Director of Strategic Planning, Analytics & Learning

Position Overview
Reporting to the COO, the Director of Strategic Planning, Analytics & Learning is a critical leadership role responsible for driving organizational performance, continuous improvement, and impact transparency. This Director owns the organizational strategic planning process, establishes and maintains all impact data governance, and leverages data and insights to advise executive leadership.

This role is a key driver in building a data-informed culture across Branch

ED. The Director will build internal capacity, foster a culture of inquiry, and empower staff to utilize insights for decision-making and compelling impact storytelling that aligns with Branch

ED’s mission and strategic goals.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a strategic, mission-driven leader with experience in education-focused and nonprofit environments who can bridge programmatic work, data, and decision-making. The ideal candidate brings an education lens, understands the interworkings of nonprofit work, and can partner closely with program and executive leaders to guide strategy and learning.

This role is ideal for someone who can:

• Lead and facilitate multi-year and annual strategic planning in collaboration with programmatic leaders
• Identify meaningful data, metrics, and learning questions that reflect program impact and equity
• Translate quantitative and qualitative data into insights that inform strategy, performance, and decision-making
• Build shared ownership of data and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement
• Communicate clearly across teams, helping leaders connect programmatic work to organizational goals

• Lead the Planning Cycle:
  In partnership with the COO, lead the design and facilitation of the multi-year strategic plan and the annual departmental planning process, ensuring tight alignment with budget and organizational priorities.
• Lead the Performance Management:
  Partner with the COO to establish, maintain, and report on organization-wide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), scorecards, and performance dashboards.
• Organizational Alignment:
  Coordinate regular (quarterly and annual) organizational reviews of progress against targets, surfacing critical insights and recommending data-driven course corrections to leadership.
• Executive Insight:
  Prepare regular dashboard report to update the Executive Team and Board regarding the state of the organization and its progress towards targets.
• Partner with senior leadership to embed a culture of data-informed decision-making.

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  Program Evaluation:
  • Evaluation Framework:
    In collaboration with Programs, lead the design and implementation of robust, equity-focused evaluation frameworks for all programs and initiatives, ensuring measurement captures both outputs and long-term outcomes in collaboration with program teams.
• Analytics for Insight:
  Oversee the collection, compilation, and advanced analysis of all quantitative and qualitative participant and programmatic data. Identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Data Systems and Integrity:
  • Governance:
    Own the development, governance, and maintenance of all organizational data and information systems (including CRM/databases). Ensure high standards for data integrity, security, access, and ethical practices (including privacy compliance).
• Data Stewardship:
  Ensure organizational data collection resources and tools align with the data lifecycle, KPIs, metrics, and, where applicable, related elements of the Kirkpatrick Model.
• Analytics for Insight:
  Oversee the collection, compilation, and advanced analysis of all quantitative and qualitative participant and programmatic data. Identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Capacity Building & Learning:
  Foster a strong culture of inquiry by building staff capacity and enhancing data literacy across all teams, empowering them to use data for reflective practice and informed decision-making.
• Impact Storytelling:
  Partner with the CEO and Marketing team to translate…