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    Deputy Director, Strategy, Planning and Management, K12 - Seattle, WA, United States - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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    The Foundation
    We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve.

    We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities.

    The foundation's U.S.

    education systems and job markets can develop the knowledge, skills, and agency needed to thrive in their communities such that race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status are no longer predictors of educational attainment and economic mobility and security.

    Generate insights by using data, research, and evidence to illuminate inequities in education, workforce, and social systems and evaluate potential solutions;
    Accelerate innovation of digitally enabled solutions and high-impact practices and supports that help educators and community leaders eliminate disparities;
    Strengthen capacity of institutions, intermediaries, and leaders to implement these solutions, practices, and supports in their contexts to further test and prove their effectiveness and impact;

    Improve enabling conditions, including data infrastructure, policy, and funding, so that proven solutions, practices, and supports can scale to ensure equitable outcomes; Engage partners to ensure that community voices, student voices, and other key stakeholder voices are included, heard, and incorporated into our work.

    Our mission reflects our belief in the power of evidence, data, technology, and innovation as essential and high-potential inputs to support educators and system leaders to deliver equitable impact for students and communities.

    Increased kindergarten readiness and school and life success;
    Increased academic and socio-emotional outcomes for K-12 students, with a focus on mathematics, to ensure they are on track for high-school graduation and college preparedness;
    Increased successful transitions for K-12 students between high school and postsecondary systems;

    Increased completions of quality, affordable postsecondary credentials that offer value through economic mobility and security; Increased outcomes for adults experiencing poverty with regards to economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in their communities.

    The vision for the foundation's US education work is to ensure that all students in the US have access to educational opportunities, from Pre-K to postsecondary, that enable them to develop the knowledge, skills, and agency needed thrive as adults and contribute to their communities.

    Within K-12 education, the foundation focuses on math and - given the opportunity gaps - specifically focuses on increasing the number of Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds ("priority students") who are prepared for and complete Algebra 1 by the 9th grade, so they can be ready and able to progress through higher level math in high school and beyond.

    The foundation aims to improve math education in this country by increasing the quality of instructional materials so that they are more motivating and engaging for students - particularly priority students - and ensuring that teachers have high-quality supports to use those materials well


    Application Deadline:
    Friday, May 24, 2024

    The Deputy Director, Strategy, Planning & Management (DDSPM) for the K12 team will lead the operational and financial aspects of an integrated program area including oversight of strategic planning and budgeting, quarterly portfolio performance reviews, ongoing investment pipeline and portfolio management, business analysis, and the coordination of business strategies across the division.

    As an advisor to program leadership, the DDSPM will lead the identification and implementation of process improvements, policies, and procedures.

    Support strategy performance management, annual planning, portfolio and strategy reviews, and other leadership processes and engagements.
    Manage team resources and supporting investment stewardship.
    Develop, improve, and implement team practices and tools (rhythm of business, investment workflow, internal knowledge management, etc.).

    Facilitate team capability development, ensuring effective use of team time and continuously improving our approach to talent development and performance management.

    Support strategy execution by providing shared resources to facilitate and support cross-cutting programmatic and/or operational projects/priorities.
    Serve as the liaison for multiple foundation business partners.
    Align team's work to strategy and implementation plans.

    Develop and implement a portfolio management approach that fosters great stewardship, planning and resource allocation (inclusive of annual budgeting process).

    Identify and implement critical team capability building efforts.

    Advance our DEI practices by centering inclusion and equity into our policies and processes and then supporting team-wide accountability.

    Coordinate Foundation business partner engagements to ensure the K-12 team benefits from expertise offered by teams such as Legal, HR, Grants Management, Finance & Accounting, etc.

    Manage and oversee team and foster enabling conditions for talent to thrive and be accountable for inclusive team culture.

    Mastery knowledge of strategy development and implementation, design of performance management system of goals, targets, and monitoring process.

    Comprehensive experience leading complex initiatives, including leading and developing strategy through ambiguity, and managing competing commitments with demonstrated strategic, analytical, and operational agility.

    Comprehensive experience in developing and managing strong partnerships and relationships inside and outside of the organization, managing conflicts, and building consensus.

    Comprehensive experience in strategic and operational planning and the execution of business strategies.

    Mastery ability in portfolio design and management to create an optimal investment mix to drive to a set of outcomes.

    Mastery of structured problem solving and strategic business planning with the ability to easily identify and communicate frameworks to analyze issues.

    Strong experience in preparing and presenting executive-level information (via PowerPoint, executive memos, etc) and able to develop and incorporate new frameworks and tools in real-time.

    Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
    #As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate's job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

    If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request .

    Inclusion Statement

    We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion - of voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

    All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.

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