave 

• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family’s medical/dental/vision plans. 

• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program 

• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts 

KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world that is around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.