Director of Data & Organizational

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Location:

Columbus, Ohio

Organization:
The Ohio Children's Alliance

Position Type:
Full-Time, Hybrid

Compensation: $100,000-$115,000, commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits

Through its mission, the Ohio Children’s Alliance fosters a brighter future for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human services organizations. Collaborate and advocate with great people! We are a team of talented and diverse professionals who are passionate about building innovative solutions to challenges facing children, families, providers, and communities across Ohio. We believe that strong systems, quality data, and informed decision-making are critical to improving outcomes and advancing our mission.

The Director of Data & Organizational Performance is a new senior leadership role responsible for building and leading the Alliance's enterprise approach to data, analytics, governance, reporting, operational systems, and performance management. This position is designed for a strategic leader who is energized by transforming information into action, aligning systems with organizational priorities, and helping teams use data to improve performance and outcomes.

Reporting to the Chief Operating & Financial Officer, the Director serves as the bridge between organizational operations, technology platforms, and executive decision-making. The role establishes governance structures, reporting standards, business intelligence capabilities, and operational processes that improve accountability, increase efficiency, and ensure leaders have access to timely, accurate, and meaningful information. The Director will lead organization-wide efforts to strengthen analytics, oversee key operational systems, develop enterprise reporting frameworks, and advance a culture of continuous improvement.

Working closely with programs, finance, human resources, marketing, member services, and executive leadership, this individual will ensure that the Alliance's systems and data assets support both daily operations and long-term strategy. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape how the Alliance measures success, manages information, and leverages technology in support of children, families, providers, and communities across Ohio.

Only applicants who reside in Ohio will be considered for the role, with a strong preference toward those in Central Ohio.

• Build a scalable data and systems foundation that supports organizational growth and innovation.
• Increase organizational effectiveness through standardized reporting, trusted metrics, and business intelligence tools.
• Improve cross-functional collaboration through consistent information, shared definitions, and common performance measures.
• Strengthen accountability, transparency, and strategic decision-making across the Alliance.
• Position the Alliance as a data-informed statewide leader serving children and families.

Develop and lead enterprise governance frameworks, establish stewardship responsibilities, define reporting standards, improve data quality, and ensure consistent organizational definitions and metrics. Promote data privacy, security, governance, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable standards and policies.

Develop and oversee dashboards, KPIs, scorecards, executive reporting, forecasting, and business intelligence tools that provide actionable insights and support strategic decision-making.

Oversee the strategic alignment and optimization of CRM, AMS, reporting platforms, integrations, and operational systems in…