Senior Director, Technology

At Leading Educators (LE), we know that excellent teaching is the most important driver of student success. The moment a student steps foot in the classroom, their opportunity to learn depends on how prepared their teacher is to translate complex content knowledge, standards, and their knowledge of that student into lessons that help them learn deeply and apply their thinking to the real world.

That’s a big lift, and it often happens alone. As a national nonprofit, we partner with school systems to overcome persistent instructional challenges, foster intentional collaboration and adult learning by design, and ignite new possibilities through systemic solutions at the intersection of teaching, talent, and technology.

We work shoulder-to-shoulder with educators at every level of the education system to strengthen their instructional and leadership practices, bring a vision for excellent instruction to life with consistency, and ensure every student reaches their full potential.

Through direct support, strategic advising, innovation pilots, and best-in-class research, we help educators work toward a future where every student is ready to thrive. Learn more about our work at leadingeducators.org.

As Leading Educators' senior technology leader, you will shape and execute the organization's technology vision and strategy in direct support of our mission to ensure every student succeeds in school and in life. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you'll provide strategic leadership across technology strategy, systems and security, AI governance, organizational technology adoption, and technology operations—driving decisions that enable educators to focus on what they do best: teaching.

This is a role of significant influence and impact. You won't just manage infrastructure; you'll architect the technology ecosystem that empowers our team to work shoulder-to-shoulder with school systems to overcome instructional challenges, foster collaboration, and ignite new possibilities at the intersection of teaching, talent, and technology. Every decision you make will ripple through our organization and ultimately support students' success.

Leading a small, talented technology team, you'll ensure that LE's technology investments are secure, scalable, sustainable, and—most importantly—effectively adopted across the organization. You'll build organizational capacity to translate technology investments into everyday practices that drive real results. This is an opportunity to lead with vision, mentor emerging talent, and demonstrate how strategic technology leadership advances educational excellence.

• Developing and executing multi-year technology roadmaps that align IT strategy with organizational priorities, scalability, and long-term sustainability?

• Leading technology transformation and modernization initiatives across complex organizations, including managing change, building adoption, and ensuring staff readiness?

• Establishing governance frameworks and policies for responsible AI adoption, data protection, cybersecurity, and organizational risk management?

• Managing technology vendors, budgets, and investments while maximizing value and ensuring quality service delivery?

• Translating complex technical concepts and strategic decisions into clear, compelling language for nontechnical leaders and stakeholders?

• Building and developing high-performing teams, supporting professional growth, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and accountability?

• Bridges technical solutions with organizational strategy and culture, ensuring technology serves people, mission, and organizational priorities rather than the reverse. 

• Taking on strategic challenges that require both deep technical expertise and thoughtful change leadership?

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 10+ years of progressive experience in technology, IT, enterprise systems, digital transformation, or related areas

• Demonstrated experience developing and executing technology strategy and multi-year roadmaps aligned with organizational priorities

• Proven track record leading technology transformation, modernization, or systems change across an organization, including successful change management and adoption

• Experience leading AI enablement, adoption, or governance within an organization, with the ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into responsible organizational use

• Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity, data protection, enterprise systems, technology risk, and governance, with the ability to provide strategic oversight of these areas

• Experience developing and governing organizational technology policies and standards, including responsible AI use, data governance, and technology risk

• Experience overseeing technology vendors, external partners, technology investments, and budgets

• Proven ability to manage IT teams with a track record of supporting professional development and driving performance

• This is a remote position that requires limited travel.

• National travel for org retreats, programming, job related travel, donor meetings or professional development. 

• Outside of the above mentioned travel, this person will work from a home office that must be located anywhere within the U.S. 

If you have questions about this role or about our hiring process at any point, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at talent@leadingeducators.org. This inbox is monitored regularly, and we aim to respond within two business days. To ensure your question receives a thoughtful and timely response, we kindly ask that you refrain from emailing individual staff members or members of our HR team directly. The best way to connect with us is always through talent@leadingeducators.org.

• We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools throughout our hiring process, from the moment a candidate applies through the offer stage, to support administrative tasks and the initial review of candidate materials. These tools help us organize, analyze, and surface relevant information efficiently, but they do not make hiring decisions.

• All candidate materials—including applications, resumes, assessments, and interview feedback—are reviewed and evaluated by people. All hiring decisions, including interview selection, advancement, and offers of employment, are made by humans.

• We use AI solely as a support tool to assist with early-stage reviews and process efficiency. We do not use AI in ways that discriminate based on protected characteristics, nor do we use ZIP codes or similar data to target or exclude protected groups. Our hiring practices are designed to be fair, consistent, and aligned with equal employment opportunity standards.

Leading Educators is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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