Senior Executive of Organizational Strategy & Impact (26-27 SY

Senior Executive of Organizational Strategy & Impact

The Senior Executive of Organizational Strategy & Impact provides enterprise leadership for organizational health, leadership capacity, strategic planning and execution, and performance measurement. Reporting directly to the Superintendent, the position serves as the Superintendent's advisor on enterprise strategy and organizational effectiveness and as a systems leader responsible for determining how healthy the organization is, how effectively leaders are developing, whether District priorities are being implemented with fidelity, and whether programs and initiatives are producing intended results.

The Senior Executive leads cross-functional strategy and improvement work; establishes systems for organizational diagnostics, leadership development, implementation monitoring, evaluation, and executive scorecards; provides executive oversight of Strategic Compensation and Irving Measures of Excellence; and supervises the Executive Director of Performance Outcomes and Data to ensure the department's accountability, assessment, analytics, research, school improvement, and planning functions are aligned with District priorities and provide actionable information to District leadership.

Minimum

Education/Certification:

• Master's degree from an accredited university in education, organizational leadership, public or business administration, research, program evaluation, data analytics, or related field.
• Doctorate in a related field preferred.
• Texas Superintendent Certification preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Five years of increasingly responsible executive or senior-level leadership experience in a large public education agency or similarly complex organization.
• Demonstrated success leading teams and enterprise initiatives involving strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, performance management, data analytics, assessment, accountability, research, or program evaluation.
• Experience translating complex data and organizational findings into clear recommendations, decisions, and action plans for executive leaders and governing boards.
• Experience building systems, developing leaders, managing change, and coordinating work across organizational boundaries.
• Central office leadership and supervision experience in a public school district strongly preferred.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of strategic planning, strategy execution, organizational development, continuous improvement, change management, and performance management.
• Strong understanding of organizational culture, employee engagement, leadership development, succession planning, and adult learning.
• Knowledge of strategic compensation, performance-based recognition systems, effectiveness frameworks, and the organizational conditions necessary for fair, clear, and sustainable implementation.
• Knowledge of state and federal requirements related to student assessment, accountability, school improvement planning, educational data, and compliance reporting.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills, including the ability to connect data, organizational conditions, leadership practices, implementation quality, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated skill in organizational diagnostics, survey design, program evaluation, research methods, scorecard development, data visualization, and presentation of findings.
• Ability to lead through influence, facilitate executive and cross-functional teams, build consensus, resolve conflict, and establish clarity in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Ability to establish priorities, measures, owners, milestones, decision points, and accountability structures for major District initiatives.
• Exceptional written, oral, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to build and sustain high-performing teams, develop talent, provide actionable feedback, and hold self and others accountable for results.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, diplomacy, and confidentiality in sensitive organizational matters.
• Commitment to educational excellence, equity, continuous learning, ethical leadership, and high…