Director of Strategy, Learning, and Impact

Director of Strategy, Learning, and Impact

Reports to:

CEO

Role Type:
Full-time

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Location:

Boston / Mid-Atlantic Preferred with regular in-office presence

Salary: $140,000-$150,000

The Director of Strategy, Learning, and Impact is the senior individual contributor responsible for stewarding Project Evident's organizational strategic planning process, Strategic Evidence Plan, learning agenda, and the integrity of the evidence and knowledge the organization produces. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Director ensures that what Project Evident knows, claims, and shares with the field is rigorous, aligned with the organizational Theory of Change and broader strategy, and credible to the practitioners, funders, and partners we serve.

This role deliberately combines strategy stewardship, editorial authority, and field-facing thought leadership in a single individual contributor seat.

The Director will play a critical role in advancing Project Evident's external thought leadership and field influence. They will manage the organization's strategic planning process, design and oversee the learning agenda and Strategic Evidence Plan, set and uphold standards for evidence quality and external claims, and lead the development of externally facing knowledge products, including reports, briefs, and white papers. The Director partners closely with program leads to ensure programs reflect organizational strategy and produce and act on meaningful learning, and partners with the Director of Communications to translate validated insights into effective external content.

This role owns the substance of what Project Evident says and stands for.

The Director will also represent Project Evident in external forums, conferences, and working groups where strategic ideas, evidence standards, and field direction are being shaped. They will gather field intelligence, test the organization's positioning against peers, and bring those insights back into strategy and program design.

We are looking for a senior strategist and synthesizer with deep experience in strategy, evaluation, and organizational learning, ideally in education, economic mobility, or the intersection of data, evidence, and technology in the social sector. The ideal candidate is a strong writer and editor with the judgment to distinguish well-supported findings from emerging or promising ones, the standing to challenge weak claims, and the partnership instincts to strengthen rather than slow the work of program teams.

They are a self-directed individual contributor who can scope, research, synthesize, and deliver complex knowledge work end-to-end, with a track record of influencing organizational decisions through credibility and clarity rather than formal authority.

Organizational Strategy and Learning Systems (35%)

• Manage the organization's strategic planning process, including annual and multi-year planning, progress monitoring, and translation of field trends and internal insights into strategic priorities.
• Design and steward the organization's learning agenda and Strategic Evidence Plan, aligned with the strategic plan and updated to reflect organizational learning and necessary improvements generated from a variety of sources across operations and program areas.
• Establish and uphold standards for evidence quality, claims integrity, and data-informed improvement and innovation use across program and external-facing work.
• Partner with program teams to embed learning loops into engagement design and delivery, ensuring that insights generated through programs and operations are systematically used to inform organizational decisions and future work.
• Provide structured analysis and synthesis to support the CEO and leadership team's decision-making, with a focus on translating complex inputs into a clear strategic direction.

Content Quality and Evidence Integrity (30%)

• Serve as the check and balance for the communication department as they develop externally facing knowledge products, including reports, briefs, and white papers grounded in organizational evidence and aligned with strategy.
• Review program products, white…