Senior Program Director – State Chief Liaison

🕒 July 21

🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

💵 $120k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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ACT

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1959

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

💰 $30k Grant - ACT on 2022-01

Education • Non-profit

ACT is a nonprofit organization that administers the ACT college admissions test and provides K–12 and workforce assessments, test prep, college- and career-planning resources, and related online services. It offers paper and computer-based testing, accommodations, score reporting, research for educators and institutions, and tools aimed at helping students prepare for college and career success.

📋 Description

• Build and maintain relationships with state-level decision-makers (Commissioners, Boards of Education, Deputy Commissioners) • Advise on policy trends and accountability shifts impacting assessment and readiness programs • Serve as ACTs policy liaison for executive-level discussions, ensuring ACT solutions align with state priorities • Influence and guide RFP executive summaries and model frameworks to reflect policy priorities • Provide strategic intelligence on state education policy changes and their implications for ACTs offerings • Collaborate with Government Relations (GR) to ensure unified messaging without duplicating lobbying efforts

🎯 Requirements

• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in education industry • Experience serving in a leadership role at a State Department of Education, a State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) agency, or a State Department of Labor, in roles such as Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Chief of Staff, State Director, or equivalent executive leadership roles • Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior state officials • Deep understanding of state education policy, accountability systems, and governance structures • Proven experience translating complex policy landscapes into strategic organizational action • Exceptional communication skills, especially in executive-level environments • Ability to travel frequently (approx. 30%) and manage executive relationships across multiple states • Ability to gain and apply in depth product knowledge of ACTs products and services, including how the products and services are collectively used to provide solutions to state customers • Demonstrated ability to influence and engage key state executives • Ability to gather and use competitive intelligence to create strategies that advance and/or protect ACTs interests • Ability to work effectively and build relationships with individuals within the organization • Strong communication skills including ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization, as well as outstanding presentation skills • Strong analytical abilities and the ability to determine logical solutions to complicated problems • Ability to set goals and priorities and manage to completion • Strong negotiation skills • (Bachelors degree in Education, Business, or related area of study), or a combination of both

🏖️ Benefits

• company paid life insurance • medical • dental • vision • flexible health and dependent spending accounts • 401(k) retirement savings with company match • paid holidays • paid time off