What You'll Do
As CEO, you will define and lead the strategic vision, guiding the team toward ambitious academic, operational, and cultural goals while ensuring unity across KIPP NYC's schools and alignment with the national KIPP network. You'll lead a high-performing Senior Leadership Team (SLT), oversee a $200M+ budget, and serve as the chief advocate and fundraiser, cultivating relationships with donors, policymakers, and community leaders to secure vital funding needed to drive systemic change. Most importantly, you'll champion student success, ensuring every KIPPster thrives.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Vision and Excellence in Execution
- Advance KIPP NYC's long-term strategic vision to drive exceptional student outcomes and expand organizational impact
- Set ambitious academic, operational, and cultural goals, translating them into adaptive long- and short-term strategies
- Ensure alignment across the organization—including the board, school leaders, staff, and central team—around core values, goals, plans, and budgets
- Drive focus and prioritization across our network of schools while also respecting the unique needs of individual schools and communities
- Drive innovation in educational practices, school management, and operational efficiency to enhance student and staff success
- Align with the national One KIPP network, ensuring consistency on key national strategies
Organizational and Team Leadership
- Build and maintain a shared organizational vision that inspires and unifies KIPP NYC's schools, students, families, and stakeholders
- Lead and develop a high-performing Senior Leadership Team (SLT), fostering collaboration, professional growth, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Ensure operational excellence, long-term financial sustainability, and accountability to performance metrics to achieve all organizational goals
- Model equitable leadership practices and champion efforts to actively disrupt systemic inequities to attract, retain, and support diverse talent while fostering an inclusive culture
- Oversee the effective stewardship of an annual budget exceeding $200 million, ensuring fiscal sustainability and operational excellence
- Partner closely with the Board of Directors to ensure effective governance and alignment with KIPP NYC's mission and vision
Fundraising and External Relations
- Serve as KIPP NYC's chief advocate and spokesperson, elevating the organization's visibility and influence locally and nationally
- Cultivate relationships with donors, policymakers, and community leaders to secure and diversify revenue streams
- Lead efforts to meet or exceed annual fundraising goals, leveraging public and private funding opportunities
- Build coalitions with local and state policymakers, educational leaders, and other stakeholders to drive systemic change in public education
Student and Community Impact
- Champion a student-centered approach that simultaneously prioritizes joy, excellence, equity, and access in education for all KIPPsters
- Foster authentic relationships with students, families, and communities, amplifying their voices in decision-making processes
- Advance policies and practices that eliminate barriers to success for historically underserved students
