Deputy Director – Collaboration Platforms

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🕒 April 28

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Alliance for Children's Rights

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1992

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

Charity • Non-profit • Education

Alliance for Children's Rights is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for the rights and needs of children and young adults impacted by the foster care system. The organization provides essential services including legal support, educational resources, and policy reform efforts to ensure that these vulnerable populations receive the necessary support to thrive. Through various programs and initiatives, Alliance for Children's Rights works to clear barriers to stability and promote better outcomes for young people and families affected by foster care.

📋 Description

• Serve as the organizational owner of the collaboration ecosystem, defining the vision and roadmap for tools and integrations. • Lead the consolidation and optimization of platforms, with Atlassian at the center of project management, service delivery, and knowledge sharing. • Develop governance models that balance autonomy for teams with organizational standards, security, and compliance. • Explore and implement AI-driven features to modernize collaboration - such as intelligent knowledge discovery, workflow automation, and proactive reporting. • Strong knowledge and/or ability to learn the Atlassian Cloud suite to configure, customize, and maintain the Atlassian Teamwork collection (Jira, Confluence, Loom) to enable scalable workflows, automation, and reporting. • Integrate systems across related tools to support operational reporting and seamless collaboration. • Evaluate and implement new apps, plugins, AI assistants, and APIs that extend platform functionality. • Conduct proactive system monitoring, upgrades, and performance management to ensure high availability and resilience. • Lead and coordinate the assessment, planning, and execution of migrations from legacy collaboration and project management tools into the Atlassian ecosystem and integrated platforms. • Develop migration strategies that minimize disruption, preserve data integrity, and ensure continuity of workflows during transition periods. • Collaborate with technology and business teams to address compatibility, compliance, and user adoption challenges related to legacy system decommissioning. • Provide training, documentation, and support to help users adapt to new platforms post-migration. • Monitor and troubleshoot migration processes, iterating on approaches to optimize efficiency and outcomes. • Act as a trusted advisor to teams, helping design workflows, dashboards, and knowledge spaces that are intelligent, efficient, and user-centered. • Build strong relationships across the organization to translate needs into impactful solutions. • Provide training and resources that empower teams to use collaboration and AI-enabled tools with confidence and autonomy. • Champion a modern approach to collaboration and knowledge sharing, inspiring adoption and cultural change through design, communication, and AI-enabled experiences. • Partner closely on with UUSA Internal Comms Champions and Change Agents on transformation and adoption.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required. • 6–8+ years of progressive experience administering, architecting, and scaling collaboration ecosystems, with deep hands‑on experience in the Atlassian Cloud suite and related tooling (e.g. Box, Slack, Power BI). • Proven track record driving enterprise adoption, digital transformation, or AI‑enabled process improvement across distributed teams, including measurable outcomes (e.g., adoption metrics, process efficiency gains, reduced cycle times). • Experience leading major migrations from legacy systems with careful planning for data integrity, minimal disruption, and strong post-migration support. • Hands on experience with APIs, scripting automation frameworks, app/plugin evaluation and configuration, and integrating systems for operational reporting. • Strong communications and public speaking skills: able to evangelize products and platform capabilities at all levels through presentations, demos, flash forum sessions, and executive briefings. • Stakeholder partnership and advisory experience: skilled at translating complex technical capabilities into business value, facilitating cross functional workshops, and building communities of practice. • Vendor management and procurement experience, including app licensing and third-party evaluations. • Must possess current and valid US Work Authorization and be eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship.