Managing Director, District Strategy & Partnerships at The Commit Partnership

Job SummaryThe Commit Partnership seeks an experienced strategic and relationship-driven leader to serve as the Managing Director (MD) of District Strategy & Partnerships. This role leads Commits district-facing work ensuring our supports are deeply responsive to each districts unique context while maintaining coherence across the organization.The MD is responsible for developing and executing the overarching strategy for how Commit stewards supports and strengthens district partnerships and for managing the team that operationalizes this vision with excellence and consistency. As a member of Commits Executive Team the MD contributes to organization-wide strategy alignment and decision-making to ensure Commits work delivers lasting impact across Dallas County and beyond.Core PurposeTo build and sustain a high-functioning system for differentiated district partnership that bridges organizational strategy with district needs. The MD ensures that support from across our core pillars of Instruction Talent and Leadership are effectively translated into each districts specific context driving stronger outcomes for students.Salary Range: $150000-$182000Essential Duties and Responsibilities1. Strategic LeadershipDevelop and implement the overarching strategy for Commits district partnership work defining how the organization supports and holds accountability for district progress.Create a coherent framework for differentiated support that honors district context whilemaintainingalignment with organizational priorities.Collaborate with the Chief and other Managing Directors to ensure seamless integration across Commits core pillars of Instruction Talent and Leadership.Serve on the executive team to contribute to cross-organizational strategy alignment and culture-building.Establish and track success metrics for district partnership quality impact and satisfaction embeddingcontinuous improvement routines.2. Team Leadership & ManagementManage the team responsible for executing the district partnership vision ensuring clarity alignment andstrong performanceacross district portfolios.Cultivate a collaborative high-trust culture where team members are empowered to lead with autonomy and accountability.Coach and develop team members to strengthen their capacity for systems-level strategy adaptive leadership and relationship management.3. District Relationship StewardshipServe as a senior relationship manager and thought partner to key district leaders ensuring Commits support model is seen as both responsive and strategic.Oversee structures that ensure Commitsexpertiseacross Instruction Talent and Leadership are effectively translated to meet district needs and priorities.Create mechanisms for cross-district learning helping the organization and team benefit from shared insights and successful practices.4. Operational ExcellenceLead the operationalization of the district partnership model including clear routines communication structures and decision-making systems.Partner with internal data and operations teams tomonitorengagement manage capacity and assess district-level progress.Ensure internal learning loops so that insights from districts inform organizational strategy and resource allocation.Key CompetenciesSystems Thinking: Connects organizational priorities with district realities to create coherence and leverage.Adaptive Leadership: Navigates evolving district contexts and leadswithflexibility and empathy.Relational Excellence: Builds high-trust partnerships with district leaders and internal teams.Organizational Management: Manages complex teams and initiatives with clarity accountability and strategic alignment.Strategic Communication: Synthesizes complex ideas into clear compelling narratives for multiple audiences.Qualifications10 years of experience in education leadership district strategy or partnership management.Proventrack recordleading multi-level teams toward ambitious measurable outcomes.Deep understanding of district systems instructional improvement and strategic partnership design.Strong ability to influence across functions and organizations to drive systems-level change.What This Role OffersThe opportunity to shape Commits district partnership vision and systems of support across Dallas County.A key leadership position influencing programmatic strategy.The chance to collaborate directly with superintendents cabinets and senior executives to accelerate student outcomes.A dynamic environment that values clarity innovation and impact in pursuit ofequitableeducationalopportunityfor all students.Language SkillsAbility to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate.Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.Ability to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.Knowledge Skills and AbilitiesAbility to read and write in Standard English.Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.Ability to interact with persons of various social cultural economic and educational backgrounds.Ability to listen perceptively and convey awareness.Ability to interact diplomatically with the public in a continuous public contact setting.Ability to work as part of a team and in a team environment.Ability to maintain level-headedness in the face of resistance and contrary opinions.Work EnvironmentThe Managing Director generally works in an office environment but may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The employee is not exposed to any adverse environmental conditions.About The Commit Partnership:Our MissionWe believe that through our collective actions Dallas Countywhich educates 10% of Texas and 1% of the nationcan become an inclusive and prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared fairly. Thats why our True North Goal is that by 2040 at least half of all Dallas County residents ages 2534 irrespective of race will have the opportunity to earn a living wage.To increase living wage attainment we must equitably increase educational success aligned with high-demand well-paying jobsmaximizing the cumulative impact from early education through college career and military readiness to strong postsecondary completion. Our team aligns community stakeholders around this shared roadmap for the future using data to surface strategic initiatives that improve policies practices and funding. Together we work to address the systemic root causes that hinder progress and strengthen our communitys capacity to serve every student effectively.Our StoryFounded in 2012 the Commit Partnership has grown into the nations largest educational collective impact organization uniting more than 70 backbone team members and over 200 partners across Dallas County and Texasall working together to address the systemic education challenges facing our region and state. Our team brings community stakeholders together around a shared roadmap for the future using data and practitioner insights to inform effective policy solutions that accelerate progress toward our goals and strengthen our collective capacity to serve every student well.Together we advocate for an excellent public education that ensures all studentsregardless of race place or socioeconomic statuscan shape their own futures earn a living wage and share in the prosperity of the worlds eighth-largest economy. We pursue this mission through several key initiatives including Early Matters Dallas Dallas County Promise the Texas Urban Council and the Texas Impact Network.True North TraitsOur True North Traits creates a mission-driven environment and champions us to do our best work each day.Systemic Impact: You understand the barriers and lived experiences that our students face and are skilled at delivering systemic solutions at scale that address these needs. You achieve significant sustainable results that increase equitable outcomes through your work (including the reallocation or improvement in public funding) and you recognize the difference between activity and impact.Judgment: You exhibit a relentless students first focus by thinking strategically about what data must be collected analyzed visualized and activated (and what steps must be taken in what order) to cause resources to be reallocated and actions to be taken to systemically overcome the root causes hindering achievement of the Partnerships mission.Communication: By listening to understand before seeking to be understood youre able to build trust and facilitate collaboration across lines of difference recognizing that both are essential to our success. You are also able to find common ground with diverse stakeholders and can tailor the organizations message to different audiences as needed to influence meaningful change.Innovation: You can create or meaningfully contribute to the design and execution of a systemic and transformational strategic plan to solve complex problems often at scale that improves organizational effectiveness and/or closes equity gaps for our students and families.Equity and Inclusion: You intentionally create spaces where relevant stakeholders have a seat or voice at the table ensuring that each person at the tables thoughts and perspectives are shared valued by all others at the table and reflected in our work. Youre excited to help build and/or contribute to teams where everyone feels welcomed respected valued and highly supported.Joy: You recognize that people are central to our work striking a balance between people and process and you inspire others with your optimism and thirst for substantive change in service to the mission.Integrity: You admit mistakes openly share learnings widely and elevate bad news quickly also capable of making difficult decisions in all situations to ensure the success of the organization. The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion all employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin gender age sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status or any other status protected by federal state or local laws.Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind. Required Experience:Director Key Skills Business Development,Marketing,Pricing,Analysis Skills,Research Experience,Project Management,Research & Development,Strategic Planning,Financial Modeling,Leadership Experience,Management Consulting,Analytics Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 150000 - 182000