DonorsChoose - Senior Director, Research & Insights

Remote - USA *$140k - $155k1w ago

Remote Director NA Data Analytics Executive Director Director of Analytics Fundraising

Requirements

• Must-Have Capabilities • Strategic thinking and organizational judgment • Exceptional written and verbal communication • Ability to translate complex findings into compelling narratives for funders, executives, partners, and non-technical audiences • Experience influencing senior leaders and organizational decision-making • Strong understanding of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches • Ability to distinguish signal from noise and identify emerging trends and opportunities • Ability to identify where classroom realities intersect with donor interests, funder priorities, workforce trends, policy shifts, and emerging opportunities • Experience turning insights into action, strategy, investment decisions, or organizational change • Nice-to-Have Capabilities • Deep K–12 education expertise • Survey design and educator listening experience • Impact measurement and evaluation experience • Experience managing external research partners • Experience working with large-scale datasets, data science teams, or analytical products • Experience serving as a public-facing thought leader

Responsibilities

• Within the first year, this leader will: • Establish a clear intelligence agenda that elevates DonorsChoose's status as a trusted source of insight about classrooms, student opportunity, and emerging education trends • Produce highly relevant intelligence that informs fundraising, partnerships, communications, product strategy, and executive decision-making • Strengthen collaboration across Research & Insights, Data Science, Product, Strategic Communications, Development, and Executive Leadership

Benefits

• Our compensation philosophy ensures that we are both externally competitive with tech-forward nonprofits of a similar size and internally fair in our pay practices. The following ranges represent the target offer range given the scope and experience expectations for this role. • The hiring salary range for this role is $140,000 - $155,000 • We have a hiring salary range of $150,000 - $170,000 for specific higher cost of labor locations, which include New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Washington, D.C.