Head of Partnerships

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom.

We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools—growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org.

DREAM will develop and scale AI-enabled teaching and learning models designed to expand opportunity for students across the Bronx. Over the next three years, we will partner with 15 schools in the Bronx to help them implement an AI literacy curriculum, use AI tools to accelerate learning, and pursue new school models that prioritize real-world learning and future-ready skills. We will recruit partner schools, provide training and embedded coaching to leaders and teachers, and help educators implement and adapt these practices, curriculum, and tools in their own classrooms.

Through rigorous evaluation and continuous improvement, this new initiative aims to improve academic outcomes while creating more time for collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and other future-ready skills.

The Head of Partnerships, Innovation Team will lead DREAM’s partnerships with schools, participating in DREAM’s AI-focused programmatic cohort model. This leader will manage the Innovation Partnerships Team, building the systems, relationships, and operational infrastructure required to recruit and support partner schools, deliver high-quality cohort experiences, and organize the legal, data, technology, communications, and convening needs of the work.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and highly operational leader with a strong background in education, expertise in managing complex partnerships and cross-functional initiatives, a record of building programs across systems, genuine excitement about AI-enabled learning, and the ability to navigate complexity while maintaining strong relationships.

• Design and lead processes for recruitment, selection, and onboarding of partner schools into DREAM’s programmatic cohort model;
• Manage internal and external cross-functional coordination of all partnership operations and logistics;

• Lead the planning, operations, and logistics for cohort-based learning including: 2-day Convenings, monthly cohort meetings, and ongoing site visits and intervisitations, that support partner schools;
• Manage the logistics and operations for convenings and learning experiences serving NYC Department of Education audiences.

• Manage, coach, and support 2 (or more) staff members including the Lead:
  Partnership and Learning and the Lead:
  Convening Operations, ensuring clarity of vision, priorities, roles, and accountability;
• Collaborate with DREAM leadership and cross-functional teams;

Other responsibilities related to the role as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Education, Business, or a related field preferred;
• Minimum 8 years of experience in education, ed-tech, or nonprofits, including at least 4 years of experience directly managing a team, required;
• Existing relationships with the NYC Department of Education and/or experience developing curriculum partnerships or products with the…